Boomplay, the leading music streaming and download service in Africa has announced its top six winners of the Booming on Boomplay competition.
The four months campaign, was led by Boomplay in partnership with Supadrum, a music production studio based in Kenya.
The initiative sought to provide a platform to support the growth and development of emerging artists in a bid to unearth talents in Kenya.
The ultimate winners are:
Litty Davinci
Number One King Gray
Buruklyn Boyz
Rhymes-ab
Faiye blessings
Katempa.
The criteria for selecting winners involved three stages. First, was to shortlist 50 artists based on their streams on Boomplay and online judges' score. Second, was to shortlist 20 artists based on their fan votes & judges score Fans voted for the winners from the top 20 contestants' music videos submitted to Boomplay. The third stage involved shortlisting the top 6 winners based on votes for their performance videos that they had submitted for the final stage which were also scored by judges.
The campaign had a lot of support from the music industry artists such as Breeder LW, Mr. Seed, Ssaru, Maandy, Timmy Blanco etc. all who were urging artists to participate as well as judges such as Willis Raburu, Camille Storm, Fully Focus, Calvin Wanguku and Karun who offered their professional input in judging the contestants.
The first winner walked away with USD 1,500/- The second and 2nd runner up USD 1,000/- each while the third and the 3rd runner up USD 500/- each.
Aside the cash prizes, all top six winners will have promotional opportunities such as billboard features, In-App and digital placements to enhance exposure and in addition, winners will have 40hrs of studio time and a music masterclass featuring top producers, engineers & music executives covering topics such as production, distribution, publishing, music marketing & business.
Congratulations to the winners.
