The Nairobi born Kenyan singing sensation, songwriter, performer and actress Habida has signed an exclusive publishing deal with Gallo Music Publishers.
The deal, which was signed on 25 February 2014 with Gallo Music Publishers has been met with huge excitement from both Habida and her now executive publishing team. GMP will be representing Habida’s catalogue, which will also be available for digital download.
No stranger to the music business, In 2007 Habida worked alongside renowned producer Robert Kamanzi AKA Rkay and released the hit singles ‘Sunshine’ and ‘Kesho’.
‘Sunshine’ (a collaboration with the Kenyan artist Nameless), won the ‘Listeners Choice Awards’ in 2009 at the MTV Africa Music Awards.
Following on from the instant success Habida was then nominated for 3 other Awards in 2010 at the ‘East African CHAT Awards’, for ‘Best Female Artist’, ‘Best Video’ and ‘Best New Artist’, where she took home the ‘Best Video Award’.
She was also nominated in the 2010 ‘Channel O Awards’ for ‘Sunshine’ in the ‘Most Gifted Afro-Pop’ and ‘Most gifted East video’.
In March 2011 Habida was also nominated as ‘Best New Artist of the Month’ on MTV.
Habida’s brand new single ‘I Love You’ is currently making a stir on YFM.
Not just a singing sensation, Habida has just finished shooting her first TV series "New Beginnings" in Nairobi Kenya.
The sky is no limit for Habida, as she notes “I want to accomplish big things; I want to take Africa to different heights. I want to show the world that we too have the ish!” Habida
In an exclusive signing session at the Gallo Music Publishers offices, General Manager Tsholo Moraba expressed great excitement and pride.
“We are excited to have an artist and composer of Habida’s caliber sign with Gallo Music publishers at this very critical time in the industry. She joins the likes of Miriam Makeba, Dorothy Masuku, Tasha Baxter and Tshidi Mohulu on GMP’s catalogue, and we believe she will, like our other leading ladies leave a lasting legacy of music for generations to come.
Habida represents for GMP a new Pan-African dawn with the likes of itunes trading across 19 territories and telcos like MTN, Orange, Airtel and Eti Salat distributing mobile music content to over 100 000 million Africans. Gallo has always been a leader in Music Publishing in Africa, and now we’re looking to achieve the same on the African continent”.
Kenyan singer Habida signs deal with SA music company
The Nairobi born Kenyan singing sensation, songwriter, performer and actress Habida has signed an exclusive publishing deal with Gallo Music Publishers.
The deal, which was signed on 25 February 2014 with Gallo Music Publishers has been met with huge excitement from both Habida and her now executive publishing team. GMP will be representing Habida’s catalogue, which will also be available for digital download.
No stranger to the music business, In 2007 Habida worked alongside renowned producer Robert Kamanzi AKA Rkay and released the hit singles ‘Sunshine’ and ‘Kesho’.
‘Sunshine’ (a collaboration with the Kenyan artist Nameless), won the ‘Listeners Choice Awards’ in 2009 at the MTV Africa Music Awards.
Following on from the instant success Habida was then nominated for 3 other Awards in 2010 at the ‘East African CHAT Awards’, for ‘Best Female Artist’, ‘Best Video’ and ‘Best New Artist’, where she took home the ‘Best Video Award’.
She was also nominated in the 2010 ‘Channel O Awards’ for ‘Sunshine’ in the ‘Most Gifted Afro-Pop’ and ‘Most gifted East video’.
In March 2011 Habida was also nominated as ‘Best New Artist of the Month’ on MTV.
Habida’s brand new single ‘I Love You’ is currently making a stir on YFM.
Not just a singing sensation, Habida has just finished shooting her first TV series "New Beginnings" in Nairobi Kenya.
The sky is no limit for Habida, as she notes “I want to accomplish big things; I want to take Africa to different heights. I want to show the world that we too have the ish!” Habida
In an exclusive signing session at the Gallo Music Publishers offices, General Manager Tsholo Moraba expressed great excitement and pride.
“We are excited to have an artist and composer of Habida’s caliber sign with Gallo Music publishers at this very critical time in the industry. She joins the likes of Miriam Makeba, Dorothy Masuku, Tasha Baxter and Tshidi Mohulu on GMP’s catalogue, and we believe she will, like our other leading ladies leave a lasting legacy of music for generations to come.
Habida represents for GMP a new Pan-African dawn with the likes of itunes trading across 19 territories and telcos like MTN, Orange, Airtel and Eti Salat distributing mobile music content to over 100 000 million Africans. Gallo has always been a leader in Music Publishing in Africa, and now we’re looking to achieve the same on the African continent”.
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