Bruno Mars, Jill Scott and Mandy, Indiana have new albums on the way, and a frantic tune from an anime film is No. 1 in Japan ...

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One of the city’s best artists, according to the judges at the Boston Music Awards, is Dorchester’s own Echezona Onwuama, a ...

A South African woman taught Swedish clubbers how to dance to Gqom music at a club in Stockholm The video showed people of all ages following her moves and enjoying the South African beats Mzansi ...

On 1 December 2025, content creator @marimangcobo lit up a Swedish club when she got an entire crowd moving to Gqom music. The South African woman stood on a small stage at Underbron in Stockholm, ...

The numbers are in, and they tell a powerful story of explosive growth for African music on the world stage. According to Spotify’s highly anticipated 2025 Wrapped report, the global audience for ...

At a recent event that seamlessly bridged pop culture and academia, Grammy-nominated Afrobeats star Ahmed “Asake” Ololade was the guest of Columbia’s Institute of African Studies’ inaugural ...

He works in mysterious ways.

American music authority Billboard on Tuesday, August 19, released its list of the 50 greatest Afrobeats songs of all time, naming 2Baba’s “African Queen” (2004) as number one. According to Billboard, ...

Billboard has released its list of the Top 50 Best Afrobeats Songs of All-Time with 2Face’s “African Queen” ranked as the number one Best Afrobeats song. The list curated by Billboard staff has Wizkid ...

Billboard has crowned 2Baba’s 2004 classic “African Queen” as the best Afrobeats song of all time, leading its inaugural list of the Top 50 Afrobeats Songs. Following closely is Wizkid’s 2014 hit ...

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 ...