Afrobeats Weekly


On this week’s episode of Afrobeats Weekly, Tunde and his co-host, Showontstop make some predictions for the 2026 Grammy Awards. They review songs from New Music Friday.
OUTLINE
00:00 - Introduction
02:14 - Catch up
09:07 - Grammy Predictions
Best African Music Performance
"Love" – Burna Boy
"With You" – Davido ft. Omah Lay
"Gimme Dat" – Ayra Starr ft. Wizkid
"Push 2 Start" – Tyla (South Africa)
"Hope & Love" – Eddy Kenzo & Mehran Matin (Uganda)

Best Global Music Album
Sounds Of Kumbha — Siddhant Bhatia

No Sign of Weakness — Burna Boy

Éclairer le monde – Light the World — Youssou N’Dour

Mind Explosion (50th Anniversary Tour Live) — Shakti

Chapter III: We Return to Light — Anoushka Shankar featuring Alam Khan & Sarathy Korwar

Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo — Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia

15:40 - New Songs
  • Angels by Lekka Beats, Omah LA, Odumodu
  • Badmington by Ckay
  • Birthday by Fredro, Burna, Steel Banglez
  • Super by Cupid SZN
  • What You Need (Colors) by Tems
  • Nobody by Reekado Banks and Libianca
  • Oyakilomhe by PrettyBoy DO
  • Second Hand by Don Toliver and Rema
  • It’s all Ovah by Kemuel

39:00 -  The charts

Creators and 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.