PNG artist Justin Wellington’s song Iko Iko is becoming a global sensation.
The song, Iko Iko, recently hit No 1 globally on Shazaam, TikTok, and YouTube while reaching No 1 on streaming platforms across 7 international markets.
On Youtube, the music video has garnered 13 million views, while the audio at 14 million views. On Spotify with 40 million streams.
The song has hit Top 40 in Austria, UK, Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, Switzerland, and Netherlands.
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| Justin Wellington . Photo Credit: Filbert Nara |
Secretary for Department of Information and Communications Technology Steven Matainaho, who once collaborated with Justin Wellington, while congratulating Justine had this to say;
“This just goes to show that there is so much potential for our younger generation to harness the opportunities set about through digital transformation.
“I’ve been honored to previously collaborate with Justin Wellington as a songwriter and artist in two previous recordings ‘Reminiscin’ and ‘Work It Out’.
“Congratulations brother Justin Wellington. We are here to support you and other upcoming PNG Artists to export our digital content”
Mr Matainaho, who made his name as a producer and web developer before being appointed as one of the youngest departmental heads in PNG is the man main trusted to engineer The Government Digital Transformation Bill 2021.
The bill proposes to anchor ‘whole-of-government’ ICT functions and powers within the Department of Information and Communications Technology to facilitate digital transformation within the public sector.
The all-inclusive digital transformation bill will create a conducive environment where content creators like Justin Wellington and all local creative such as writers, singers, painters, photographers, web developers, fashion designers etc are able to not only protect their work from unscrupulous participants but to also earn income to support themselves.
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