In Nigeria in 2022, Afrobeats had an additional layer due to the run-up to the 2023 general elections in February. In my study on the relationship between pop music and electoral consciousness, I ...

It’s been a pleasure to watch the modern sound of afrobeats grow. The genre’s current torch bearers – Wizkid, Burna Boy, and Davido – contributed heavily to boosting afrobeats to the heights it flies ...

The top five U.S. Afrobeats Songs Artists of 2022 are Tems, Burna Boy, CKay, Wizkid & Asake. By Trevor Anderson Tems tops the first-ever year-end Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs Artists ranking, ...

The meteoric rise of Ololade Asake this year from the backwaters of obscurity is like Tems’ rise last year. This year, Tems rendered her take on Bob Marley’s ‘No Woman No Cry’ on the original ...

Africa’s most expansive music streaming platform, Boomplay, and events outfits, R70, GI Roadshow and DJA Media, have partnered to bring incredible experiences to carnival ravers and Afrobeats lovers ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. As December arrives, it seems as if every platform in the ...

Music is life; it is the food of the soul. While technology brings the world together as one global village, it is through music that we find our souls closely knit. Over the decades, Africa has given ...

<strong><em>#FeatureByBoomplay - </em></strong>If you love African music, Afrobeats, pop culture and history, then the "Afrobeats: The Backstory" documentary, which ...

In Nigeria in 2022, Afrobeats had an additional layer due to the run-up to the 2023 general elections in February. In my study on the relationship between pop music and electoral consciousness, I ...

More than nollywood films, afrobeats is arguably Nigeria's strongest cultural export since the turn of the millennium. It is a hugely dynamic music category that incorporates a range of moods, ...