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Africa’s Grammy Decade: Every Big Win Since 2020
African Grammy winners of the 2020s year by year: Angélique Kidjo, Burna Boy, Wizkid, Black Coffee, Tems, Zakes…
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From Wakanda to GTA: 10 Times African Songs Ended Up in Films and Games
Black Panther, The Lion King: The Gift, Wakanda Forever and GTA IV: 10 times African songs in films,…
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“One Dance” to an Obrafour Sample: 9 Times Drake Worked With African Artists
From "Ojuelegba" and "One Dance" with Wizkid to Tems, Black Coffee and an Obrafour sample: every big moment…
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Selena, Bieber, Ed Sheeran: 10 African Remixes That Took Songs Global
"Calm Down" with Selena Gomez, "Essence" with Justin Bieber, "Peru" with Ed Sheeran: 10 African remixes that changed…
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Forgiveness Stays at No. 1 on the AfroYard Hot Songs (week of 9 November 2026)
Asake's "Forgiveness" stays at No. 1 on the AfroYard Hot Songs chart for the week of 9 November…
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The featured-verse economy
Why the guest verse is currency in African music: the remixes that made careers, the hook specialists, and…
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Fifteen albums to start with if African music is new to you
New to African music? Fifteen albums, from Burna Boy and Wizkid to Kabza De Small, Sauti Sol and…
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“Essence” was an album track for months. Then it became the first Nigerian song in the Hot 100 top ten
Wizkid and Tems' "Essence" was released on Made in Lagos in October 2020 and grew slowly. A Justin…
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A Grammy with Future and Drake, an Oscar nomination with Rihanna: how Tems became Afrobeats’ most wanted voice
Tems went from "Essence" with Wizkid to a Grammy for "Wait for U" and an Oscar nomination for…
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Nigerian Singer Tems Reveals She’s Never Been in Love
Nigerian artist Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has candidly shared that she has never experienced being in…