Afrobeats Slow Start To 2024, Should Fans Be Worried?

In this week’s episode of Afrobeats Weekly, Tunde and his co-host, Showontstop discuss the lack of hits or breakout artists in Afrobeats this year. They also touch on news making the rounds in Afrobeats this week, as well as all the major songs that dropped this week.
OUTLINE
00:00 - Introduction
04:10 - Tems announces release date for her debut album 'Born In The Wild'/Tour
05:40 - Nigerian artists earned over #25b in Spotify royalties in 2023
08:20 - No hit songs/no breakout artist
Are Afrobeats artists outpricing themselves?
Is it a cause for concern? Or we’re just panicking for nothing. What do you think?
16:57 -  New Songs
Stubborn by Victony and Asake
Bad Vibes by Ayra Starr and Seyi Vibez
Love Garden by BOJ and Adekunle Gold
Brag by Sarkodie
24:25 -   New Albums
Water and Garri Soundtrack by Tiwa Savage
27:45 - The Charts
29:20 - The Five
40:10 - Sign out

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Creators & Guests

Host

Sho

Afrobeats and Hip-Hop fan

Host

Tunde Adediran

Tunde is an all-around curator of African music with an emphasis on West African sounds and has hosted several web music shows in the past. He currently writes and A&Rs for record labels in Nigeria.

What is Afrobeats Weekly?

Afrobeats Weekly is a podcast about African music that podcast highlights some of the biggest news around the Afrobeats genre and the people behind it - the musicians, producers, writers.