Spotify has released its ‘Global Impact List in Nigeria’, spotlighting the country’s top 30 songs and tracks for the first half of 2025.

We're rolling out the 50 tracks that are the most foundational, influential and popular within Afrobeats, starting Tuesday ...

Akinyemi Ayinoluwa is a partner at HighTower Solicitors and one of Billboard’s Top Music Lawyers of 2025. A former recording artist ...

The Foodaholic Festival, now in its 7th edition, has become a cornerstone of Nigeria's cultural calendar, celebrating the ...

His death was announced on Friday, July 25, 2025, by the former President of the Performing Musicians Employers Association ...

Popular veteran musician, film director and producer, songwriter, and music producer, Obafemi Lasode, is dead.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Nigerian sensation Rema about the global success of his song "Calm Down," and the rise of the music genre Afrobeats.

It seems like there’s nothing Nigerian music star Simi can’t do. A singer, songwriter, and one of the few women mixing and producing their own music, Simi is setting the stage for the future ...

US-based ethnomusicologist, Seyi Ajibade, has called for greater emphasis on music education and accessibility in Nigeria. Ajibade, whose research focuses on music and sustainability, argues that ...

LAGOS, Nigeria — Hundreds of fans have held protests and candlelight vigils in various Nigerian cities in the last few days in memory of Mohbad, a beloved 27-year-old Nigerian music star who ...

With Nigerian music breaking new ground and reaching a global audience, I asked Dr. Ayuba what he makes of Afrobeats international success and he tells me credit must be given to the generation of ...

For decades, Street music has provided a rich view into the diversity that abounds in Nigerian music. This is why it could become Nigeria’s music foremost genre Adeayo Adebiyi ...