Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Emerging in the 2000s, Afrobeats is a popular style of West African music that employs polyrhythms and syncopation and draws ...

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 ...

With the high of Grammy wins subsiding, many are taking note of the artists that were ultimately snubbed at this year’s highest Recording Academy honors. One such artist, Nigerian Afrobeats veteran ...

If you had to pull up a starting point for the rise of Nigerian singer Omah Lay, born Stanley Omah Didia, you’d have to go back to 2020. That year, he began work on his debut EP Get Layd and one of ...

For 25 years, the success of Nigerian pop music has been driven by a steady release of smash hit records that have birthed new stars, impacted the culture, and exported Afrobeats to a global audience.

Looking from the outside, it may seem like Victony's ascent has been a smooth one. The Nigerian artist has a string of Afrobeats hits with huge streaming numbers, including the recent hit "Soweto" ...

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

A look at the relationship of Nigerian superstars with The O2 Arena captures the international evolution of Afrobeats. In the story of the international rise of Afrobeats, the United Kingdom played ...

Over the last decade, Afrobeats has made significant inroads in the global music industry, from invitations to conquer the biggest stages in the world to cross-cultural collaborations with Western ...