Nigerian Afro-fusion singer Burna Boy has made the official 46-track playlist by US President-elect Joe Biden and vice-president-elect Kamala Harris ahead of their inauguration on 20 January. Burna Boy. The
Nigeria’s Fireboy DML, South Africa’s Sho Madjozi and Kenyan band Sauti Sol were on 12 January unveiled among the YoutubeBlack Voices Artist Class of 2021, making them the inaugural recipients
Nigerian Afrobeats singer Tiwa Savage is among international music and football celebrities who will star in the first season of the FIFA PlayOn podcast.Launched on 13 January, the eight-episode podcast
Music streaming platform Boomplay last week released its annual wrap-up report on music facts, which provides an analysis based on the platform's data in the sub-Saharan Africa region from 1
South Africa-based Africori this week announced that it had partnered with Warner Chappell Music France on a global sub-publishing deal.The new deal follows April’s news that Africori teamed up with
Several African artists have been nominated for the Caribbean Afro Music Awards, which are set to take place in London, UK, in September 2021.The annual awards acknowledge and reward British
Nigeria-based music streaming platform uduX has partnered with MTN Nigeria to make its service more accessible to the telco’s subscribers.UduX says it is the first African-owned music streaming platform to
FEM, a hit single by popular singer, Davido Adeleke has accumulated over 14 million views on youtube since the release of the music video. The song was an instant hit
Ghanaian-British music executives Alex and Alec Boateng were this week announced as co-presidents at Universal Music UK’s newly-launched 0207 Def Jam label, which will function as the UK headquarters of
Spotify says its image design and video looping tool Canvas increases engagement on the platform.Canvas was launched last year after Spotify acquired music production company SoundBetter. Instead of static images,