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By Athan Tashobya and Sharon Kantengwa
Instagram, as well as other social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, has become popular in recent years as young smart phones and continually publishes pictures of They and their friends.
Instagram started on December 6 and is expected to save 800 million users a month. The most followed Instagram account is owned by 25-year-old pop singer, producer and actress Selena Gomez. It boasts 138 million followers and follows only 36.
Selena Gomez is followed by the football player of Real Madrid and Portugal, Cristiano Ronaldo. The world football player of the year 5 times has 132 million subscribers and follows 396 accounts.
These two stars also make a lot of money on their rich followers. Ronaldo earns a staggering £ 308,000 per Instagram photo, about Frw 344 million.
Selena Gomez would have 200,000 new followers each day, Selena brand becomes a kind of supernatural force
single post Selena shares Twitter, Instagram and Facebook worth $ 550,000 ($ 250,000 more per post)
Companies pay these celebrities to wear or use their products or tag a brand on their Instagram accounts. Some companies send free products to influencers, hoping it will present the products in a post.
Here in Rwanda, as everywhere, the key to getting brand sponsorships is to have a lot of followers. 19659012] Around the world, the standard seems to be the same. Agencies that connect brands with Instagram influencers do not generally choose accounts with fewer than 10,000 followers.
Athan Tashobya of the Sunday Times watches Rwandan singers with the biggest followers on Instagram and how they use it to promote brands and
Meddy
234k subscribers
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947 posts
With 234,000 subscribers, the US based R & B maestro is the most followed artist in Rwanda. Each of his messages has an average of 10,000 views. Like many other Rwandan artists, most of Meddy's Instagram articles talk about videos shared by his fans while singing some of his songs.
Apart from some photos endorsing his partnership with Airtel and the Mutzig concert, the others are personal photos. There are some other posts seen to promote other local and regional artists.
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The Ben
] 223k followers
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996 posts [19659017] Despite his second place, the US-based Rwandan singer is the only artist to have a verified Instagram account. He has 223,000 subscribers and most of his 996 posts are videos of his fans, singing and dancing on his songs, promoting songs and concerts by local and regional artists.
Ben is ambbadador of the Belaire brand. His messages averaged about 10,000 views and tastes.
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Butera Knowles
The Ko Nashize & # 39; hit maker is the best singer of the country and it is no wonder that she commands the greatest sequel on instragram among the singers. Knowles is married to promoter and producer of popular music Clement Ishimwe.
Butera has 209,000 subscribers and is a brand ambbadador for iTel mobile phones. She mainly publishes articles about her music, those of her colleagues, fans and family photos and videos of her family.
1,296 posts
209k followers
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Kitoko
] 146k followers
95 followers
558 posts
The London-based Afro-pop singer has been on and off the music Recently, he is heading back to school, but he continues to work. be respected by his peers and his Rwandan fans for his hit singles and collabos released before 2012.
Kitoko engages mainly his Instagram followers with his work, his life and his support artists
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Tom Close
145k followers
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1 617 posts
The singer Thomas Muyombo aka Tom Close is a medical practitioner and an author. He is considered a veteran of R & B in Rwanda.
Although he is not as active as in the past on the music scene, Tom still commands a relatively large social media, especially on Instagram with 145,000 subscribers.
The father of two is also involved in charity and recently donated 300 children's books to the Kigali Public Library. The donation is part of the singer's campaign to promote a culture of reading in the country.
The Always Green Tom Close is the author of about 80 children's books, and boasts of five music albums.
about his musical career, his wife and children, as well as promotional material from his friends and colleagues.
He is also ambbadador for the brand at BPR Bank.
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Safi Madiba
138k followers
513 following
1 856 posts [19659056] There is no shortage of controversy especially after leaving the popular band Urban boys to start a solo career after 10 years together, but there is no doubt that Madiba is one of the singers the most talented in the country.
He recently started the music of Mane Records with his cousin Queen Cha and his friend Marina.
He is the sixth artist in Rwanda with 138k followers. Most of his 1856 articles speak of his music, videos of his fans singing and dancing to his songs and his social life.
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Christopher (tophermuneza)
136k followers
360 followers
1,053 posts
He became famous in 2012 with "Uwo Munsi" in his last year of high school and Christopher Muneza has since become a household name.
Similarly, Christopher has attracted growing follow-up on Instagram. Like his colleagues, he continues to post videos of his fans dancing and singing about his songs, his work and his personal messages.
