The most common reason for festival attendance is to discover new music, cited by 72 percent of attendees worldwide. This is ...

Rolling Stone ranks the best Afropop songs of the year featuring Adekunle Gold, Rema, Moily, Theodora, Tyla, Davido, Bien, ...

Dar es Salaam. Despite a fan boycott sparked by the October 29 curfew, Tanzanian music maintained its strong presence throughout 2025, led by consistent performances from Marioo, Harmonize and Mbosso.

Songs from the soundtrack to ‘Oh. What. Fun.’, new holiday albums by Mickey Guyton, Old Crow Medicine Show, Brad Paisley ...

Moroccan rapper French Montana kicked off the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations with performances at the opening ceremony, ...

This year’s most-added tracks on local playlists reveal exactly what drives our celebrations - nostalgia, energy, and that ...

Saudi Arabia's Event Investment Fund partnered with Legends Global for new venues in the country. Other music deals are also covered in this roundup.

Dhurandhar’s Fa9la, Arabic hip-hop track by Flipperachi has gone viral across social media. It plays as a backscore to Akshaye Khanna’s striking entry as Rehman Dakait. Khanna’s dance adds raw energy ...

Detty Rave, Africa’s defining afrodance music pilgrimage, returns with its boldest evolution yet as the 2025 theme, Raise the Heat, ushers in authentic creativity, deeper intensity and a renewed ...

South African artists, with Tyla and Black Coffee emerging as leading figures in Spotify's Wrapped results, showcasing their global reach and influence.

DJ Kampire working the crowd at the 2024 Brunch Electronic Festival in Barcelona, Spain. PHOTO/ASTRID MISKOVIC. One of East Africa’s top disc jockeys (DJs) and a core member of Uganda’s Nyege Nyege ...

Gagasi FM’s dynamic duo, DJ Sphectacula and DJ Naves, are on a high after bagging the Best Radio DJ award at the 2025 South African Dance Music Awards (SADMA) their second consecutive win. The awards ...