Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Producers are the unsung heroes in the rise of Afrobeats. While the genre’s artists have been the faces associated with putting it ...

Afrobeats artists are clearly setting the tone for summer with how effortlessly they continue stretching the identity of the ...

The week’s most popular Afrobeats songs, ranked by a weighted formula incorporating official streams on both subscription and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As Billboard celebrates the U.S. Afrobeats Songs’ charts first birthday, let’s recap some of the highlights from the past 12 ...

Since 1999, Afrobeats has had a steady supply of hit singles that has ensured its upward mobility in becoming the biggest mainstream music out of Africa. 2014 is no different as Nigerian superstars ...

Afrobeats is one of the fastest-growing genres in the country. There are big names who have seen global success, but there are even more talented up-and-coming artists looking to achieve the same type ...

The Afrobeats star sits down with Boardroom to discuss how he's stayed busy since viral success, his brand & legacy, how he wants to work with Drake, and more. If you've been on social media at any ...

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 ...

Rema is doing the opposite of calming down as he continues to rise in recognition. The Nigerian artist, 23, won best Afrobeats song for his hit "Calm Down" with Selena Gomez at the 2023 MTV Video ...

South African rapper, David Junior Ngcobo, popularly known as Nasty C has credited Nigerian singer, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, also popularly known as Wizkid for helping African music gain global ...

Billboard has launched the first-ever Afrobeats music chart in the United States, collaborating with Afro Nation, a music festival and global Afrobeats brand. The Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart, ...

First of all, it's important to note that Nigerian artists mostly don't make Amapiano. Instead, Afrobeats acts, make a variant of the genre through the adoption of the Log drum which is applied to ...