The 45 Best Afropop Songs of 2025

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

HYBE’s African Music Push Begins With Tyla as First Artist Supported: ‘Unlimited Potential’

The K-pop powerhouse teams with Brandon Hixon and Colin Gayle to build a global pipeline for African artists and expand its footprint. By Marc Schneider Industry News Editor HYBE is making a bold move ...
International Monetary Fund

African Century

A demographic transformation in Africa has the potential to alter the world order Last November, the global population reached a significant milestone of 8 billion. More recently, in April, India ...
Lifehacker

You Can Now Directly Import Apple Music Playlists to Spotify

If you've spent years curating playlists in Apple Music or another streaming service, you can now easily transfer your playlist to your Spotify library without needing to start from scratch or pay for ...
Essence

Made For More: Tems Is Building A Blueprint For The Next Generation Of African Women In Music

African artists are having a moment on the global stage. And Tems? Baby… she is undeniably leading that charge. The British-Nigerian artist has spent the last few years racking up (and I truly mean ...
Kansas City Star

Inside KC’s thriving African drum and dance community, younger than ever

Selah Thompson (front) teaches how the skirt is used in Afro Cuban dance to mimic natural movements seen in nature at the Traditional Music Society dance class. Susan Pfannmuller Special to The Star ...
Android Police

This hidden YouTube Music setting will restore order to your playlists

Dhruv Bhutani has been writing about consumer technology since 2008, offering deep insights into the Android smartphone landscape through features and opinion pieces. He joined Android Police in 2023, ...
Engadget

Amazon Music launches AI-powered weekly playlists based on 'preferences and mood'

Amazon Music has just launched new AI-powered weekly playlists based on the "preferences and mood" of listeners. This just means it scrapes what you've already been listening to and extrapolates ...
TechCrunch

Amazon Music’s new AI feature generates personalized playlists every Monday

Ever since Spotify launched an AI DJ, Amazon Music has been developing its own AI-powered features, including AI-generated playlists and AI-assisted search, to compete more effectively with the music ...
Android Authority

YouTube Music could soon let you comment on playlists, here's what we know (APK teardown)

YouTube is working on bringing comments to YouTube Music playlists. YouTube Music already allows comments on audio, video, and podcast content. If it succeeds, YouTube might also bring comments to ...
The Nation Newspaper

AFRIMA: Rewarding, uniting Africa through music

After a two year hiatus, organisers of the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, have returned with more determination to reward and unite African countries through music. In a recent chat with Mike Dada, ...