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Taylor Swift surpasses Drake as most-decorated artist in Billboard Music Awards history

Taylor Swift scooped 10 more Billboard Music Awards this week, bringing her grand total to 49.

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Taylor Swift celebrates 'nicest birthday present' as she makes Billboard Music Awards history

‘This is like the nicest early birthday present you could have given me, so thank you very much,’ Taylor Swift said in a pre-recorded acceptance speech

Evening Standard

‘I’m often the only woman in the room’: the female music managers changing the industry’s tune

With women now comprising 38% of its 1,500-strong membership, the Music Manager’s Forum typifies the changing face of the industry

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The Long Wave: How Juls journeyed the Black Atlantic to curate his sound

From Brazilian percussion to South African amapiano, the British-Ghanaian DJ and producer is building musical links across the diaspora

The Guardian - UK

Taylor Swift, Sabrina Carpenter win big at MTV EMAs as Liam Payne receives emotional tribute

Liam Gallagher, Busta Rhymes, Pet Shop Boys too receive top prizes

The Independent UK

Tyla Calls Best Afrobeats VMAs Win "Bittersweet" Because of the "Tendency to Group All African Artists Under" the Genre

The South African star took home the Moonperson for her global hit "Water."

Marie Claire

‘I’m literally a superstar!’: the irresistible confidence of Nigerian singer-songwriter Ayra Starr

Moving around a lot as a child taught the 22-year-old to listen and absorb myriad musical influences. Now she’s combined them into a Grammy-nominated cocktail of R&B and Afrobeats and is ready to conquer Glasto

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Ayra Starr: The Year I Turned 21 review – magnetic Afrobeats

The Beninese-Nigerian singer-songwriter puts her big voice to work on a set of songs that are over all too soon

The Guardian - UK

One to watch: the Cavemen

Sung in English and Igbo, the Nigerian brothers’ joyful ‘highlife fusion’ is already huge with Afrobeats’ big names

The Guardian - UK

Nigerian music star Davido to sue over April fool's prank that backfired

A fake story claiming the Afrobeats singer was found with cocaine on his private jet has triggered legal action

Evening Standard

London music venue Brixton Academy to reopen with Nirvana and Smiths tribute acts

Concert hall’s licence was suspended after two people were killed in a crowd crush in December 2022

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s created with a big red love!’: the ultra-inspirational music of Ghanaian star Black Sherif

The vocalist’s candour, vulnerability and uplifting guidance is helping to turn him into one of the biggest stars in African music. Fresh off stage in Ghana, he explains his pure-hearted approach

The Guardian - UK

‘A tonic that no medication can give’: readers’ favourite albums of 2023

From Raye’s multi-genre majesty to Zach Bryan’s blue-collar country, these are the LPs that most affected readers this year

The Guardian - UK

Kendrick Lamar concert in Kigali kicks off drive to put Africa on the global gig circuit

Move Afrika, launched by grandson of Nelson Mandela, aims to draw on success of Afrobeats and support a new generation of musicians

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Much as it galls the French, English has become Europe’s cultural lingua franca

The British may have left the EU, but if recent films are to go by, their language remains centre stage

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Nigerian police detain prominent musician for questioning after a young star's death

Naira Marley, a major Afrobeats star, is in police custody for questioning over the death of Mohbad, who died in a Lagos hospital last month at age 27. Marley has denied involvement in Mohbad's death.

The Guardian - UK

Nigerian police detain Afrobeats star Naira Marley over death of MohBad

Boss of rising singer’s former music label has denied any involvement in unexplained death

Al Jazeera

In Nigeria, grief spills to the streets over death of Afrobeats star Mohbad

The late star, 27, died in mysterious circumstances after a label feud and that has led to outrage across Nigeria.

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Burna Boy: I Told Them review – Afrobeats superstar punches closer to the mainstream

Eschewing the political controversies of his interviews, the Nigerian musician’s seventh album is streamlined, swaggering and rich with perfectly deployed vocal samples

The Conversation

Music video controversy in Nigeria: Logos Olori misreads a religious time bomb

Recently, Logos Olori – a Nigerian singer who is signed to Afrobeats superstar Davido’s music label – released a video with supposedly Muslim men dancing to his song Jaye Lo in front of a mosque. After an outcry, the controversial video had to be taken down by Davido because it…

The Guardian - UK

One to watch: Libianca

The Cameroonian-American Afrobeats sensation behind slow-jam hit People blends spiritual gratitude and romantic disappointment on her new single

Evening Standard

Afrobeats superstar Wizkid: ‘I’m here to steer the new generation – we’re the kings now’

Ahead of his huge gig in London this month, the ‘Star Boy’ talks about how music saved his life, how he sometimes feels like God and how his mum made him a go-getter

Evening Standard

Oxlade at Meltdown Festival review: sporadically dazzling, but the Nigerian star is still a work in progress

A glittery catwalk show of fabulous outfits and high-voltage glamour – and that was just the audience

Los Angeles Times

Amid 'Fast & Furious' life, Ludacris can 'stand still' for a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

LOS ANGELES — During a sunny afternoon in Los Angeles, Ludacris sat at his dining room table, appreciating the view from his Hollywood Hills home.

Los Angeles Times

Want the real Afrobeats experience? For many Black Angelenos, that means a trip to Africa

LOS ANGELES — The first thing Dee Williams noticed was that it felt like home.

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