Young Jonn performs onstage during The 16th Headies Awards at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre on Sept. 3, 2023 in Atlanta. Paras Griffin/Getty Images This month has produced the biggest bounty of great releases from African artists in 2024 so far, with some of the most exciting, innovative and fastest-rising artists and veterans releasing not...
Tyla Jeremy Soma It’s March, and the year is beginning to warm up with large cds and also larger songs from several of the hefty players of the Afrobeats area. Billboard‘s existing cover celebrity Tyla brightens her trademark popiano audio with her self-titled launching cd Tyla, while Odunsi (The Engine) hires musicians from all over...
Ayra Starr carries out on day 1 of Oyafestivalen 2023 on Aug. 9, 2023 in Oslo, Norway. Per Ole Hagen/Redferns The year is beginning to warm up, and with an added day in February, this month’s Afrobeats Fresh Picks makes it to you simply under the cable. This month, there is brand-new warm from intense...
Asake Ola Alabi While 2023 represented a year of remarkable growth for African music, 2024 is already shaping up to be a year where multiple new stars are discovered. Singer-songwriter-producer Yung D3mz was selected as Apple Music’s Up Next artist in Ghana at the end of last year, and new fans can discover his recent...
Wizkid photographed on Oct. 5, 2021 at Poppy in Los Angeles. Flo Ngala It’s been a year of incredible growth in the world of African music. Music from every corner of the African continent, from West Africa’s contemporary, vibrant Afrobeats supergenre to South Africa’s groovy, bubbling amapiano scene, has continued expanding its reach across the globe,...
Teni CREATIVE YUTE As the year unwind to a close, the hits maintain coming, as huge songs from Victony, Oxlade and P Prime, Minz and Young Jonn have actually maintained the globes of Afrobeats, Afropop, Afrofusion and styles past relocating via November. And that’s prior to also pointing out the brand-new cd from Teni, Tears...
