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''Blessed'' is the third studio album by Nigerian singer Flavour N'abania, released by 2nite Entertainment on October 18, 2012. It features guest appearances from Wizboyy and Fally Ipupa. The album's production was handled by Masterkraft, Wizzboy, Selebobo, MJay, Del B, J Stunt, and Dekumzy. Masterkraft, the most prominent producer from the bunch, produced the album's lead single "Kwarikwa (Remix)" which received numerous radio airplay on The Beat 99.9 FM and Cool FM. In addition to the lead single, the album was supported by four other singles: "Baby Oku", "Shake", "Chinny Baby" and "Ada Ada". To celebrate ''Blessed'' s release, Flavour launched 2nite Club in his hometown of Enugu State. He invited Tiwa Savage, Iyanya, Kcee and Bracket to partake in 2nite's grand opening. ==Singles== On July 31, 2012, Flavour released the first single "Kwarikwa Remix" featuring Fally Ipupa. The music video for the single was shot and directed in the United States by Godfather Production. Fally Ipupa's scenes were shot in a studio while the rest of the video was shot at residential locations. Masterkraft also made a cameo appearance in the video. On October 5, 2012, Flavour and 2Nite Entertainment released "Baby Oku", the album's second single. The music video for the single was shot and directed by Antwan Smith in Miami, Florida. At the beginning of the video, several sky scrapers were shown and the caption "Somewhere Off the Coast of Miami" was shown on the screen. On December 24, 2012, Flavour released the third single titled "Shake". The song was produced by Del B, and the music video was shot in South Africa by Godfather Production.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.jaguda.com/2012/12/24/new-video-flavour-shake/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://notjustok.com/2012/12/24/video-flavour-shake/ )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://tooxclusive.com/2012/12/20/flavour-shake/ )〕 On February 27, 2013, Flavour released the album's fourth single titled "Chinny Baby". The music video for the song was shot and directed by Trademark Pictures in Cape Town, South Africa. "Ada Ada" was released as the fifth single from the album on June 30, 2013. It was released simultaneously with its music video.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Video )">url=http://afrobeat360.com/music/flavour-ada-ada-official-video/ )〕 The song celebrates traditional weddings across the African continent. Flavour describes it as a song made to showcase the beauty of Africa, particularly African women. John Okafor, popularly known as Mr. Ibu, and Nwachukwu Uti, the winner of Big Brother Africa 5, made cameo appearances in the video.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://africanmuzikmag.com/exclusive-video-flavour-ada-ada-behind-the-scenes/ )〕 "Ada Ada" peaked at number 14 on Afribiz's Top 100 Music Chart.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.afribizcharts.com/index.php?start=10 )〕 The music video for "Ada Ada" won Video of the Year, Best High Life Video, Best Indigenous Concept and Best Use of Costumes at the 2013 Nigeria Music Video Awards (NMVA).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://tooxclusive.com/2013/11/16/nigeria-music-video-awards-nmva-2013-winners-list/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blessed (Flavour N'abania album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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