With this new album, she's reflecting on the range of influences that shaped her. "I'm really excited to show how diverse I am and how I grew up around so many different influences," Tyla says. "I ...

“Do you mind if I just stay in my robe?” Tyla asks, her slippers already on the floor. The 23-year-old South African pop star seems even smaller than her 5-foot-3-inch frame as she curls into the ...

Back in 2017, after spending months holed up in Los Angeles, Wizkid proposed a grand revolution of Afropop with the release of his third studio album, Sounds From The Other Side. Running his ...

African music’s global rise no longer feels like a trend tied to one sound, one country, or one breakout artist. Every week now brings another collision of styles: Afrobeats meeting trap, dancehall ...

The pressure on a second album is rarely about the songs. It's about the sentence that follows an artist's name for the rest of their career. For Tyla, that sentence was written by "Water" — the 2023 ...

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. That momentum will be on display ...

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 ...

July 16 marks the birthday of the Afrobeats superhero whose music and success have helped propel Nigerian and African pop music to global heights. In a career that has spanned nearly 20 years, Wizkid ...

South African music star Tyla has reportedly signed a global deal with Roc Nation, marking what could become one of the most significant career moves by an African artist in recent years. The ...

African music has grown into a powerful global force, driven by artists whose consistency, creativity, and cultural influence have earned them widespread recognition. These musicians have collected ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By late '66, however, all that had changed. After a run of successes and having experienced the full mania of the record industry, ...

Tyla never cared for the narrow definitions of African music, and her new album, A*Pop, reflects that. Speaking to Apple Music's Ebro Darden, she said the project ...