Streaming has made the charts a largely indie-free zone (aside from the Killers’ deathless Mr Brightside). Now it seems that ...

In a groundbreaking move for African music, Capital Radio South Africa has officially partnered with the UMA to launch the Urban Music Awards South Africa (UMA SA). This powerful collaboration ...

South African entertainment commentator Phil Mphela and TikTok excitedly announced that they will be launching a new series ...

This list, according to Africa Facts Zone, celebrates the continent’s best-selling artistes, those whose music has resonated far and wide, racking up millions of units sold across the world.

TikTok insists African creators are ‘coining it’ on the platform By Sibahle Malinga, ITWeb senior news journalist.Johannesburg, 11 Apr 2025Africa is not excluded from its creator rewards programme, ...

South African sensation Tyla has achieved a remarkable feat that is a major turning point in the music industry, becoming the first African solo artist to have an album appear on the global ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Nigerian and South African music achieved unprecedented growth last year on Spotify, earning record-breaking royalties, the audio streaming platform said on Friday.

2. Fridolin Ambongo Besungu (DR Congo), 65, Archbishop of Kinshasa Ambongo stands out as the only African member of Pope Francis’s Council of Cardinals, an elite advisory body. A vocal ...

African music genres have earned fast-rising popularity in recent years. Spotify's 2024 report "has unveiled extraordinary growth across Sub-Saharan Africa's music industries, with Nigerian and ...

Grammy winner Burna Boy sells out the 80,000 capacity Stade De France Over 80,000 fans in attendance as Burna Boy makes African history in Stade De France On April 18, global music superstar Burna ...

How did that happen? We’re not sure, but there’s been plenty of good music from Africa to get us through so far. After collaborating with Nigerian superstar Burna Boy and renowned Ghanaian ...

He was 70. The married singers, who met when she was 18 and he 21, took traditional Mali music and blended it with western rock and many other influences to shape a whole new sound that was both ...