“I charge N1m to write songs” – Harrisong

Lagos-based songwriter, Harrison Okiri, aka Mr Songz, who is currently living large under his new management, Kcee’s 5Star Music, has disclosed that he now charges N1.5million to write songs.
Harrison, composer of Kcee’s Limpopo hit track, disclosed this in a recent interview with Punch newspaper.


“Before now, we charged between N100, 000 and N2000, 000 for a song. Today I charge as much as 1million to write a song. Truth is, Nigerian artistes have begun to appreciate songwriters. They pay me my money and appreciate me. I have written a lot of songs but I don’t talk about them because Nigerian artistes don’t like it when the songwriters take credit for composing songs for them.” he said

The artiste who has 120 unreleased songs further revealed that he recently got as much as N50m as proceeds from the Mandela Caller tunes on MTN.
According to him, the track which is a Tribute to the late South African leader, Nelson Mandela,  released on December 11, 2013, received a stunning one million downloads in a single day. It is said to have become the most downloaded caller tune in Nigeria and Africa.

“The proceeds from the caller-back tune is actually worth more than N50m. Truth is, I was paid a lot of money;  you know -  when they say money that can change someone’s life. That’s the value of what I received . I can’t reveal the exact amount because we work as a team. So, all the money realised was shared among us. You just want to forget all the years of suffering. It’s not a mere hype because the money is there. The song is everywhere. You go to South-Africa , the girls are crazy about it.” he excitedly disclosed.