FIREBOY DML

Adedamola Oyinlola Adefolahan (born 5 February 1996),[2][3] known professionally as Fireboy DML, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. In 2018, he signed a record deal with YBNL Nation, a record label founded by rapper Olamide.[4] His debut studio album, Laughter, Tears and Goosebumps, was released in 2019.[4] He won Listener's Choice and was nominated for Song of the Year for "Jealous" at the 2020 Soundcity MVP Awards Festival.[3] His third studio album, Playboy, entered the Billboard 200 at number 123. His latest album, Adedamola, was released in 2024. His breakthrough single "Jealous" first appeared on YBNL Nation's collaborative album, YBNL Mafia Family (2018), before being re-released on 25 March 2019.[7][8] The song is composed of guitar riffs, traditional drums and percussion; it combines African harmonies with elements of country and soul music.[7][5] "Jealous" was produced by Cracker Mallo and is centered around love and the complicated feelings that go along with it.[5] The visuals for "Jealous" were directed by Director K.[7] In June 2019, Fireboy DML released the ballad single "What If I Say".[9] It was produced by Pheelz, who incorporated a mix of percussion, ambient synth harmonies, and a drum riff into the production[10] and plugged by Olaitan.[11] The visuals for "What If I Say" was directed by TG Omori.[10] On 1 August 2019, Fireboy DML released another single titled "King", where he declares his worth to his love interest.[12][13] The accompanying music video for "King" was directed by TG Omori; it contains images of Fireboy and his love interest in a rose petal embellished Rolls-Royce, and images of him singing at a fashion show where models walk on a runway.[13] CLICK HERE TO STREAM HIS LATEST ALBUM FOR FREE

SALIF KEITA

Salif Keïta (IPA: [salif keita]) (born 25 August 1949)[3] is a Malian singer-songwriter, referred to as the "Golden Voice of Africa". He is a member of the Keita royal family of Mali. Due to political unrest, Keita and his band-mates fled Mali in the mid-1970s. They settled in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, where they struggled financially and often had to rent equipment to perform shows. The band (now named Les Ambassadeurs Internationaux) steadily grew in popularity in the ensuing years.[3] Their 1978 album, Mandjou, became an overnight success in West Africa.[9] In 1976, Sékou Touré, the President of Guinea, made Keita an Officer of Guinea's National Order of Merit.[3] The President had been a fan of Keita and the band's since they met at an official visit in 1974. Touré had remained a fan and supporter even after they fled Mali. Wanting to reciprocate the honour, Keita composed the track "Mandjou" (featured on the eponymous 1978 album) as a praise song for Touré.[3] However, by the time the song was released, Touré had completely resorted to authoritarian rule and plunged his country into bloodshed and chaos. Keita still performs rearranged versions of "Mandjou".[9] Keita moved to Paris, France, in 1984 to reach a larger audience and to pursue a solo career.[3] His music combined traditional West African music styles with influences from both Europe and the Americas.[3] CLICK HERE TO STREAM HIS LATEST ALBUM FOR FREE

AYRA STARR

Sarah Oyinkansola Aderibigbe (born 14 June 2002), known professionally as Ayra Starr, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. She achieved mainstream international recognition in 2022, with the release of her hit song "Rush". The song charted in several territories, including Switzerland, Ireland and the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number 24.[2] It earned Starr a nomination at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards for Best African Music Performance. In early 2021, Starr began her career with the release of her debut EP Ayra Starr and its lead single "Away", which spent two consecutive weeks at number four on Nigeria's TurnTable Top 50 chart; the song also peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Top Triller Global chart. It was followed by the release of her debut studio album, 19 & Dangerous (2021). Categorized mainly as Afropop and R&B, it received favorable critical reception and spawned two top forty hits in Nigeria. The lead single "Bloody Samaritan" peaked atop the Top 50 chart, becoming the first solo song by a female artist to reach the number-one position. In August the same year, Starr was ranked number three on Billboard's Next Big Sound.[4] In 2024, Starr released her second album, The Year I Turned 21 CLICK HERE TO STREAM HER LATEST ALBUM FOR FREE

YOUSSUO N'DOUR

Youssou N’Dour (born October 1, 1959, Dakar, Senegal) is a Senegalese singer known for his extraordinary vocal range and for introducing international audiences to mbalax—a Senegalese popular music style that blends Wolof traditional instrumental and vocal forms primarily with Cuban and other Latin American popular genres. He served as Senegal’s minister for culture and tourism (2012–13). N’Dour was raised in a devout Sufi Muslim household by a mother who was of Tukulor descent and a carrier of the bardic griot tradition and a father who was Serer. Like most other residents of Dakar since the mid-20th century, however, N’Dour grew up culturally and linguistically Wolof. He began singing at neighbourhood religious festivities when he was about 12 years old, and he and his band were performing outside various dance clubs in Dakar by the time he was in his early teens. (He was too young to play legally inside the clubs.) At age 16 N’Dour joined the regionally popular Star Band de Dakar. That group, with its incorporation of the Senegalese tama (talking drum) and Wolof and Malinke songs into the popular music repertoire, was a pioneer of the music genre that eventually became known as mbalax. N’Dour’s impressive vocal range quickly propelled him to prominence within the Star Band, and in 1977 he and several other band members left the group to form Étoile de Dakar. Although it shared some stylistic features with its parent band, Étoile de Dakar proudly promoted a more strongly Africanized version of the emergent mbalax music. Most of the group’s songs were sung in Wolof, using an ornamented vocal style—sometimes sustained and soaring, sometimes low and declamatory—that drew directly from the griot tradition. In keeping with the griot’s heritage as a storyteller, the songs often recounted history and offered advice on politics, religion, and current events. CLICK HERE TO STREAM HIS LATEST ALBUM

