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, ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Boomplay Powered “Afrobeats: The Backstory” documentary to stream on Netflix from 29th June 2022 According to Shonaiya, the documentary aims to put roots in the history of Nigerian music, with ...
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 ...
Emerging in the 2000s, Afrobeats is a popular style of West African music that employs polyrhythms and syncopation and draws inspiration from hip-hop, R&B, dancehall and more while incorporating ...
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