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As part of its dedication to helping the African music industry unlock its full potential, music streaming platform, Boomplay, will now have its streams added to the data that informs the prestigious Billboard Hot 100, Billboard 200, Artist 100 and Billboard Global 200 charts. Boomplay streams will as well count towards all other Billboard U.S. and global charts that use streaming data.

This will be effective with data for the tracking week of October 15 through October 21 (Billboard charts dated October 30). With millions of African songs being streamed on the Boomplay platform globally, the inclusion of Boomplay stream data in the iconic Billboard charts provides African and international artistes and music on the streaming platform the opportunity for more exposure on the global stage.

Within MRC Data’s Music Connect platform, Boomplay streams will be included in the ‘Others’ data bucket under Audio On-Demand with data visible on October 12, 2021 for streams beginning on October 8, 2021. According to Billboard, ”MRC Data’s foundation is built on providing the music industry and our clients with the most complete view of music consumption. We are excited to announce additional data being captured from Boomplay.’’

Boomplay’s Director of Content & Strategy, Phil Choi described Boomplay’s data addition to the Billboard charts as “…a significant step in ensuring African artistes on the platform are fairly and equally represented where it matters and that they have access to similar opportunities available to their international counterparts. While this might have seem far-fetched in the past, we now have one foot in the door already following our partnership with Billboard Charts.”

Boomplay’s streaming data added to the Billboard charts represents streams from its subscription tier and logged-in streams from its ad-supported tier, with streams from each tier weighted appropriately.

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The Hollywood & African Prestigious Awards (HAPAwards) are United States of America awards given to outstanding individuals whose lives have been marked by extraordinary milestones and accomplishments. This 5th edition theme is “Collaboration for Global Development, Peace & Prosperity”. Over the years, the HAPAwards has honoured royaltieslike His Imperial Majesty, The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Enitan Babatunde Ogunwusi- Ojaja II, King of Swaziland, His Majesty, Ngwenyama King Mswati III, Bentley Kyle Evans, Mona Scott- Young, Ernest Thomas, Beverly Todd, Todd Bridges, Koffi Olomide, Former WBA Heavyweight Champion Honorable Gerrie Coetzee, along with other select Politicians, Dignitaries, Hollywood & African A-List Actors, Musicians, Comedians and Activists.

HAPAwards 2021 is a 3-day event starting from Friday, October 22nd to Sunday, October 24th with a combination ofthe Fashion and Music Show, the HAPA International Business Roundtable (HIBR) and the Sunday Awards Night — TheGrand Finale. This magnificent event will be directed and produced by one of Hollywood’s own, Mr. Bentley Kyle Evans, the creator of some of the iconic and household named shows such as The Jamie Fox Show and Martin. Theevent will take place at the legendary Orpheum Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, USA. The Sunday event will be hosted by Cynthia Bailey and Claudia Jordan, both of the acclaimed Real Housewives of Atlanta. Actor/comedian, Michael Blackson will join these two lovely ladies to complete the lineup for Sunday.

“This is our 5’^h year anniversary celebration, and it is gearing to be our best show yet to-date,” says Kanyile Ka-Ngwenya, the Chief Creative Officer for the HAPAwards. He continues, “the last two years have been trying times because of the pandemic, but this show is going to bring us together to celebrate our culture diversity, with thepandemic in mind”.

The HAPAwards was founded in 2017 and endorsed by the Mayor of Glendale – Vartan Gharpetian, California Legislature Assembly and the United States Congress, as one of Hollywood’s major awards show and establishment.