ASAKE

Ahmed Ololade (born 13 January 1995), known professionally as Asake,[1] is a Nigerian singer, rapper and songwriter.[2][3][4][5][6] His debut album, Mr. Money with the Vibe (2022) broke the record for the biggest opening day for an African album on Apple Music at the time, and debuted at number 66 on the Billboard 200 chart.[7][8] His second album Work of Art (2023), matched the chart position of its predecessor.[9] Asake's third album Lungu Boy (2024) became his third consecutive number one album in Nigeria, and the longest-running number one in Nigeria chart history. Asake's accolades include an All Africa Music Award,[11] two Headies awards,[12] and one MOBO award.[13] He has also been nominated for a BET Award,[14] two Grammy Awards,[15][16] and an NAACP Image Award. CLICK HERE TO STREAM HIS LATEST ALBUM FOR FREE

ANGELIQUE KIDJO

Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo (/ˌɒ̃ʒəˈliːk ˈkɪdʒuː, - ˈkɪdʒoʊ/;[1][2][3]) is a Beninese-French singer-songwriter, actress, and activist. Kidjo has won five Grammy Awards and is a 2023 Polar Music Prize laureate. She has released many albums, performed around the world, and frequently collaborated with other artists like Alicia Keys[4], Peter Gabriel[5], John Legend[6], Philip Glass[7], Bono[8], Yo-Yo Ma[9] or Burna Boy[10]. She is the first Black African artist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame[11] She performed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on July 23, 2021.[12] On September 15, 2021, Time included her in their list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Kidjo is fluent in five languages: Fon, French, Yorùbá, Gen (Mina) and English.[13] She sings in all of them, and she also has her own personal language, which includes words that serve as song titles such as "Batonga". Kidjo often uses Benin's traditional Zilin vocal technique and vocalese. CLICK HERE TO STREAM HER LATEST ALBUM FOR FREE

FALLY IPUPA

Fally Ipupa Nsimba (born 14 December 1977), known professionally as Fally Ipupa, is a Congolese musician and dancer. Often referred to as the "Prince of Rumba",[1][2][3][4] he is known for his tenor vocals[5] and his fusion of contemporary and traditional Congolese music genres, including Congolese rumba, soukous, and ndombolo.[6][7][5][8] His lyrics often explore themes of romance, suffering, and joy. Born to a Mongo family in Kinshasa,[9][10][11] Ipupa made his public musical debut in 1997, at the age of 20, with the Kinshasa-based band Talent Latent.[12] In 1999, he joined Koffi Olomide's Quartier Latin International,[13][14] and in 2006, he signed a record deal with Obouo Productions for his debut solo studio album, Droit Chemin, which achieved gold status after selling over 100,000 copies within a month.[15][16] In 2007, he won the Césaire de la Musique prize for Best Male Performer.[17][18][19] In April 2008, Ipupa won the Kundé d'Or for Best Central African Artist,[20][21] and by May 2009, he ranked as the fifth most searched public figure on Yahoo France,[22][23] before releasing his second studio album, Arsenal de Belles Mélodies, on 25 June of that year, which featured chart-toppers such as "Chaise Électrique" (featuring Olivia) and "Sexy Dance" (featuring Krys), which became some of his signature songs. The album quickly sold over 100,000 copies.[24] Ipupa subsequently won two consecutive 2010 MTV Africa Music Awards for Best Francophone Artist and Best Video for "Sexy Dance".[25] His third studio album, Power "Kosa Leka", which spawned the breakout singles "La vie est belle", "Ndoki", and "Service", sold over 30,000 copies in a month.[26][27][28][29][30] In 2013, Ipupa won the Trace Urban Music Award for Best African Artist[31][32] and was signed to the French record label AZ by Julien Creuzard.[28] Following Creuzard's departure from AZ to establish Elektra France in May 2016, Ipupa joined the new label.[33][34][29] His fourth studio album, Tokooos, yielded his highest commercial success and was certified platinum by SNEP, making him one of the first Kinshasa-based Congolese solo artists to achieve that honor.[35][36][37][38] Tokooos also peaked at number five on the French iTunes chart.[39] His fifth studio album, Control, released in November 2018, debuted at No. 10 on the French iTunes chart,[40] while the single "Canne à sucre" became the first Congolese song by a Kinshasa-based artist to enter SNEP's top 200 most downloaded singles in France, reaching No. 91.[41] Ipupa released his sixth studio album, Tokooos II, in December 2020,[42] followed by Tokooos II Gold on 25 February 2022.[43] On 16 December that year, he published his seventh studio album, Formule 7, which amassed over three million streams on Spotify within 24 hours and was certified gold by SNEP.[44][45][46][47] In 2014, Forbes ranked Ipupa as the sixth richest African musician,[48] and Jeune Afrique named him one of the fifty most influential African artists in 2018.[49] He is the most-streamed French-speaking artist on Boomplay and the most-followed Congolese artist on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.[50][51] In July 2025, he topped Billboard France's ranking of the most-streamed Congolese artists whose careers originated in either the DRC or the Republic of the Congo.[52] Ipupa is also known for his humanitarian work: he is the founder of the Fally Ipupa Foundation, which provides aid to marginalized groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including victims of sexual violence and disease, as well as orphans. CLICK HERE TO STREAM HIS LATEST ALBUM