Payola in the American music industry is the illegal practice of payment or other inducement by record companies for the broadcast of recordings on music, in which the song is presented as being part of the normal days broadcast
Payola in Ghana is the ''normal'' practice of paying an amount of money to a disk jokey(dj),so that the music gains popularity.
Payola is from the word ''pay''.
Saturday, 23 November 2013
MUSIC AWARDS
The music scene in Ghana has being rewarding for sometime now.musicians are now being recognized,appreciated and rewarded for their contribution to the act industry.
Music awards are are good initiative and have come to stay and to be accepted by musicians and stake holders of the music industry.Due to the fact that its quiet beneficial to organizers;music lovers are asked to text the names of their favorite artist to a particular short code in order the artist to win an award,thus organizers make money and rewarding to musicians;gain recognition.
There are various criteria for an artist to win an award.
These awards have now become a sort of yardstick to determine who is the best artist in the music industry.The awards compell the artist to work harder and improve themselves in order to be recognised and retain his prestige
Music awards brought about competition between artist since all musicians wants to be the best or the most popular artist during the year in review.
Most music awards are basis for international awards and recognition.A typical example is when Sarkodie a hip-hop/hip-life artist from Ghana won the Best International Act Africa,from the BET Awards,mostly because of the numerous awards he has scooped in Ghana.
Music awards are are good initiative and have come to stay and to be accepted by musicians and stake holders of the music industry.Due to the fact that its quiet beneficial to organizers;music lovers are asked to text the names of their favorite artist to a particular short code in order the artist to win an award,thus organizers make money and rewarding to musicians;gain recognition.
There are various criteria for an artist to win an award.
These awards have now become a sort of yardstick to determine who is the best artist in the music industry.The awards compell the artist to work harder and improve themselves in order to be recognised and retain his prestige
Music awards brought about competition between artist since all musicians wants to be the best or the most popular artist during the year in review.
Most music awards are basis for international awards and recognition.A typical example is when Sarkodie a hip-hop/hip-life artist from Ghana won the Best International Act Africa,from the BET Awards,mostly because of the numerous awards he has scooped in Ghana.
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