Starting out early with the Grammys wins of Burna Boy and Wizkid in the first quarter, the winning streak continued with Wizkid’s Tems-assisted platinum-certified single ‘Essence’, which seized the ...

Oliver Akinfeleye remembers Burna Boy’s first show in New York. The location was Palladium Times Square, the year was 2017. Akinfeleye, an American Nigerian photographer known professionally as ...

To end the year, Audiomack has put together a playlist of the top 21 Afrobeats artists of 2021, based on their global streams. Inside Tyla’s “Chanel” Music Video: Every Iconic Chanel Look She Wore ...

Afrobeats is no longer a trend, it’s a full-fledged movement. Many of the biggest stars in the world are creating unique, fun, and creative Afrobeats music and it has everyone across the world dancing ...

Nigerian Afrobeats singer Simisola Kosoko, a.k.a Simi, released her new single, “Woman,” along with a colorful female-driven video on Friday. In the song, Simi can be heard saying “woman don suffer,” ...

Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi jumps on new sounds as they emerge. He's documented the Cuban rap movement (2005's Inventos: Hip-Hop) and the fusion between highlife and hip-hop (2008's Homegrown: HipLife in ...

Nigerian Afrobeats star CKay has entered Spotify’s exclusive "Billions Club" as his global hit "Love Nwantiti (ah ah ah)" has ...

The hugely popular music video is a testimony to its widespread acclaim. It is another notch in Tanzanian pop star Diamond Platnumz’s belt as an alchemist of international crossover hits. In ...

Afrobeats – the pulsating, fusion sound coming out of West Africa and the diaspora – has been on the rise globally for the better part of a decade. In recent years, the genre has gained a foothold in ...

A look at the relationship of Nigerian superstars with The O2 Arena captures the international evolution of Afrobeats. In the story of the international rise of Afrobeats, the United Kingdom played ...