WCB CEO Diamond Platnumz revealed that his song #Waah featuring Koffi Olomide made him Sh4.2 million at a time it had accumulated 39 million views.
Platnumz made the revelation, why schooling his followers and fellow Musicians on how Music downloads and streams work. So far, #Waah has garnered over 60 Million views on YouTube within 4 months of being released.
โWimbo wa #WAAH Ulipofikisha viewes Milion 39,358,770 ulitengeneza Euros 32,266.53 sawa na Shilingi Milioni 89,869,867.07 Hivyo Unaposikia Neno Views, si ujivuni tu wa watu kutazama wimbo au content...Ni Distribution sales, Mauzo kwa njia ya watu kutazama
#๐๐๐๐จ๐ก๐ญ๐๐ก๐!โ shared Platnumz.
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Adding that; #๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐ข sio kila wimbo ukifikisha views hizo unaweza ingiza kiasi hicho cha pesa, pia inategemea wimbo wako umetazamwa sana kwenye nchi ipi na ipi...kwa sababu kuna Baadhi ya nchi views zake haziingizi kipato kikubwa... nchi zilizoendelea views zake zina kipato kikubwa kwasababu waweka matangazo wanaweka bajeti kubwa... Hivyo tujitahidi kuhakikisha kazi zetu zinafatiliwa na nchi za nje piaโ.
In his Class, Chibu Dangote went on to state that every artiste who manages to top music trends on any streaming platform deserves to be appreciated.
โSOMO:
๐ฆ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ฆ - Mauzo kwa njia ya Kusikilizwa
๐ฉ๐๐๐ช๐ฆ - Mauzo kwa njia ya Kutazamwa
๐๐ข๐ช๐ก๐๐ข๐๐๐ฆ -Mauzo kwa njia ya mtu kupakua
TANZANIA Platform inayopendwa kutumiwa na wanunuzi wetu wa Muziki ni YOUTUBE na Mauzo yao yanaitwa Views... Hivyo Mkisikia views tafsiri yake ni Mauzo ๐๐๐๐จ๐ก๐ญ๐๐ก๐!โ Diamond added.
Platnumz's statement comes days after EFM/ETV Founder Majizzo said that artiste should stop ranking themselves using YouTube trends and views.
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