Apple Music has released this month’s Africa Now DJ Mix, featuring Nigerian DJ and cultural tastemaker DJ Obi. With over two ...

Afrobeats is popular with music fans around the world. Wikimedia Commons When former US secretary of state Colin Powell took to a London stage alongside Nigerian artist Olu Maintain in 2008 and danced ...

Apple Music has released this month’s Africa Now DJ Mix, featuring Nigerian DJ and cultural tastemaker DJ Kaywise. Widely regarded as one of Africa’s most influential DJs, DJ Kaywise has played a ...

Once upon a time, long before brazenness dissolved into the air inhaled by youths, Àkèré, the son of Onítùre, was a prince in an Ọ̀yọ́ village called Ìkẹyọ̀. In lands faraway, Àkèré is called Frog, ...

Tiwa Savage is the kind of personality who you can feel enter a room seconds before you actually see them. It’s not just the rustle of her impeccably fashionable clothes, but that certain intangible ...

Ace Nigerian producer and music executive Michael Collins Ajereh, popularly known as Don Jazzy, has said Afrobeats is still “a baby” when compared with other global genres despite its successes. He ...

LAGOS, Nov 11 (Reuters) - An exhibition celebrating the life and legacy of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti has opened in Lagos in Nigeria, marking the African debut of an event first developed by the ...

On this week's show, we explore how Ludwig van Beethoven's music continues to inspire a new generation of musicians. We meet musician Cassie Kinoshi, who blends her classical compositions with ...

If Afrobeats were a dinner party, Nigeria might be the host, delivering invitations, setting the table, and getting credit for the playlist. But Ghana, with its ancestral ingredients: Highlife, ...

The evolution of Afrobeats has been chronicled in countless ways—through viral music videos, sold-out tours, award wins, and headline-making collaborations. But one of its most intimate and enduring ...

The Afrobeats sound continues to hold the world captive, and July 2025 was no exception. From viral hits to sold-out shows and chart-topping singles, these ten artists emerged as the most popular, ...

We're rolling out the 50 tracks that are the most foundational, influential and popular within Afrobeats. Over the last decade, Afrobeats has made significant inroads in the global music industry, ...