Afrobeats
West Africa's global pop sound
Ama - Afrika awumculo we - pop okhona eNtshonalanga Afrika — iNigeria neGhana zavela eGhana, ezakhelwe ezigqini zomdanso, ezosha zama - Pidgin namaNgisi, kanye nemiklamo ekhiqizwayo. Kusukela ngawo - 2010 iye yaba omunye wemisindo ezwakala kakhulu embulungeni yonke.
Kuyabhalwa futhi 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.
Abadwebi abaziwayo
Umculi waseNigeria obambisene nawo emhlabeni wonke kwasiza ekuthwaleni ama - Afrobeats emashadini embulunga yonke.
Umdwebi waseNigeria ozibiza ngokuthi ingxubevange ye-Afro, futhi oletha umsindo ezibukelini zenkundla.
Lapho ihlala khona
Lapho lemidwebo ivela khona
419 Afrobeats Abadwebi bangabangu - TimTim.Live, futhi 418 idolobha lazo linedolobha lomphakathi. Yilapha lapho zivela khona.
Amazwe
- i-Nigeria209
- IGhana27
- i-Uganda23
- United States20
- I - United Kingdom17
- i-Ningizimu Afrika15
- IFrance9
- DRKCongo8
- i-Rwanda6
- i-Benin5
- i-Kenya5
- I-Senegal5
Amadolobha Nezindawo
- ILagos (city), i-Nigeria55
- Edo State, i-Nigeria9
- Ogun State, i-Nigeria8
- Port Harcourt, i-Nigeria8
- ILagos (state), i-Nigeria7
- Rivers State, i-Nigeria7
- London, I - United Kingdom6
- Osun State, i-Nigeria6
- Accra, IGhana5
- Delta, i-Nigeria5
- Kampala, i-Uganda5
- Oyo State, i-Nigeria5
Ezinye zabadwebi
- Adekunle GoldILagos
- Afro BI - United Kingdom
- AmaaraeBronx County
- Angelique KidjoOuidah
- AsakeILagos
- Aya NakamuraBamako
- Ayra StarrCotonou
- Buddy DMLIGhana
- Umfana ObomvuPort Harcourt
- CixqoBenue State
- CrayonParis
- DJ Lady DiorINew York City
- I - DJ MaphoraSoshanguve
- DaH-KAYi-Ningizimu Afrika
- DavidoAtlanta
- De CatamonEnugu State
- Deo ElishaDRKCongo
- Evannah VChicago
- FREEDOMi-Haiti
- Fally IpupaKinshasa
- FalzILagos
- Fireboy DMLOgun State
- FrizzoDüsseldorf
- Harry PolarisIFrance
Imibuzo Nezimpendulo
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.