…Signed To Universal Music Group
The Okoye Twins is surely now riding on a roller
coaster of success. The popular twin brothers whose stage name is P-Square has been
enjoying massive attention and publicity since their highly successful,
record-breaking video of the song “Chop
My Money – the remix” featuring the American hip-hop star, Akon debut (the
video has since recorded over 4 million views) on YouTube.
News reaching infoVibez stated that the duo who are
currently on tour of some selected African countries have been signed in a multi-million
dollar deal to UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP, South Africa. The music label will be releasing past and future projects with them;
and handle all their digital and CD sales all over the world.
It will be recalled that, the twin brothers are having
an existing record deal with Akon’s Convict Music which we believed would have
facilitated the new bigger deal.
Journey To Stardom
In 2001, "P-Square" won
the "Grab Da Mic" competition, and hence Benson & Hedges
sponsored their debut album, titled Last Nite, which was released under
Timbuk2 music label. P-Square was also nominated as "Most Promising
African Group" in the Kora Awards three months after the release of their
debut album. They eventually won the 2003 Amen Award for "Best R&B
Group".
In 2005, P Square released their
second album, Get Squared under their own label, Square Records. This
album was marketed nationwide by TJoe Enterprises, although they were still
managed by Howie T of Adrot Nigeria Limited. The video for the second album
held the #1 position on the MTV
Base chart for four straight weeks.
They have an ever growing fan
base across South
Africa with a particular stronghold of die-hard fans in Cape Town.
The group has performed alongside
the following international artists like Ginuwine, Sean Paul, Akon and Busola Keshiro.
Late in 2007, they released their
best selling album so far, Game Over. It has sold 8 million copies
worldwide.
In 2009, P-Square released their
fourth studio album, Danger. The
album features collaborations with 2face Idibia, J Martins and Frenzy. The first single called "Danger" is a
hip hop song with cutting synths and a frog bass baseline similar to an Eminem song. They are also known for the
close resemblance which the twins have to American R&B Superstar, Usher Raymond.
On 4 April 2010, P-Square was
named the Artist of the Year at the KORA All Africa Music Awards in Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso while
they were in London for a
Concert at the Troxy, and they
will receive a whopping sum of $1 Million Dollars as the Award Winners, in
Ebebiyin City.
The
multiple award-winning twin brothers are also amongst the many GLOBACOM
Ambassador. A deal that ran into millions of Naira.
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