Warner Music has joined forces with East African craftsman Diamond Platnumz and his free record name WCB-Wasafi.
MBW comprehends the understanding incorporates a selective conveyance arrangement, with a possibility for Warner to upstream WCB-Wasafi artists to its names.
The essential organization will see Warner Music, Diamond Platnumz, Ziiki Media and WCB-Wasafi artists work together on new deliveries, list, brand associations, live and synchronize bargains.
Tanzania-based WCB-Wasafi will likewise be fused into Warner Music South Africa and amusement suppliers Ziiki Media, while Warner Music’s worldwide organization will mean to present Diamond Platnumz and the mark’s artists to a more extensive worldwide crowd.
The arrangement facilitates Warner Music’s essence across Africa, driven by Alfonso Perez-Soto and Temi Adeniji, who was named Warner Music South Africa’s consolidated Managing Director and SVP, Strategy, Sub-Saharan Africa in March.
Diamond Platnumz has become one of Africa’s most successful and recognised modern day artists.
With more than 5 million subscribers, Diamond Platnumz is the no. 1 artist on YouTube in Sub-Saharan Africa, and is a brand minister for organizations like Pepsi, Parimatch, Nice One Brand and Coral Paints.
Diamond Platnumz has additionally gotten various awards from any semblance of MTV and Channel O, and has acquired further nominations from the BET Awards and AFRIMMA awards.
WCB-Wasafi has developed to get perhaps the greatest name around there, and has delighted in progress with artists like Lava, Mbosso, Rayvanny, Zuchu, and Queen Darleen.
“Warner Music and Ziiki are the correct accomplices to help further develop our scope.”
Diamond Platnumz
Diamond said: “I’ve developed WCB-Wasafi starting from the earliest stage accept that Warner Music and Ziiki are the correct accomplices to help further develop our span.
“I’m likewise anticipating connecting to the Warner network myself. We have some energizing plans and I can hardly wait to impart more music to the world.”
“Diamond Platnumz melodic ability is verifiable.”
Alfonso Perez-Soto, Warner Music
Alfonso Perez-Soto, President, Emerging Markets, Warner Music, added: “Diamond Platnumz melodic ability is verifiable and he’s gotten one of Africa’s best artists.
“On top of that, he’s proven to be an incredible businessman, as he’s grown WCB-Wasafi into a formidable record label. The East and Central African music scene has exploded over the last few years and we believe by working together, we can help promote Diamond and his artists to more fans around the world, and introduce the Bongo Flava scene to a broader audience.
“This 360 partnership establishes a new way to engage with artists in Africa and our ambition to bring African talent to the rest of the world. I’d like to thank WM South Africa and Ziiki Media for their outstanding support in making this deal happen.”
“this partnership with Diamond Platnumz and Wasafi firmly underpins our entrance into East Africa.”
Temi Adeniji, Warner Music
Temi Adeniji, Managing Director of Warner Music South Africa and SVP, Strategy, Sub-Saharan Africa, said: “Warner Music’s nuanced approach to the African continent contemplates different blueprints across the various subregions and in that vein, this partnership with Diamond Platnumz and Wasafi firmly underpins our entrance into East Africa.
“Not only is Diamond one of the premier artists on the continent, but he is undoubtedly lynchpin of the Bongo Flava scene in Tanzania.
“We’re so excited to write him and Wasafi into the WMG narrative on the continent and we are beyond thrilled to welcome Diamond as a global flagship artist for Warner Music.”
“This partnership will further boost our presence in Tanzania and Africa as a whole.”
Arun Nagar, Ziiki Media
Arun Nagar, CEO & Managing Director, Ziiki Media, said: “This partnership will further boost our presence in Tanzania and Africa as a whole.
“We hope to engage with a wide range of artists across different music genres from all over Africa, and the partnership with Wasafi is central to that approach.
“We’re investing sizeable resources into the market because we’ve got faith in its artists and belief that we’ve only just scratched the surface of what we can achieve here.”
The Diamond Platnumz deal builds upon Adeniji’s work with Perez-Soto to develop Warner Music’s presence across Africa through key deals with regional labels, distributors, and DSPs.
This has included landmark licensing deals with African digital music services Audiomack and Boomplay, a partnership with Chocolate City, one of the top independent record labels in Nigeria, and an investment in digital distribution, music rights management, and artist development company, Africori.
Shortly after investing in Africa-based distributor Africori, in May 2020, Warner Music Group also announced its partnership with Ziiki Media.
Through partnerships across Africa and India, Ziiki Media, which specialises in Punjabi music, works with a broad array of businesses engaged in content aggregation and distribution in various formats such as recorded music, music publishing, audiovisual content, and live events.Music Business Worldwide
