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Year: 2025

  • Afrobeats Artists Burna Boy, Davido, Tyla, Ayra Starr, Others Nominated for the 2026 Grammys

    Afrobeats Artists Burna Boy, Davido, Tyla, Ayra Starr, Others Nominated for the 2026 Grammys

    The nominees for the 2026 Grammy Awards were announced today and as expected, some of Afrobeats biggest names are in the running for the music industry’s biggest awards

    Burna Boy’s No Sign of Weakness is up for the Best Global Music Award along with Youssou N’Dour’s World and The Eclairer le monde : Light the Mind Explosion (50th Anniversary Tour Live) album by Shakti

    While the nominees for Best African Music Performance include Davido, Tyla, Ayra Starr and Uganda’s Eddy Kenzo

    While African music icon Angélique Kidjo leads the nominations for Global Music Performance 

    The 2026 Grammy Awards will place Sunday, February 1, 2026 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

  • Sine Vultus Celebrates the Spirit of Lagos on “Eko Hustle”

    Sine Vultus Celebrates the Spirit of Lagos on “Eko Hustle”

    Nigerian artist Sine Vultus, has a new single “EKO HUSTLE”  an Afrobeats anthem dedicated to Lagos, Nigeria.

    “Lagos is a city that simultaneously demands everything from you and gives you everything in return,” say the artist 

    This track captures the city’s powerful duality: the relentless stress and chaos, balanced by its undeniable energy, beauty, and magnetic charm. 

    The verses vividly depict the daily struggle: the paralyzing traffic (go-slow), the intense competition, the noise, the pressure to succeed, and the emotional toll of the “hustle.”

    The lyrics transition to celebrating the unique vibrancy—the iconic yellow danfo buses, the view from the Third Mainland Bridge, the chaos of Balogun Market, and the coastal calm of the ocean breeze.

    Stream “Eko Hustle” by Sine Vultus

  • UAE-Based  DJ Feras Al Qasid Shares Electronic Music Single “Luma”

    UAE-Based  DJ Feras Al Qasid Shares Electronic Music Single “Luma”

    UAE-based DJ and producer Feras Al Qasid has released a new single “Luma”

    The track is a fusion of electronic music, pop and House music influences.

    Stream “Luma” by Feras Al Qasid

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  • Belgian Duo YRI & Aïsha Rae Release Debut Single “Playground”

    Belgian Duo YRI & Aïsha Rae Release Debut Single “Playground”

    “Playground” is the debut single of YRI & Aïsha Rae, a Belgian duo blending pop, poetry, and healing. Born in a psychiatric day center, the song is a lived story of rebirth, vulnerability, and light after loss.

     Filmed from real life, without a script, the video became an accidental farewell — and an intentional act of love. 

    “We don’t sing to impress — we sing to heal. First ourselves, and hopefully, collectively.”

    Stream “Playground” by YRI & Aïsha Rae

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  • Yass and Centaure Collaborate on Electronic Single “Blue Monster” for Madorasindahouse’s Compilation Album ‘100’

    Yass and Centaure Collaborate on Electronic Single “Blue Monster” for Madorasindahouse’s Compilation Album ‘100’

    Known for platforming some of the best rising artists of the underground electronic scene like Shimza, Adam Port, Samm, Joezi, Culoe de song, 40D, Mr. ID, Dorian Craft.

    Madorasindahouse MIDH 100 compilation is a selection of tracks representing the evolution of the label in a prolific year for the genre. 

    This will be the second release for Yass on the label this year. Yass : “While working in the studio with talented producer Axelino, I discovered Centaure’s vocals on “Blue Monster” and I decided to bring it to another level” 

    Stream “Blue Monster” by Yass and Centaure

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