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You Can Thank Black Music for That: The Afrobeats Rhythm That Runs the Charts – The JUNO Awards

February 25, 2026

A man with short, textured hair stands against a dark background, wearing a patterned jacket over a white shirt and jewelry—channeling Black Music style—as he looks directly at the camera with his hands clasped.

You know that feeling when a song grabs you before the first lyric? That bounce. That rhythm. That groove that moves your body before your brain catches up?

That’s Afrobeats. The sound that powers Drake’s “One Dance” and much of today’s most danceable music.

But Afrobeats didn’t start with Drake. And it didn’t start on the charts. It started in West Africa.

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