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Afrobeats

Afrobeats is a genre. Defining acts include Amaarae, Asake, Rema, Davido and Fireboy DML, and their records are the quickest way into the sound. Afrobeats grew out of Pop, Naija Pop, Afrosounds, Nigerian Hip Hop and Nigerian Pop. Its influence carried into pop urbaine, which took the template somewhere else. The chart currently maps 11 connections around Afrobeats. Open any neighbouring band or genre to trace where Afrobeats came from and where it led.

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AfrobeatsPopNaija PopAfrosoundsNigerian Hip HopNigerian PopNaija Hip HopNigerian R&BAfro-poppop urbaine

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Afrobeats connections

Afrobeats grew out of Pop, Naija Pop, Afrosounds and Nigerian Hip Hop, went on to shape pop urbaine. 11 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

What influenced Afrobeats

Roots10

Sounds and acts that shaped Afrobeats.

What Afrobeats shaped

Legacy1

Where the influence of Afrobeats travelled next.

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