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 ...

Spotify’s five-year report for Nigeria reveals strong growth in Afrobeats, with streams for the genre increasing by over 5,000 ...

On July 29, Nigerian Afrobeats superstar Wizkid performed in front of a sold-out Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, becoming the first African artist to earn that title. With 45,000 fans in ...

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Since releasing her debut album “19 & Dangerous” in 2021, Ayra Starr has had a meteoric rise to become a central figure of the Afrobeat genre that is taking the music world by storm. The 21-year-old ...

Afrobeats has transcended borders, transforming from a Lagos-born sound into a global cultural force. Through streaming milestones, sold-out arenas, and international collaborations, Nigerian artists ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Inserting image... Although the rising genre — influenced by Fela Kuti’s Afrobeat — has been in full form since the late ’90s, ...

Afrobeats artists are finding a strong footing in Asia and the Middle East and North Africa But Spotify data shows the impact that streaming and social media are having in opening up new markets for ...

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 ...