DJ, keep that record playing to the top Afrobeats hits of 2022! – The Africa Report

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A performer with blonde dreadlocks stands on stage with arms outstretched, facing a large, enthusiastic crowd. Many audience members are holding up phones, capturing the moment—a snapshot of 2022 filled with Afrobeats hits that could easily grace the cover of The Africa Report.

The meteoric rise of Ololade Asake this year from the backwaters of obscurity is like Tems’ rise last year. This year, Tems rendered her take on Bob Marley’s ‘No Woman No Cry’ on the original soundtrack of Marvel Film Wakanda Forever and she is not the only Afrobeats musician to contribute to this high-profile project.

Sold-out international concerts are now a regular fare and newcomer Asake already sold out the 5,000-capacity 02 in Brixton for three nights in December. The Headies committee (Nigeria’s equivalent of the Recording…