This week’s NGMC New Music feed feels like a veteran release week, led by a full project from one of Nigerian gospel music’s familiar voices.
For the week of May 11, 2026, NGMC is carrying 12 releases. The centrepiece is Samsong’s album He Made A Way, while Tkeyz, Mike Abdul, Laolu Gbenjo, and Blessing Lopez add fresh singles around worship, praise, and testimony driven gospel music.
This is not a week built on noise. It is a week shaped by established names, clear gospel language, and releases that know exactly who they are speaking to.
Samsong Leads With He Made A Way
The biggest release this week is Samsong’s He Made A Way, an eight track album that gives the week its main story.
The project includes “He Made A Way,” “Blessings On Blessing,” “Adonai,” “Favour Man,” “Odogwunagha,” “I Will Be Ready,” “Blessings on Blessing (Instrumental),” and “Odogwunagha (Instrumental).”
That changes how the week should be read. This is not Samsong dropping scattered singles into the feed. It is a full album moment. The songs sit together as one body of work, moving through familiar gospel themes of favour, blessing, worship, readiness, divine help, and thanksgiving.
For an artist with Samsong’s history, that matters. He is not trying to introduce himself from scratch. He is returning with a project that leans into the language his audience already understands: God made a way, God is worthy, God blesses, God fights, God remains faithful.
The title track, “He Made A Way,” gives the album its emotional centre. “Favour Man” and “Blessings On Blessing” carry the testimony side. “Adonai” brings the worship language. “Odogwunagha” gives the project a stronger praise and declaration feel.
That is the real story of the week: Samsong has released a project, not just a batch of songs.
Tkeyz Adds “Amazing Grace”
Tkeyz enters the week with “Amazing Grace.”
The title already carries weight before the listener presses play. It sits inside one of the most recognisable phrases in Christian music, which gives the release an immediate worship connection.
For Tkeyz, this also lands at a useful time. He is already visible in the current NGMC conversation through songs like “Oluwatosin,” so “Amazing Grace” gives listeners another devotional entry point into his sound.
This is the type of release that may not need to shout to matter. Worship songs often grow because people return to them privately first. If the song connects, it can travel through devotion, prayer, and quiet replay before wider attention catches up.
Blessing Lopez Brings “Never Fails”
Blessing Lopez appears with “Never Fails.”
It is a direct title. No confusion. No overthinking. It sits in the testimony lane and speaks to trust in God’s faithfulness.
That kind of release has a natural place in Nigerian gospel music because the message is easy to understand and easy to personalise. The question is whether listeners hold on to it beyond release week.
If “Never Fails” grows, it will likely grow through emotional connection first, not hype.
Mike Abdul Returns With “Oh Oluwa”
Mike Abdul brings “Oh Oluwa” into the week.
This is where the release window gets its praise culture energy. Mike Abdul has long been connected to Nigerian gospel praise, and “Oh Oluwa” sits naturally in that space.
The title itself feels familiar. It carries Yoruba gospel language that can work in both personal and communal settings. It is the kind of phrase that does not need heavy explanation because the audience already understands the emotion behind it.
Where worship releases often build inwardly, a song like “Oh Oluwa” has the potential to live outwardly: in gatherings, praise sessions, church socials, and celebration moments.
Laolu Gbenjo Adds “Olore Mi”
Laolu Gbenjo enters with “Olore Mi.”
This is another release that strengthens the praise side of the week. Laolu Gbenjo is closely associated with Gospel Alujo, and “Olore Mi” fits the gratitude and celebration language that works well in that lane.
The title means “my benefactor” or “my doer of good,” and in a gospel context, it points clearly towards gratitude to God.
That gives the song a simple emotional doorway: thankfulness. Not every release needs a complicated idea. Sometimes the strongest gospel songs are built around a phrase people already know how to feel.
The Releases To Watch
Samsong’s He Made A Way is the main project to watch this week because it gives listeners multiple songs from one veteran artist in one release cycle.
“Favour Man” feels like one of the most immediately memorable titles from the album because it carries strong testimony language.
“He Made A Way” is important because it gives the album its name and spiritual centre.
Tkeyz’s “Amazing Grace” has a clear worship pathway because the title is already rooted in Christian memory.
Mike Abdul’s “Oh Oluwa” and Laolu Gbenjo’s “Olore Mi” carry the praise and cultural expression side of the week.
Blessing Lopez’s “Never Fails” is worth watching as a testimony song that could grow through personal connection.
The Bigger Read
This week is not really about a flood of new names. It is about established voices releasing music with clear purpose.
Samsong gives the week its main weight with He Made A Way. Tkeyz brings a worship single. Mike Abdul and Laolu Gbenjo carry praise language. Blessing Lopez adds testimony.
That makes the week feel grounded rather than chaotic. It is not a release window chasing trends. It is a release window built around the core things Nigerian gospel music has always carried well: worship, praise, gratitude, blessing, and testimony.
Follow the full feed on NGMC New Music, then track what crosses into the Top 50, Worship, Praise, and Afro-Gospel charts.