{"id":59940,"date":"2025-01-25T19:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T19:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=59940"},"modified":"2025-01-25T19:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T19:03:07","slug":"qing-madi-named-spotify-equal-africa-artist-for-january-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/25\/qing-madi-named-spotify-equal-africa-artist-for-january-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Qing Madi Named Spotify EQUAL Africa Artist for January 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Our Correspondent\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rising Nigerian singer Qing Madi has been honored as Spotify\u2019s EQUAL Africa Artist for January 2025.<\/p>\n<p>This recognition follows her earlier feature on Spotify\u2019s EQUAL playlist and her distinction as one of Nigeria\u2019s most-streamed female artists in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Passionate about using her music to impact lives, Qing Madi stands out in the male-dominated industry with her unique artistry.<\/p>\n<p>She incorporates metaphors and layered meanings into her lyrics, evoking deeper emotions and perspectives in her listeners.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on her journey, she remarked, &#8220;As a female artist, I\u2019ve learned to work a hundred times harder than my male counterparts to have my voice heard.<\/p>\n<p>My unique perspective shapes my writing and music, allowing listeners to explore profound emotions through my songs,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Our Correspondent\u00a0 Rising Nigerian singer Qing Madi has been honored as Spotify\u2019s EQUAL Africa Artist for January 2025. This recognition follows her earlier feature on Spotify\u2019s EQUAL playlist and her distinction as one of Nigeria\u2019s most-streamed female artists in 2024. Passionate about using her music to impact lives, Qing Madi stands out in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":59941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59942,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59940\/revisions\/59942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}