Join Face2Face Africa as we share with you the top 10 African songs of 2025. The list is in no particular order.

Another thing I’ve been liking is Afrobeats trending backwards, with artists like Rema and Darkoo tapping into the tambour and aesthetics of the genre circa the 2000s and early 2010s. Darkoo has also ...

TIME 100 Innovators 2025 has one African star: Rema. From ‘Calm Down’ to Grammy nods, here’s how he’s taking Afrobeats worldwide. Afrobeats star Rema has earned a major global milestone, becoming the ...

Explore Fikile Mbalula's Top 10 songs of 2025, showcasing the vibrant South African music scene and the tracks that resonated ...

Egyptian artists are leading the continent’s digital music scene with a new ranking of the most followed African musicians on YouTube showing Egypt claiming seven of the top 21 spots. Mohamed Ramadan ...

African artists have soundtracked superhero movies, sports dramas, Westerns and, more importantly, films that bring it back home to the continent. While Billboard previously published a list about ...

South Africa’s music scene in 2025 was shaped by artists who reached remarkable chart positions, expanded their reach across the continent and introduced new sounds to a growing audience. The year ...

At the 2024 Video Music Awards (VMAs), South African singer Tyla made waves with her performance and acceptance speech after winning the “Best Afrobeat” award for her hit song, “Water.” This moment ...

Thinking back on the biggest cultural moments of 2024, it’s hard to ignore the many African women who were at the center of it all. Over the past decade, global African music has been dominated by ...

To say there is a plethora of global parties worthy of “bucket list” status is an understatement. But if you’re like me, you know that music is the real currency of any bacchanal; also if you’re like ...

Over the last decade, Afrobeats has become a global phenomenon, bringing African music into the Western mainstream. There’s now an Afrobeats category at the MTV Video Music Awards, and performers like ...

It’s not easy to steal the show at the Met Gala. But no one who saw the South African singer Tyla ascend the stairs in May in a one-off Balmain couture gown made of sculpted sand will ever forget it. ...