Afrobeats
West Africa's global pop sound
Ukubetha ngefluti ngumculo wepop waseNtshona Afrika kaJefferson Nigeria kunye neGhana ezisukayo, owakhiwe ngesingqi sokungqungqa, amazwi kaPidgin namaNgesi, kunye nemifanekiso ekroliweyo eyenziwe ngomenzi. Ukususela ngowama - 2010 iye yaba yenye yezona zandi ziviwa ngokubanzi ehlabathini lonke.
_Igama elipelisiweyo: Afro-pop, Afropop
Origin & history
Afrobeats took shape in Lagos and Accra through the 2000s, as a generation of producers folded highlife, hip-hop, dancehall and R&B into something that was unmistakably West African and built for radio and the club.
Through the 2010s it moved from diaspora parties in London and New York onto global charts, festival stages and film soundtracks, carrying Nigerian and Ghanaian artists to audiences that had never heard either country's music before.
Amagcisa Abalaseleyo
Imvumi yaseNigeria eyayinentsebenziswano yezizwe ngezizwe yanceda ekufuduseni iingceba kwizicangca zehlabathi lonke.
Umzobi waseNigeria obiza umxube wakhe ongu - Afrity, nowazisa isandi kubaphulaphuli bebala lemidlalo.
indawo ohlala kuyo
apho la magcisa avela khona
437 Afrobeats kwamagcisa ngomhla wama- TimTim.Live, 420 bakwidolophu kawonke-wonke. Kulapho avela khona.
Amazwe
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- GhanaName27
- UgandaName23
- EUnited States20
- United Kingdom17
- EMzantsi Afrika15
- France10
- GQR Congo8
- eRwanda6
- BeninName5
- EKenya5
- Senegal5
Izixeko neendawo
- LagosName (city), NigeriaName55
- Edo State, NigeriaName9
- Ogun State, NigeriaName8
- Port Harcourt, NigeriaName8
- LagosName (state), NigeriaName7
- Rivers State, NigeriaName7
- Kampala, UgandaName6
- London, United Kingdom6
- Osun State, NigeriaName6
- Accra, GhanaName5
- Delta, NigeriaName5
- Oyo State, NigeriaName5
Amanye amagcisa
- Adekunle GoldLagosName
- Afro BUnited Kingdom
- AmaaraeThe Bronx
- Angelique KidjoOuidah
- AsakeLagosName
- Aya NakamuraBamako
- Ayra StarrCotonou
- Buddy DMLGhanaName
- Burna BoyPort Harcourt
- CixqoVandeikya
- CrayonParis
- DJ Lady DiorIsiXeko saseNew York
- DJ MaporissaSoshanguve
- DaH-KAYEMzantsi Afrika
- DavidoAtlanta
- De CatamonEnugu State
- Deo ElishaGQR Congo
- Evannah VChicago
- FREEDOMHaitiName
- Fally IpupaKinshasa
- FalzLagosName
- Fireboy DMLOgun State
- FrizzoDüsseldorf
- Harry PolarisFrance
Imibuzo Neempendulo
What is Afrobeats?+
Afrobeats is the contemporary pop music of West Africa, chiefly Nigeria and Ghana — dance-driven, producer-led, and sung mostly in English and Pidgin.
Is Afrobeats the same as Afrobeat?+
No, and the single letter matters. Afrobeat, without the s, is the horn-driven political music Fela Kuti created in Nigeria in the late 1960s. Afrobeats, with the s, is the West African pop music that emerged decades later. They are related but they are not the same genre.
Where does Afrobeats come from?+
Lagos, Nigeria and Accra, Ghana, spreading through the West African diaspora in London and North America.
What should I listen to first?+
Start with the artists from Nigeria and Ghana on TimTim.Live, then follow the map to the cities the music actually comes from.