Adekunle Gold (Def Jam)

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Adekunle Gold (Def Jam)

4/12/23

WHAT IT IS: Nigerian-born singer-songwriter and Afropop sensation Adekunle Gold’s fourth studio album, Catch Me If You Can, has garnered 500m global streams since its release a year ago. His Def Jam debut, “Party No Dey Stop” f/Zinoleesky, is #9 on the U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart at presstime. The vibrant, fast-paced track matches the energy of Lagos’ culturally rich and buzzing Agege neighborhood, where Gold and Zinoleesky grew up.
ALBUM: Tequila Ever After
RELEASE DATE: July 2023
SINGLE: “Party No Dey Stop” f/Zinoleesky
LIVE: Sold out headline U.S. tour, including performances at AFROPUNK, Something in the Water Festival, Apollo Theater and House of Blues Cleveland, Houston and Chicago; kicking off four-month world tour in N.A. (September), hitting the U.K., EU, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, South America and the Caribbean through 2024
INTERNET: 2.6m+ monthly Spotify listeners; “Party No Dey Stop” #1 on both Spotify Nigeria and Apple Music Nigeria, 2m+ U.S. streams first week; nearing 1m UGC creates in just two weeks, 600k+ TikTok creates, 375k+ sound usages on Snapchat, 22k+ Instagram Reels
PRESS: NPR Tiny Desk, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Grammy’s Reimagined performance, Elle, British GQ, Hypebeast, The Native, DAZED, Notion, L’Officiel Italia, Clash, more
BOOKING: Christian Bernardt/UTA
MANAGEMENT: Elizabeth Sobowale