Their impact is especially visible online, where African artists dominate viral charts, TikTok challenges and YouTube trends.

Tyla's mission is clear. She's setting out to change the geography of pop stardom. "It's something I feel like the industry is lacking," the singer declares. "An African pop star." Fresh off a year of ...

Though “Essence” swung open the gates, Wizkid’s progeny like Tems, Asake, and Rema have seemed to bound past him at times. His two albums that followed Made in Lagos – More Love, Less Ego and Morayo – ...

Mounted in support of July’s WWP EP, the We Wanna Party Tour finds Tyla visiting several Asian countries, including China, India, Thailand and Saudi Arabia. While the “Water s ...

Ayra Starr's second album, The Year I Turned 21, is a global-minded symphony of influences, and part of a recent wave of young women charting their own course for African pop. Ayra Starr’s new album, ...

The academy also announced the best alternative jazz album award and is allowing all Grammy voters, who have limitations in the number of categories they can vote in, to put their bids in for ...

In an excerpt from the 33 ⅓ title "South African Popular Music," the author breaks down house music offshoots gqom and amapiano. When Beyoncé put together her companion soundtrack album, “The Lion ...

Ibrahim Sylla just passed away. He was only 57. He produced some of our favorite African music. Artists like Oumou Sangare, Youssou N’Dour, Empire Bakuba, Alpha Blondy, Les 4 Etoiles, Pepe Kalle, ...