- Writer, Isiyaku Muhammed
- Name the person who wrote the story, BBC Hausa, Abuja
Many Hausa singers have started counting the profits they get from uploading their songs on YouTube, a platform that allows young and old singers to showcase their skills easily.
Most of the Hausa singers of Dauri, have gained fame as a result of having their songs on radio stations, and the festivals they attend, or the gatherings organized by the singers.
But most of the modern Hausa singers have gained fame because of the movie songs they sing, where in the past even the actors who sang the songs were more famous than the singers.
Later, Kannywood singers began to produce music albums on CDs and sell them like movies, which brought about a change in Hausa music.
Musicians such as Abubakar Sani, Adam A. Zango, Sadi Sidi Sharifai and Nazifi Asnanics came to the fore in this era, where their music albums were very successful in the market, and they gained more fame after their voices were heard in movies for a long time.
But now the times have changed, where many Hausa singers are renewing the style of releasing their songs, where they have gone back to uploading on YouTube and getting the money, which has brought out new singers whose voices are now being heard.
Here are some of the singers who have been raised because of YouTube.
Hermes Breaker
Original image, Hermes Breaker
On May 30, 2020, singer Hermisu Sa’id Yusuf Dorayi, better known as Hermisu Breaker, uploaded the song ‘Jaruma’ on his YouTube channel.
Before he released the video, the song had already started to rise after a competition was held to deliver food to men during the lockdown.
Actress Momee Gombe starred in the song, directed by Sanusi Oscar 442.
To date, the song has garnered over 14 million YouTube views on his channel with 507,000 followers, which was launched on July 6, 2018.
His second most viewed song is ‘End of Love’ which he did with actress Rakiya Mousa, which has over eight million views since it was uploaded on July 27, 2019, followed by ‘Na yi sa’ a, which received more than seven million viewers from the date it was released on January 19, 2019.
Fresh Emir
Adam Abdullahi Emir, or Fresh Emir, is a singer who started to stand out due to his songs of struggle for change on YouTube, since his first album called ‘Aku mai bakin maqaman’ on his YouTube channel that he started uploading songs on 23 January 2019.
He did two seasons of the music series called ‘Ayau’ season one, two and three.
His most popular song is ‘Illar zina’ in the second episode of ‘A yau’ which has 707,099 views since it was uploaded on April 28, 2012.
The songs of the album ‘A yau’, the first part of ‘Fyade’ and ‘Almajirai’, started to raise the star of the singer.
Sadiq Saleh
Original image, Sadiq Saleh/Facebook
Sadiq Saleh is a young singer, who started to rise from his song ‘Abin ya mota’, which has more than four million viewers since August 6, 2022 when it was uploaded.
Then the song ‘Darasul Auwal’, which was uploaded on August 4, 2023, which has more than 3,462,130 million viewers.
Garzali Miko
Original image, Garzali Miko/Facebook
Garzali Miko is an actor, who combines movies and songs, especially on the YouTube channel.
His song ‘Mai sona’ which was uploaded on March 7, 2021 got 3,793,520 views. Then the song ‘Baby’ which got 3.2 million views.
Later, when he started releasing videos on YouTube, it was recognized that he was singing, although his voice was heard before that.
Uncle Son of the King
Original image, Uncle Dan Sarki/Facebook
Muhammad Khalid Yunus, popularly known as Kawu Dan Sarki is a young musician who is rising on YouTube.
His song ‘Ingallo’ is the most popular, with 6,006,405 million views as of March 1, 2022.
Hawa is a Fulani girl
Original image, Hauwa Gombe Fulani girl/Facebook
Hauwa, a Fulani woman, is a singer who has been in the industry for a long time, but it was YouTube that made her more famous.
Her song with Adam A. Zango ‘War-war Pullo’ uploaded on June 16, 2022 has 3,048,731 views. Then she appears in political songs with great male singers.
Auto MG Boy
Original image, Auta MG Boy/Facebook
Abdurrahman Muhammad Garba, better known as Auta MG Boy, is a famous musician who started from YouTube.
His first trending song was ‘Marry Me’ but his song ‘Love Brings Us Together’ was the most trending, gaining 6,656,182 views from the 17th November 2021 upload.
Other singers whose stars have been raised by YouTube include Isah Ayagi, Salim Smart, Son of Musa, new prince, Sani Liyaliya, Sabon Oji and others.
