Nigerian artists received over 58 billion Nigerian naira ($38 million) in royalties last year, more than double the 2023 figure. Royalties for South African performers reached 400 million rand ...

In honor of Billboard Africa launching, we're celebrating 11 African artists' trailblazing efforts in the global music scene.. While Rema‘s "Calm Down," featuring Selena Gomez on the remix ...

The singer won the first-ever Grammy for African music performance for her sultry, gorgeously sung single “Water." Her debut, self-titled album released in March, could be a strong candidate to ...

In South Africa we are familiar with all varieties of American music and cinema. To this day, the media bombarded us with Western, especially American, music, as opposed to local music. In 1980, I had ...

Nigeria's global star Burna Boy (center) is nominated in Grammy's new category "best African music performance." Nominees are from Nigeria, South Africa and Benin.

Royalties for South African performers reached 400 million rand ($21 million), up 54% year-on-year. Item 1 of 3 Tyla arrives at the Billboard Women in Music Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S ...

Audio streaming giant Spotify's royalty payments to artists from Nigeria and South Africa - its two biggest African markets - spiked to around $59 million last year as performers rode a wave of ...