Most people confuse Afrobeat and Afrobeats but don’t know that the two are predominantly distinct in sound and genre. Music historians have traced origin sounds of Afrobeat in Ghana and Nigeria as ...

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 ...

When Afrobeats to the World first opened, it quickly became clear that the exhibition was more than a moment, it is a ...

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 ...

After two years of silence, Clarion Clarkewoode has made a comeback with a new single titled AyƐ Kwa, meaning the plot has ...

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Once upon a time, long before brazenness dissolved into the air inhaled by youths, Àkèré, the son of Onítùre, was a prince in an Ọ̀yọ́ village called Ìkẹyọ̀. In lands faraway, Àkèré is called Frog, ...

French rap, pop and urban music composers recently joined forces with Afrobeats artists to produce 60 tracks for ...

Afrobeats have exploded onto the global stage, igniting a cultural wildfire that can't be ignored. The success of West African mainstream pop music is best explained by its soaring numbers. According ...

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The UK’s Official Charts Company has announced the launch of Britain’s first-ever Afrobeats singles chart. The move recognizes the genre’s rising popularity in the UK and growing influence on popular ...