Nigerian Afrobeats singer Tiwa Savage signs global deal with Universal, believed to be first African artist to do so
“It's a beautiful journey, it's history in the making,” Savage said Thursday of her newly announced recording deal.
The Afrobeats scene is vibrant, she told The Associated Press. Even though international audiences may not understand some of the language “they can feel the soul in the music” and the themes of her songs are universal. “I think a lot of people know me for love, for love stories. Good or bad.” “I started listening to a lot of gospel music . and then I really got into jazz like Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, and then I got into soul R & B and I really, really got into Brandi's voice,” she said. “She's like my all-time favourite vocalist. Yeah. That was really, really what got me into singing.”
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