Africa is a continent bursting with musical talents with its artistes making waves on the global stage. From Afrobeats to Rai, from Highlife to R&B, African musicians have not only defined genres but ...

Egyptian artists are leading the continent’s digital music scene with a new ranking of the most followed African musicians on YouTube showing Egypt claiming seven of the top 21 spots. Mohamed Ramadan ...

Artists from Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa have been paired with AI engineers to advance music innovation.

I have the pleasure of living in the big, busy, diverse, and very diasporic city of Atlanta, where the summertime lituations are about to get very real. There are a ton of great DJs in town spinning ...

African music recorded a notable presence at the 68th Annual Grammy Awards held on February 1, 2026, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, even as only a few artistes from the continent emerged as ...

TIME 100 Innovators 2025 has one African star: Rema. From ‘Calm Down’ to Grammy nods, here’s how he’s taking Afrobeats worldwide. Afrobeats star Rema has earned a major global milestone, becoming the ...

Thinking back on the biggest cultural moments of 2024, it’s hard to ignore the many African women who were at the center of it all. Over the past decade, global African music has been dominated by ...

*The Golden Globes weren’t the only awards show that went down on Sunday. The 9th All Africa Music Awards wrapped up Sunday night in Lagos with Nigerian artists taking home major honors. Burna Boy, ...

As the music industry gathers for Grammy Week, African music is playing an increasingly prominent role — not only on the awards stage, but across global pop culture. That momentum will be on display ...

Over the last decade, Afrobeats has become a global phenomenon, bringing African music into the Western mainstream. There’s now an Afrobeats category at the MTV Video Music Awards, and performers like ...

To say there is a plethora of global parties worthy of “bucket list” status is an understatement. But if you’re like me, you know that music is the real currency of any bacchanal; also if you’re like ...