Nigerian star Runtown talks about entering "phase two" of his career, and why he thinks African music is in its "brain-rot ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ciza always knew his time to rule would come. His father Thembinkosi "TK" Nciza co-founded TS Records in 2001 with Sbusiso Leope, ...

While Afrobeats has been hailed as Africa’s biggest cultural export, its growth on the continent is also cause for celebration. The 2023 and 2024 IFPI Global Reports revealed Sub-Saharan Africa was ...

Despite being inspired by a place its songwriter had never actually seen, a 1982 hit became a global phenomenon and remains one of the most-streamed songs of all time. According to Chartmaster, which ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kenya’s music scene has seen great changes since the colonial days, with many local singers finding fame through protest songs. One iconic example is the late Joseph Kamaru, a Kikuyu musician who is ...

Amadou Bagayoko and his wife, the singer Mariam Doumbia, rose from icons in Mali to international success over the last two decades. After Mr. Bagayoko’s death, those who knew him chose a few of their ...

A ranking of the top songs based on streaming and sales activity from within the country- as tracked by Luminate. The ranking is based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both ...

Dolly Parton was truly a global star, her reach extending from the hills of Appalachia to the savannas of Africa, where she was beloved across the continent—from Lagos to Nairobi to Johannesburg. At ...