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{{Infobox dot-com company
| name     = Zambian Music Blog
| logo     = File:Zambia_Muisc_Blog.jpg
| screenshot       = Zambia Music Shot.jpg
| caption          = 7, October 2016 screenshot
| dissolved        =
| location         = [[Kitwe]], Zambia
| founder          = [[Philip Mutika]]
| chairman         = 
| chairperson      = 
| president        = 
| CEO              =
| MD               = 
| GM               = 
| industry         = Internet
| products         = 
| services         = Content Distribution 
| revenue          = Advertising
| owner            = [[Elite Hype Limited]]
| parent           = 
| divisions        = 
| url              = {{URL|www.zambianmusicblog.co }}
| ipv6             =
| alexa            = {{Increase}} 236,335 ({{as of|2016|5|1|alt=June 2016}})<ref name="alexa">{{cite web|url=http://aww.alexa.com/siteinfo/http://www.zambianmusicblog.co |title=zambianmusicblog.co Site Info | publisher= [[Alexa Internet]] |accessdate= 2016-05-01}}</ref><!--Updated monthly by OKBot.-->
| advertising      = Yes
| registration     = Not Required
| language         = English
| footnotes        = 
| company_type     = Private company
| traded_as        = 
| foundation       = 
| incorporated     = 
| area_served      = Zambia, Tanzania, Nigeria, Ghana , Namibia, Malawi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, South Africa
| key_people       = {{hlist |  Philip Mutika | Bennie Chibwe | Chama Mutafunya | Aaron Mwelwa | Martha Nakazwe }}
| operating_income = 
| net_income       = 
| num_employees    = 4
| company_slogan   = Zambia's #1 for All African Music, Video & News Article Website
| programming_language = 
| commercial      = Yes
| website_type     = Music blog, website
| num_users        = {{Increase}} 326,220  Monthly Unique Users 
| launch_date      = {{Age in years and days|2011|05|05}}
| current_status   = Active
| intl             = yes
}}

'''Zambian Music Blog''' is a [[Zambian]] based website for music, videos and all sorts of entertainment and also provides professional online based advertisements.<ref name=ZMB>{{cite web|title=Zambia Music Blog Profile |url=https://zambianmusicblog.wordpress.com/|work= Zambiamusicblog Blog site |accessdate=30 April 2016}}</ref> The website is devoted to the best talent and most exciting developments in the world of music and entertainment in Zambia and other African countries. The website contains menu sections such as ''Editorial'' which is sub divided into ''Reviews'' and ''Fashion'', the music section has three sub sections ''Gospel Music'', ''Lyrics'' and ''Album/Mixtape''. A ''Video'' section and an ''Artists Profiles'' section.

In 2014 the website was named among the top 5 most used websites in Zambia <ref name=PTP>{{cite web|title=Top 5 websites |url= http://afrofire.com/afrofire-named-top-5-zambian-music-download-sites/ |work= Nathan Perfecto Musamba |accessdate=30 April 2016}}</ref> after been nominated by the Zambia Music Board community.

Over the time it has been ranked as high as 236,335 <ref name=RPG>{{cite web|title=Zambianmusicblog.Co REPORT |url=https://www.easycounter.com/report/zambianmusicblog.co| work= whois.easycounter.com |accessdate=3 May 2016}}</ref> in the world, while most of its traffic comes from Zambia, where it reached as high as 85 <ref name="alexa"/> position.

==History==
The website was launched on 10 May 2011 by Philip Mutika, who maintained it as a personal blog site. The website was brought down in 2012 due to high traffic when it  shared a link to [[Mampi]]'s song. The website was later reopened in 2013 on a new domain zambianmusicblog.co [without the final "m" on the end of the URL]. After reopening on a new domain the website returned its status after they posted JK's song tiled Paduze. JK shared the link <ref name=JK>{{cite web|title= Paduze JK ft Yemi Alade |url= http://www.zambianmusicblog.co/jk-ft-yemi-alade-paduze-prod-kekero/ |work=Zambia Music Blog |accessdate=1 May 2016}}</ref> to his song from the website and 2 months later it got its original status back.

Many artists have appreciated Zambian Music Blog for taking Zambian Music beyond borders whilst other artists have criticized Zambian Music Blog for destroying the Zambian Music Industry. For example, in 2015 [[Petersen Zagaze]] e-mailed the website to remove all of his Music/Content from the website <ref name=PEP>{{cite web|title= Petersen Zagaze Decides To Remove His Music/Content from ZMB |url= http://www.zambianmusicblog.co/petersen-zagaze-decides-to-remove-his-musiccontent-from-zmb/ |work=Zambia Music Blog |accessdate=30 April 2016}}</ref> one month to the release of his [[King Solomon]] Album and he publicly posted on Facebook that he is against bloggers.

==Reception==
===Site Statistics===
Zambianmusicblog's traffic has grown steadily since its re-launch in 2013, and Mutika reports an average of approximately 231 thousand views per month.

The Web Information Company, Alexa ranks it at 236,335 <ref name="alexa" /> as of June 2016.

==Awards==
# 2014 ZeeMusic Award for the "Best Zed Music Blog"

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.zambianmusicblog.co/}}
* [http://www.twitter.com/ZedMusicBlog Official Twitter Account]
* [https://www.facebook.com/zedmusicblog Official Facebook Page]

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Music blogs]]
[[Category:Music websites]]
[[Category:Entertainment websites]]
[[Category:Zambian music magazines]]
[[Category:Gossip blogs]]