One may be forced to say it’s still early in the year to decide but Gospel singer Ada is having quite an eventful year. Haven released her double CD album “So Fly” and “Lifted” in November 2013, to releasing the album into the mainstream market, Ada has been doing numbers on the scale of demand and supply. She released some of the singles from the album for free download as well as giving some exclusives to SelahAfrik which recieved raved review, just like the album. This just goes to prove her point in her recent chat with Mary Ekah of ThisdayLive. Ada categorically said, Christian artistes make the bigger bulks compare to their mainstream counterparts.
Mary Ekah, in her bid to understand the artiste;s journey so far in the music ministry as well as how her album is fairing in the market asked Ada:
How has music been for you, especially as regard gospel music?
Ada’s response is contained below:
It is a privilege to be known for Jesus. You could be known for so many things but when you are known for Jesus, I think it is highest honour in Life. And then gospel music is a ministry. You are employed by divinity. Words are not enough to express the satisfaction you get from witnessing lives changed from the impact of music. The content you provide is not just for now but goes into eternity. So it is over and above everything that I could sum into words; the impact on people’s lives – I have countless testimonies of people who would have committed suicide, people who were drug addicts and so on. So you could imagine so many people would have been dead if I had not sang.
People, who would have been dead today if not for my songs, have listened to my music and changed for the better, not just in Nigeria but also in other countries of the world. And then I see a lot of young people being inspired by my music. I see a lot of singing today and I can hear a lot of myself in their music. It is very fulfilling and then in terms of rewards, like the physical reward, I think gospel music is one of the financial rewarding institutions because the average family in Nigeria is very religious and the average mother wills rather the children listen to healthy content as against sensual and seductive content. So in the real fact, the best selling artistes are the gospel artistes against the other ones who only have a lot of media euphoria.
Read the Full interview on ThisdayLive Weekend File
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