{"id":110042,"date":"2023-10-13T03:55:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T03:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/13\/the-comparison-between-ghanaian-and-nigerian-artistes-is-unfair-samini\/"},"modified":"2023-10-13T03:55:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T03:55:15","slug":"the-comparison-between-ghanaian-and-nigerian-artistes-is-unfair-samini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/13\/the-comparison-between-ghanaian-and-nigerian-artistes-is-unfair-samini\/","title":{"rendered":"The comparison between Ghanaian and Nigerian artistes is unfair \u2013 Samini"},"content":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"article-text\">\n                        \n\n                        \n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Multiple award-winning musician, Samini has described the usual comparison between Ghanaian and Nigerian artistes as discriminating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking in an interview on <strong>Daybreak Hitz<\/strong> with DJ Slim, he lamented that the difference in population size between Ghana and Nigeria is relatively large.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He claimed that owing to the population disparity, it is difficult for a musician in Ghana to receive the same number of million streams as a musician in Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"C-wm-tIn6YU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"It&#039;s unfair to compare Ghanaian musicians to Nigerians \u2013 Samini | Daybreak Hitz\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C-wm-tIn6YU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;With the country that I&#8217;m coming from and the number of people from my country, it&#8217;s ridiculous to compare my number to an artiste that has several 10,000 people from his or her country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAn artiste in Nigeria and an artiste in Ghana can&#8217;t get the same one million streams in one hour,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, he noted that he doesn\u2019t personally find those comparisons frustrating, preferring rather to create his work and targeting his audience, which he says expands yearly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Referring to Jamaica on the other hand, he said: \u201cEven though Jamaica doesn&#8217;t have the population, their music travels because their people are out there on the receiving end, which is the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Samini who is currently promoting his latest single titled &#8216;<strong>Good Vibes<\/strong>&#8216;, advised Ghanaians to desist from the Ghanaian-Nigerian music comparison.<\/p>\n \n                               <p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>      \n                <!-- Post Tags -->\n                \n\n                         \n                                             \n                    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple award-winning musician, Samini has described the usual comparison between Ghanaian and Nigerian artistes as discriminating. 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