Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Emerging in the 2000s, Afrobeats is a popular style of West African music that employs polyrhythms and syncopation and draws ...

25 greatest Afrobeats songs that have left an indelible mark on the nation’s pop culture and played a part in the local and international expansion of Nigerian music. The turn of the millennium saw ...

Since 1999, Afrobeats has had a steady supply of hit singles that has ensured its upward mobility in becoming the biggest mainstream music out of Africa. 2014 is no different as Nigerian superstars ...

Afrobeats is one of the fastest-growing genres in the country. There are big names who have seen global success, but there are even more talented up-and-coming artists looking to achieve the same type ...

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 ...

Rema is doing the opposite of calming down as he continues to rise in recognition. The Nigerian artist, 23, won best Afrobeats song for his hit "Calm Down" with Selena Gomez at the 2023 MTV Video ...

Billboard caught up with the production duo about their “Shake It to the Max” follow-up and that shocking Grammy snub.

Billboard has launched the first-ever Afrobeats music chart in the United States, collaborating with Afro Nation, a music festival and global Afrobeats brand. The Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart, ...

Afrobeats was streamed more than 13 billion times on Spotify in 2022. To celebrate, the app recently launched an active infographic website to record, track and cheer the growth of the genre, ...

American music publication Billboard has come under fire after resharing an article that classified Nigerian Afrobeats star Divine ...

United States entertainment publication, Billboard, has been criticised on social media after labelling singer Divine Ikubor, ...