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(Top) 1 Algeria. 2 Angola. 3 Benin. 4 Botswana. 5 Burkina Faso. 6 Burundi. 7 Cameroon. 8 Cape Verde. 9 Côte d'Ivoire. ... This is a list of musicians from African ...
Innocent Ujah Idibia MON [a] (Listen ⓘ; born 18 September 1975), known by his stage name 2Baba and formerly as 2face Idibia, [2][3] is a Nigerian singer-songwriter, record producer and philanthropist known for his solo debut album, Face 2 Face. [4][b] He is regarded as the "most influential" in the Nigerian music industry following his ...
African music includes the genres makwaya, highlife, mbube, township music, jùjú, fuji, jaiva, afrobeat, afrofusion, mbalax, Congolese rumba, soukous, ndombolo, makossa, kizomba, taarab and others. [1] African music also uses a large variety of instruments from all across the continent. The music and dance of the African diaspora, formed to ...
Mono Mukundu - Zimbabwean music producer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist. Jean-Bosco Mwenda - pioneer of African fingerstyle in 1950s, Congo. Ray Phiri - lead guitarist from Mpumalanga, South Africa; guitar sessions on Paul Simon's album Graceland. Jonah Sithole - Zimbabwean guitarist, played with Thomas Mapfumo.
Sarkodie is often named as one of Africa's best hip hop artists. [48] MTV Base ranked him sixth on its list of the Hottest African MCs in 2014. [49] In 2013, Lynx TV ranked him first on its list of the "Top 10 Ghanaian Rappers of All Time". [50] In 2015, AfricaRanking.com ranked him third on its list of the "Top 10 African Rappers of 2015". [51]
Best Music Video. "Brown Skin Girl" by Beyonce, Saint Jhn & Wizkid featuring Blue Ivy Carter [10][11] Wizkid. Won. 2009. Best Contemporary World Music Album. Global Drum Project by Various artists [e] Sikiru Adepoju. Won.
P-Square are a Nigerian music duo composed of the twin brothers Peter Okoye and Paul Okoye, who co-write and co-produce most of their songs. [4] [5] [6] Noted for their artistic reinvention, musical versatility, and visual presentation, they are widely regarded as one of the most influential African acts of all time and one of the most successful music groups from Africa.
African popular music (also styled Afropop, Afro-pop, Afro pop or African pop), [1] like African traditional music, is vast and varied. [1] Most contemporary genres of western popular music build on cross-pollination with traditional African American and African popular music. Many genres in popular music of rock, metal, pop, blues, jazz, salsa ...