While Spotify's Billions Club contains an exclusive group of artists who've had songs reach one billion streams, there's an even more elite crop of African artists who are members. "Essence" ...

Older genres classed in the World Music category and headlined by Angélique Kidjo continue to inspire newer genres, Afrobeats and Amapiano. Here are 25 standout tunes of 2023. 1. Tyler ICU & Tumelo.za ...

The perfect playlist will act as the soundtrack to all the moments in your life- whether you’re getting amped for a huge week, feeling the blues or celebrating your city.  Spotify’s West ...

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, ...

Let’s give it up to Nigerian artist Rema, also known as Divine Ikubor, for achieving his career-first Billboard Hot 100 top 10 entry. His hit song, featuring Selena Gomez, has over 230 million views ...

Musa Keys is fast becoming one of the most in-demand amapiano artists around. Not only has he been performing all around the world, but he also recently drew the attention of Lewis Hamilton last week ...

Fújì fuses Islamic philosophy and wordsmithing with Yoruba poetry and meaning-making to create sound, idioms and recreational habits. It does this across social classes, from the wealthy in the ...