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Bruce Melodie
123k followers
99 followings
389 posts
] Bruce Melodie is undoubtedly the most talented singer, singer and composer of Rwanda.
The producer of tubes – Ndi Mukinya & # 39; He gained a lot of heart with his compositions and recently became the first Rwandan artist to participate in the Coke Studio Africa 2017 based in Nairobi.
As a result, he expanded his fan base from Rwanda to Kenya and to other parts of Africa. ] With 123k followers on Instagram, Bruce gets stronger and continues to share his work and that of his colleagues including his recent collaboration with Nta Kibazo with local rapper Riderman and Urban Boys.
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Yvan Buravan
107k followers
82 next
715 messages [19659008] Yvan Burabyo aka Y van Buravan closes the life of the 10 best followed singers on Instagram.
The young singer mainly publishes articles about his musical work, videos about his fans who sing and dance about his style of rumba music and his personal messages. ***********************
The queen cha
The 27-year-old singer, real names Yvonne Mujyemana, began her musical career in 2010 with the support of his cousin Safi Madiba, who was then a member of the Urban Boys, before the rapper Riderman signs it at his record label, Ibisumizi Studio. She enjoys a large fan base, seen from some of her reposts on Instagram.
182 messages
105k followers
26 next
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Young Grace
Grace Abayizera, known as the Young Grace Stage, is one of the few rappers in the country and in an effort to cultivate a large fan base, Grace has recorded collaborations with other Rwandan popular musicians. including Jay Polly and Knowless among others.
The artist has been on the music scene for just over eight years and is a common face at the annual Primus Guma Guma Superstar music competition. also contributed to his fame.
1 265 posts
96.5k followers
90 next
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Platini [19659095] Platini Nemeye is a member of the Dream Boys music duo, a group of R & B created in 2009. They won last year the Primus Guma Guma Super Star Season 7 and are directed under the music label Kina Music but compose their own songs, which are produced in Uganda and Rwanda. Even though the singer rarely publishes, he commands a large base of fans and followers.
37 posts
92.4k followers
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Deejay Pius [19659101] Rickie Rukabuza, commonly known as DJ Pius, decided in 2016 to embark on a solo career after sharing with Innocent Aidan Tumaini aka Tkay with whom he created Two 4 Real in 2009.
He becomes quickly famous in Rwanda and Uganda after the release of his collaboration with Ugandan musician Jose Chameleon
The singer continues to gain popularity in both countries because of his ability to sing in different languages. His Instagram messages are both music-related and personal.
95 posts
89.9k following followers
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Charly and Nina
Born respectively Charlotte Rulinda and Fatuma Nina Umuhoza, the two members of the duo meet for the first time in 2010 at a concert of back-up singers. However, in six years, the singers have dominated the country's music scene.
Despite their recent separation from longtime manager Alex Muyoboke, the Zahabu singers have worked hard to secure performance contracts in the region. internationally, like Rwanda Connect, an annual musical event that takes place in Uganda and their musical tour in Europe, which they aggressively market on their Instagram posts.
They also collaborated with regional artists including Burundian singer Big Faizzo, with their Indoro hit, Bebe cool with me and Geosteady from Uganda with Owooma, all of whom enjoy a mbadive regional airplay.
599 posts
83.4k followers
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Alpha [19659088] It is after Alpha Rwirangira won the East Africa Fame Tusker Project, in 2009 that his professional music career began. This followed collabos with Tanzanian AY on a song called Songa Mbele, and the song Come To Me by Bebe Cool who both enjoyed a mbadive regional airplay
The singer and singer then moved to the United States in 2012 to attend Campbellsville University, Kentucky. continue his musical studies. While there he is, he has released some songs including Yamungu, Yes, and Thanks that have been widely distributed at home. Many of his fans have taken instagram to sing their favorite songs, which the singer claims in return.
766 posts
80.9k followers
539 following
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Uncle Austin [19659049] The presenter of radio singer-cum, real names Austin Luwano is an African Dancehall and Afrobeat who began to sing professionally in July 2009.
As an artist, his character is one of the best. a boy in love, who is madly in love with ladies and who always invents new terms of slang to serenate them. On the radio, he gives to his comic side. Perhaps his two different sides is what earned him a broad base of fans.
993 messages
76.6k followers
482 following
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