MTV BASE partners with Nigerian Entertainment Today as ‘The Official Naija Top 10’ debuts

By Osagie Alonge

Naija music lovers who want an inside track on the latest happenings in the Nigerian entertainment scene will be glad to know that entertainment powerhouse MTV Base is set to launch the first definitive chart of Nigerian contemporary music.

The show is called ‘The Official Naija Top 10’, and produced by MTV Base.

It’s a weekly music chart countdown that will air on MTV Base, STV, NTA and AIT from Friday, March 8, 2013.

‘The Official Naija Top 10 has been specially created by MTV Base in conjunction with an elite panel of Nigerian broadcasters, music specialists and tastemakers’, MTV Base’s Tim Horwood explains.

These ‘music specialists’ include DJ Jimmy JATT, Cool FM’s DJ Xclusive, DJ Humility and Big Tyme (Rhythm FM), DJ Caise and Toolz (The Beat FM) and Osagie Alonge (NET).

Nigerian Entertainment Today, Nigeria’s number one entertainment newspaper will publish ‘The Official Naija Top 10’ every week. Founded in 2009, NET currently runs print, online and mobile services.

The Official Naija Top 10 will be based on a wide range of sources, including radio airplay, digital downloads and industry insights, and is designed to play a similar role to the Billboard charts in the USA.

‘I am so proud to be part of team involved in The Official Naija Top 10.  Both the Nigerian music industry and music fans will benefit from this authoritative and independent chart that will play a major role in promoting Nigerian talent and musicians at home and overseas’, legendary disc jockey Jimmy JATT says.

The Official Naija Top 10 focuses purely on the biggest hits coming out of Nigeria and will be fronted by MTV Base’s brand new Nigerian VJ Ehiz, winner of the MTV Base VJ Search – Nigeria in January 2013.

Celebrity guest Jimmy JATT will join Ehiz on the first episode of the show and subsequent weeks will see Ehiz joined by other well-known celebrities and-or members of the chart selection panel, as they take us behind the scenes for exclusive music news and other exciting stuff as well as the hottest tracks and artists Nigeria has to offer.

Want to know more about The Official Naija Top 10? Stay locked on www.theNETng.com for more details!