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The first ever Official UK Afrobeats Chart will launch on Sunday

The UK's first official Afrobeats chart will launch this week.

Broadcasting on BBC Radio 1Xtra this Sunday (26th July), The Official UK Afrobeats Show will announce...

17 tracks of Afrobeat-inspired new music...

US dance titans Major Lazer have dropped a brand new mixtape stuffed with afrobeat-inspired party tunes.

17 tracks and 30 minutes long, 'Afrobeats (DJ mix)'...

Manchester's Pie Radio announces amapiano and Afrobeats event tour series

Events are scheduled to take place in London, Manchester and Birmingham

Manchester-based, youth-led radio station Pie Radio is organising an events series that will showcase a number of figures from across the amapiano and Afrobeats music...

His manager confirmed his death is not linked to the Coronavirus pandemic

Tony Allen, the legendary drummer widely regarded as a co-founder of Afrobeat, has died at the age of 79.

Allen's manager, Eric Trosset, confirmed the...

Ghetts shares amapiano and Afrobeat-inspired single and video, 'Tumbi': Watch

It comes with a video starring Ghetts, which was shot on a Caribbean beach

Ghetts has shared a brand new single, called 'Tumbi'. Inspired by Afrobeats and amapiano, the track is produced by Splurgeboys and comes backed with a...

The 11-hour event will take place at the BEC Arena

Manchester’s Pie Radio has announced an Afrobeats v Amapiano day party for summer.

After hosting an online Afrobeat v Amapiano clash during lockdown, independent, youth-led Manchester radio...

New Afrobeats and amapiano documentary, A Movement, released by Afro Nation: Watch

The short film explores the mainstream rise of Afrobeats and the formation of the Afrobeats Charts

A new Afrobeats and amapiano documentary is available to watch now via Afro Nation festival. Afro Nation: A Movement features talking heads such as Burna...

The first written chronicle of the world-beating genre, from social and cultural development to sonic and influences 

A new book charting the rise of Afrobeats is set to be published next month by Jacaranda Books. 

'A Quick Ting On: Afrobeats' is written...

The collaboration with Kranium and Kizz Daniel comes from their latest mixtape...

The festival is set to take place in South London on 28th August 2021

A new festival celebrating Black culture from around the world will take place in London this summer. 

Yam Carnival will take place on Clapham Common...

A fitting tribute to the late, great Afrobeat drummer who died last week

Gorillaz have shared a new track, ‘How Far?’, featuring Skepta and the late, great Afrobeat pioneer Tony Allen.

The track has been shared in tribute...

The new London festival will host eight nighttime events

New South London festival Sunfall has announced the line-ups for its nighttime events.

Following its daytime programme at Brockwell Park, the festival will host eight...

The two summer workshops take place later this month

Native Instruments (NI) will host two free workshop days in London later this month.

Powered by two of NI's expansion packs, Global Shake and Lockdown...

Lyon-via-Bamako label, Blanc Manioc, readies a new compilation, ‘Nyamakalabeats#1’. Hear the rolling percussion of Bamako afrobeats producer Gaspa’s ‘tamani’ now

Established between Lyon, France and Bamako, Mali, the Blanc Manioc label has been making steady waves since launching in January this year. 

With six releases...

The track sees the pair fuse Afrobeats with house and R&B

KG has teamed up with London-born, LA-based singer Taliwhoah on a new track, 'Mantra'.

The track is third to be unveiled from KG's forthcoming EP...