Music In Africa launches Afrobeats and Amapiano playlists on Spotify

8 oct 2021 - 18:35

Music In Africa has launched two playlists on Spotify dedicated to two of Africa’s biggest music genres at the moment – Afrobeats and Amapiano.

Burna Boy is featured on Music In Africa‘s Afrobeats Arena playlist on Spotify.

The Afrobeats Arena and Amped for Amapiano playlists are now available for streaming, and form part of Music In Africa’s efforts to support African musicians by promoting their works globally.

The playlists are the first two of many dynamic collections that will be curated by Music In Africa’s editors in Western, Central, Southern and Eastern Africa. The upcoming playlists will reflect the most popular music in Anglophone and Francophone Africa, with plans afoot to launch playlists promoting promising musicians making a mark in their local music industries.

“Spotify is arguably the DSP with the biggest reach around the world and it felt appropriate to use this particular platform to amplify our musicians’ efforts at home and to the rest of the world,” Music In Africa editor-in-chief Kalin Pashaliev said. “Our team of journalists across Africa have their ear to the ground with regard to the latest and most impactful music releases on the continent. Their intimate connection to the music scenes in their regions will now go on the record as independent tastemakers who want to see the African music industry growing from strength to strength. All that we hope now is to amass enough followers who are keen to discover the incredible cultural variety that is African music.”

Afrobeat Arena and Amped for Amapiano will be updated weekly with new releases from some of Africa’s most trending artists. Each playlist comprises 50 tracks that are selected according to popularity, in no particular order.

Listeners can access the Afrobeat Arena and Amped for Amapiano playlists here and here. Follow the Music In Africa Spotify page here.

Music In Africa is the largest information and exchange web portal dedicated to the African music sector. The portal aims to support the sector through knowledge exchange and fostering collaboration among musicians, funders, record labels, managers and publishers locally and globally. The Music In Africa magazine section features dynamic content in French and English, including news, reviews, feature articles, research and overviews of African music scenes.

Listen to our curated video playlists for 2021 on musicinafrica.net: