Will the next global hits from Nigeria have a French accent?Born in the 1970s through the influence of Fela Kuti, regarded as ...

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Fela Kuti became the first African to be awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording ...

Is being a Nepo Baby (Rich kid) in Nigerian music a fast road to success? Or is it just another privilege that doesn't guarantee success? The Nigerian music industry has seen its fair share of Rich ...

As the music industry gathers for Grammy Week, African music is playing an increasingly prominent role — not only on the awards stage, but across global pop culture.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Burna Boy won Album of the Year for No Sign of Weakness which was released in July 2025 [Getty Images] Nigerian artists secured a ...

As the Nigerian music industry continues to expand, new music acts with global ambition and uncommon artistic depth are beginning to emerge from unexpected corners of the country. Among them are ...

The 2025 Grammy Awards were a defining moment for Nigerian music, as Tems made history by winning her second Grammy. This achievement not only celebrated her extraordinary talent but also highlighted ...

The real issue at the root of the problem the online media is facing in the music industry in Nigeria is content curation. In 2010 when I first moved to the US for college, things were changing in the ...

PROFESSORS Adeoluwa Ayokunle Okunade and Bode Omojola are illustrious Nigerian scholars who are powerfully advancing African music on the world stage.Okunade, a renowned Professor of Ethnomusicology ...