Afrobeat

Emerged 1970s.

36 artists with 1.4M combined listeners. 72% of them sit in the Nigerian Pop / Afrobeats / Ghanaian Pop community on the map. It shares the most artists with Afrobeats.

Where Afrobeat sits on the map

• Nigerian Pop / Afrobeats / Ghanaian Pop · 26 artists (72%)
• Amapiano / Sgija / Barcadi · 1 artists (3%)
• UK Hip Hop / Grime / UK Drill · 1 artists (3%)
• Trip Hop / Downtempo / Abstract Hip Hop · 1 artists (3%)
• Rap / Dmv Rap / Underground Hip Hop · 1 artists (3%)
• Funk Mandelao / Phonk Brasileiro / Funk · 1 artists (3%)

Strongest pairings in Afrobeat

Afrobeat artists who most often share real, user-made playlists.

1. Fireboy Dml & Omah lay · 89 shared playlists
2. Omah lay & Victony · 55 shared playlists
3. Omah lay & Oxlade · 52 shared playlists
4. Fireboy Dml & Victony · 50 shared playlists
5. Fireboy Dml & Pheelz · 43 shared playlists
6. Fireboy Dml & Oxlade · 43 shared playlists
7. Lojay & Fireboy Dml · 42 shared playlists
8. Lojay & Omah lay · 41 shared playlists
9. Fireboy Dml & Rotimi · 35 shared playlists
10. Victony & Oxlade · 31 shared playlists

Related genres

Genres that share the most artists with Afrobeat, for their size.

• Afrobeats · 17 shared artistsBoth: Fireboy Dml, Omah lay, Starboy
• Nigerian Pop · 25 shared artistsBoth: Fireboy Dml, Omah lay, Starboy
• Kenyan R&B · 2 shared artistsBoth: Magixx, Qing Madi
• Amapiano · 2 shared artistsBoth: DBN Gogo, G Nako

Artists

36 artists tagged Afrobeat, ranked by listeners.

1. Fireboy Dml354.6K listeners · Nigerian Pop
2. Omah lay352.4K listeners · Nigerian Pop
3. Starboy126.2K listeners · Nigerian Pop
4. Oxlade112.7K listeners · Nigerian Pop
5. Victony74.5K listeners · Nigerian Pop
6. Sarz62.8K listeners · Nigerian Pop
7. Lojay51.6K listeners · Afrobeats
8. DBN Gogo40.3K listeners · Amapiano
9. amaarae40.1K listeners · Nigerian Pop
10. Spinall38.5K listeners · Nigerian Pop
11. Pheelz32.1K listeners · Afrobeats
12. Rotimi31.3K listeners · Afrobeats
13. Shallipopi18.0K listeners · Nigerian Pop
14. Rexxie17.6K listeners · Nigerian Pop
15. Crayon13.3K listeners · Nigerian Pop
16. L.A.X7.7K listeners · Afrobeats
17. A-Star7.4K listeners · Nigerian Pop
18. Melvitto7.0K listeners · Nigerian Pop
19. Midas the Jagaban6.1K listeners · Afrobeats
20. Magixx5.2K listeners · Nigerian Pop
21. Bayanni5.0K listeners · Afrobeats
22. Terri5.0K listeners
23. Ashley Park4.9K listeners · Vocal Jazz
24. AMARIA BB4.7K listeners · Nigerian Pop
25. Gabzy4.5K listeners · Nigerian Pop
26. Babyboy AV4.4K listeners · Nigerian Pop
27. Qing Madi3.3K listeners · Nigerian Pop
28. Capella Grey2.1K listeners
29. SALIMA CHICA1.8K listeners · Funk Viral
30. G Nako1.4K listeners · Amapiano
31. Odunsi The Engine1.3K listeners · Alte
32. Tina (HoodCelebrityy)1.0K listeners · Dancehall
33. Ish Kevin1.0K listeners · Hip Pop
34. Id Cabasa1.0K listeners · Nigerian Pop
35. KAESTYLE1.0K listeners · Nigerian Pop
36. Nathaniel Shalom1.0K listeners · Roots Rock