From Lagos to the Grammys, Nigerian singer-songwriter Tems has conquered the global stage without compromising who she is. “Authenticity is everything to me,” she says. “That’s the one thing I cannot ...

Black women have long shaped the sound and soul of R&B music. Their voices—raw, emotional and unmatched—have given us timeless love songs that echo through generations. Whether they’re singing about ...

Ayra Starr’s new album, The Year I Turned 21 (released May 30), is the latest landmark in an ongoing Afropop evolution. It is among the sleekest records the genre has ever produced, unbelievably ...

NPR's Daniel Estrin talks to Emily Sieu Liebowitz and Laura Flam, the authors of But Will You Love Me Tomorrow. It's a collection of interviews of more than 100 members of girl groups in the 1960s.

This feat comes after Future's 2022 hit single 'Wait For U' reached 1 billion Spotify streams thus making Tems the first African female artist to reach this milestone. The record which features ...

Tyla's 'Water' becomes the latest song to surpass 1 billion Spotify streams. Tyla joins Rema as the second African artist on Spotify's 1 billion Song Club In another landmark feat, South African ...

There are only two years of data for this young Grammy category, and the only decipherable trend thus far is that women are the big winners; Tyla’s “Water” was the inaugural winner in 2024 and Tems ‘ ...

From the rock shelters of southern Africa to the royal courts of Buganda, fluidity shaped ritual, healing, and community.