Afrobeats Weekly

Author: Global Village

Afrobeats Weekly is a podcast about African music that podcast highlights some of the biggest news around the Afrobeats genre and the people behind it - the musicians, producers, writers.
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Language: en

Genres: Music, Music Commentary

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Afrobeats Slow Start To 2024, Should Fans Be Worried?
Sunday, 12 May, 2024

In this week’s episode of Afrobeats Weekly, Tunde and his co-host, Showontstop discuss the lack of hits or breakout artists in Afrobeats this year. They also touch on news making the rounds in Afrobeats this week, as well as all the major songs that dropped this week.OUTLINE00:00 - Introduction04:10 - Tems announces release date for her debut album 'Born In The Wild'/Tour05:40 - Nigerian artists earned over #25b in Spotify royalties in 202308:20 - No hit songs/no breakout artistAre Afrobeats artists outpricing themselves?Is it a cause for concern? Or we’re just panicking for nothing. What do you think?16:57 - New SongsStubborn by Victony and AsakeBad Vibes by Ayra Starr and Seyi VibezLove Garden by BOJ and Adekunle GoldBrag by Sarkodie24:25 - New AlbumsWater and Garri Soundtrack by Tiwa Savage27:45 - The Charts29:20 - The Five40:10 - Sign outFollow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram for more information. You can also send fan mail to fanmail@afrobeatspod.com