discover top african music on the continent
African music is often characterised by complex rhythms, polyrhythms and call-and-response patterns that involve audience participation or other musicians. African music is also known to utilise a wide variety of traditional instruments, such as drums, xylophones and stringed instruments, it is characterised by short, simple melodies. These are repeated over and over, with singers or instrumentalists changing them at will to create a theme with many variations.
African music encompasses a variety of musical genres, including ambiano, wugu, fuji, fuji, highlife, Congolese rumba, soukous, gumbolo, makossa, kizomba, and taraab. In this article we find some of the best African songs:
The 21-year-old’s breakthrough hit ‘Rush’ won her a Grammy Award. With a raucous chorus reminiscent of Rihanna’s ‘Diamonds’
Kizz Daniel’s ‘Pooja’ is the number one most viewed song, with over 180 million views.
Master KG’s talent and success has garnered numerous awards, including the prestigious MTV Europe Music Award for Best African Artist in 2020.
Burna Boy released his critically acclaimed album ‘Twice as Tall’, which won the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album in 2021.
One of the biggest names in the Nigerian music industry is Davido. He has released several hit songs that have topped the charts
Augustine Miles Kelechi Okechukwu, better known as Tekno, is a Nigerian singer-songwriter and record producer. His song ‘Injoy’ was the closing song in an episode of the Emmy Award-winning television series Ted Lasso.
Rema rose to prominence in 2019 with his hit song ‘Iron Man’, which caught the attention of music lovers and industry professionals.
Die Antwoord is a South African alternative hip-hop group formed in Cape Town in 2008. The group consists of rappers Watkin Theodore ‘Ninja’ Jones and Anri ‘Yolande Visser’ du Toit, a male/female duo, and producers HITEK5000 and Lil2hood
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