"The Best Afro-Pop Album category reflects the incredible depth of South African musical talent," said South African Music Awards spokesperson Unathi Gwija. "Every one of these artists has delivered a ...

The term Afrobeats is applied to all sorts of genres, flattening them into one. Artists, media and the music industry must do better at showing off the richness of African pop ...

When the South African singer Tyla took the Grammy stage to accept the first-ever award for best African music performance in 2024, it felt as if the stars had finally aligned for pop music of the ...

Back in 2017, after spending months holed up in Los Angeles, Wizkid proposed a grand revolution of Afropop with the release of his third studio album, Sounds From The Other Side. Running his ...

A few of the stars of African pop's recent westward expansion. Clockwise from top left: Tyla, Davido, Ayra Starr, Wizkid, Rema. (Photos by Patrick T. Fallon/Shotbycozyy/Axle Jozeph/Leon Neal/Theo ...