Nawti

"Nawti"
Single by Olu Maintain
Released 2012
Format Digital download
Recorded September 2011
Genre Afrobeats, Afropop
Length 4:04
Label Kentro World
Songwriter(s) Olumide Maintain
Producer(s) Tayo Adeyemi
Olu Maintain singles chronology
"Yahooze"
(2007)		 "Nawti"
(2012)		 "Hypnotize me"
(2013)

"Yahooze "
(2007)		 "Nawti"
(2012)		 "Hypnotize me"
(2013)
Music video
"Yahooze" on YouTube

Nawti is a song by Nigerian recording artist, Olu Maintain. It was officially released on January 2012, as the first single from his debut album, Chosen One.[1] The single was recorded in Nigeria and the video was directed by Kehinde Nayomi Smith, a Nigerian music director.[2] Nawti's video won the Best Video of 2012 Nigeria Entertainment Awards held on September 2, 2012 in New York City and was also nominated as the Best R&B Song at the Hip Hop World Awards.[3] The reason why it was not nominated as Best Video at the "Hip Hop World Awards" was linked to the fact that it was directed by a Nigerian music director.[4]

Track listing

Digital single
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Yahooze"Olu MaintainTayo Adeyemi4:04

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabel
NigeriaJanuary 2012Digital downloadReloaded Records

References

  1. ↑ niyi. "Olu Maintain To 'Hypnotize' Fans With 'Oya Dancia'". INFORMATION NIGERIA. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "Big Things Pop for P-Square, Davido, Wizkid & Sarkodie as they win BIG at the 2012 Headies (Hip Hop World Awards)". BellaNaija. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  3. ↑ Latestnigeriannews. "BN Bytes: Olu Maintain Talks 'Nawti' on GidiCulture TV". Latest Nigerian News. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
  4. ↑ "Olu Maintain: My Collabo With 50 Cent, Articles - THISDAY LIVE". thisdaylive.com. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.