This is according to recent report by analytics firm Chartmetric, as reported by Music Business Worldwide, which also shows that the total views for these genres surpassed nearly 4 billion globally.
“The sheer impact we’ve seen across the European and US music scene is unprecedented,” Vevo’s senior manager, music & talent, UK Jodeci Rampasard said.
Afrobeats and amapiano are Africa’s dominant music genres, birthing some of the most successful popstars today, primarily from Nigeria and South Africa, the sounds’ respective…