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The chart ranks the 50 most popular songs every week. It was established by Billboard, in association with Afro Nation, on 22 March 2022. The chart is compiled by Billboard, and Afro Nation. The chart is measured from leading audio and video music services, plus download sales from top music retailers. [1]
Billboard named Tems the US top Afrobeats Artist of 2022, making her the first African artist to achieve this honor. [2] [3] [4] Tems placed ten songs on the list, with one featured song being the highest ranked of them by Wizkid titled "Essence", placed at number one. [1] Essence features guest vocals from Justin Bieber and Tems.
African popular music (also styled Afropop, Afro-pop, Afro pop or African pop), [1] can be defined as any African music, regardless of genre, that uses Western pop musical instruments, such as the guitar, piano, trumpet, etc. [2] Afropop is a genre of music that combines elements from both African traditional music with Western pop music ...
In its inaugural year, the African music performance category for the 66th Grammy Awards is stacked with some of the continent’s biggest stars of the moment: Asake and Olamide (for “Amapiano ...
In a review of Afro Pop Vol. 1 for Pulse Nigeria, Motolani Alake described the album as a "slow burn that will age like fine wine", praising the singer's ability to fuse Afro-pop with Western and electronic elements while maintaining African roots. Alake gave it a 7.6/10 rating, classifying it as a "Victory."
Motolani Alake of Pulse Nigeria praised King of Love as "the best Afro-pop album that Nigerian music has seen in 2020", and highlighting Kizz Daniel's creative songwriting and resonant storytelling. He gave the album a rating of 8.0/10. [ 13 ]
Essence" was included in Spotify's Song of the Summer playlist in June 2021, [13] and in Barack Obama's favourite songs of 2020 playlist. [14] In April 2023, African Folder's staff listed Essence as one of the best African songs of all time. [15] In October 2023, Billboard's staff ranked "Essence" as number 407 in their Best Pop Songs of all ...
Top Afro-R&B Songs: a weekly ranking of the 25 most popular Afro-R&B songs in the country. Top Street-POP Songs: a weekly ranking of the 25 most popular Street-POP songs in the country. Top Hip-Hop/Rap Songs: a weekly ranking of the 25 most popular Hip-Hop songs in the country. Top Gospel Songs: a weekly ranking of the 20 most popular Gospel ...