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American Singer Beyonce makes history as first Black woman to top country chart

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1 year ago

February 21, 2024

Singer Beyoncé has made history by becoming the first Black woman to top the Hot Country Songs chart with her hit track, Texas Hold ‘Em.

Texas Hold ‘Em, which was released on February 11, pushed back Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgraves’ duet, I Remember Everything, from the top spot, where it has sat for 20 weeks.

The 32-time Grammy winner’s other country track, 16 Carriages, which dropped on the same day as Texas Hold ‘Em, debuted at number 9.

Meanwhile, the outlet added that 16 Carriages drew ‘10.3 million streams, 90,000 in radio reach and 14,000 sold.’

She is currently the first and only woman to have topped both Hot Country Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

The performer’s latest accomplishment comes after her fans forced a country music radio station to play Texas Hold ‘Em after they initially refused.

Last week, a Twitter user under the handle @jussatto said that the Ada, Oklahoma-based country music station KYKC had declined their request to play her new single Texas Hold ‘Em.

‘I requested Texas Hold ‘Em at my local country radio station (KYKC) and after requesting, I received an email from the radio station stating “We do not play Beyoncé on KYKC as we are a country music station,”‘ the social media user said, along with a screenshot of the reply they received from the radio station.

The user added: ‘This station needs to be held accountable for their blatant racism and discrimination against Beyoncé.’

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Popular Nigerian filmmaker Kayode Peters dies in Canada

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3 hours ago

June 28, 2025

Ekwutos Blog

Famous Nigerian filmmaker and producer, Kayode Peters is dead.

The 49-year-old reportedly died in Canada on Saturday, June 28, 2025.

Seun Oloketuyi, a popular Nigerian filmmaker and the founder of Best Of Nollywood, BON Awards, announced the sad news on his Facebook page.

He wrote; “Bad News emerging from Canada indicates Filmmaker Kayode Peters is dead.”

As at the time of filing this report, the circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear.

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‘Maybe I’m not good at marriage’ – Frank Edoho announces second divorce

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5 hours ago

June 28, 2025

Ekwutos Blog

Famous Nigerian media personality and TV host, Frank Edoho, has revealed that his second marriage has crashed.

Ekwutosblog recalls that Edoho married his second wife, Sandra Onyenuchenuya, after his first marriage to Katherine Obiang hit the rocks in 2011.

Featuring in a recent episode of the Tea With Tay podcast, the TV personality disclosed that he and his second wife had separated.

He explained that he did his best for the two marriages but they all failed.

He said, “Maybe I’m not good at marriage, I must confess. The two women I had been married to are not my soul mates. Love of your life is different from your soul mate. The love of your life is the person who comes to your mind when you think of love. But your soul mate is someone who understands you even before you express yourself and you naturally align with.

“I know that I went above and beyond for the two marriages. I carried my partner… I can abandon everything for her. But you don’t blame them for falling out of love with you. Take the footballer Kaka for example, he’s a Brazilian and he looks as handsome as an Indian. Very handsome guy, even when he retired from football, he was still handsome. But his wife divorced him. Do you know what she said? ‘He is too good’.”

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I was living in bondage while married to Annie – 2Face

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5 hours ago

June 28, 2025

Ekwutos Blog

Legendary Nigerian musician, Innocent Ujah Idibia, popularly known as 2Face, has opened up about his struggles in his marriage to his estranged wife, Annie Macaulay.

He described the experience as “living in bondage.”

He claimed that his life was also threatened while in the marriage.

The ‘African Queen’ crooner made the claims in a snippet of the upcoming episode of +234 Mzansi Podcast co-hosted by Nigerian comedians Nedu, Acapella and South African media personality, Kifilwe.

“This thing wey dem call ‘living in bondage’ is real. There were some people who were ready to kill me,” he said while responding to a question about his failed marriage to Annie.

2Baba and Annie got married in May 2012, and they have two daughters, Isabella and Olivia.

The singer announced his separation from Annie in a controversial post on his page on Sunday, January 26, 2025.

Shortly after, he began flaunting his new lover, Natasha Osawuru, a member of the Edo State House of Assembly.