these days anyone looking to explore african music is often first pointed to afrobeats
the groovy sound nestled mainly in west africa the genre's growing global attraction
has been seen in traditional and new avenues starting with a steady supply of hit songs
international collaborations and awards with usual suspects including burner boy
davido tiwa savage and whiskey'd leading affairs in july the genre got its first official charts
which highlights impactful afrobeat artist younger fresher afterbeats artists have also recently
burst into the scene bringing their unique style to the genre enticing a new generation
into celebrating the genre there has been a craze and created trends in most social media sites
welcome to tuna cheki and in today's video we will look at the top
10 best upcoming african musicians of 2021 before we get into the video remember to
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number 10 kitty ghana
kidi part of a new generation of ghanaian artists had his breakthrough moment when he's recording
sugar 1 album of the year at the 2020 ghanians music awards the singer's youthful afrobeats
and high life sound makes his music accessible to people beyond ghanaian borders kiri is one of the
hottest prospects to come out of west africa in recent times his previous release like say
have propelled him to international startup not too long ago kiri received 11 nominations at the
2021 three music awards winning both artists and song of the year his hit song touch it
has enjoyed huge popularity this year making him famous on social media sites especially tick tock
nigeria after covering several songs by popular artists on instagram the jairon iris star posted
her first original song on her page in december 2019. this brought her to the attention of record
executive don jazzy and led her to signing to marvin records in early 2021 ira's star received
mainstream recognition with her eponymous debut extended play and it hits track away
which spent two consecutive weeks at the number four on nigeria's turntable top 50 and went
to number 17 on u.s billboards 100. the lead single in her album bloody samaritan peaked top
of the top 15 charts making it the first solo song by female artist to reach the number one position
caught our attention following the release of his song bad influence with his enchanting voice
and well-defined sound over a combination of afrobeats after fusion and soul bus rising star
has positioned himself as one to watch he's also a leading pack of a new school artist from nigeria
and has worked with american singer and rapper six slack the artist has enjoyed great popularity
on social media sites both tik tok and youtube where his songs have enjoyed millions of views
number seven
tanzania as an upcoming artist suture's growth has been phenomenal the singer
performs in swahili in english and is fond of experimenting with tanzanian genre bongo flava
last year saw the singer release her debut album i am tsuchu and also signed to diamond
platinum's record label ycb wasafi according to boom play's streaming app her ep was the most
played album in tanzania in 2022 and her music videos have gathered millions of views on youtube
number six thames nigeria commanding attention with the release of her 2019 single try me
thames is a nigerian singer-songwriter on the rise renowned for her powerful voice her music is
layered over an infectious sound accentuated with elements of soul hip-hop and r b there's certain
freedom that comes with her lyrics emphasizing that the artist is in control with the release of
her ep for broken ears tem is building a fan base that stretches beyond nigeria and the continent
number five sasha zimbabwe sasha is a gifted singer with soulful sound
which had debuted on her 2019 ep blossom the zimbabwean born singer's steering voice comes
on strong over amma piano sounds which she hopes for and this sets her apart shasha was listed
as one of the top 10 most streamed female artists on spotify in south africa in 2020
last year she also won best new international act at the beauty awards
number four nikita kiering
kenya this is one of the youngest kenyan artists to have shaken up the industry nikita kirin
has risen to stardom with her great music talent the young musical artist has defied odds and won
herself awards already at her tender age in this article we look at the biography of nikita curing
this year nikita caring was pitied against africans heavyweights but won all categories
she was nominated in except one this win makes nikita curing the first kenyan woman to have won
the best female artist in east africa category twice and the only east african artists have won
the afrima awards four times thus far her hit song duped x has enabled her to win the coveted trophy
making her one of the best artists to represent kenya in the annual coveted awards show this year
number three nimko happy somalia in the last couple of months millions of people
on tick tock youtube instagram and twitter celebrated somali artist nimko's hit song
isi nafta which means love you more than my life with the likes of models bella hadid and rapper
cardi b sharing it on their feet the song which was mostly performed at weddings went viral and
landed the artist a distribution deal the song is called issy nafta which means give me life
but it is more widely known by its catchy lyrics i love you more than my life the song
has enjoyed popularity not only in africa but internationally
is an award-winning indian-american singer songwriter producer and engineer
she is popularly known for her work around representation and gender in music
amarey's music has been recognized both locally and internationally
her most recent song sad girls like to party achieved viral popularity on tiktok after
remix featuring american singer khali yuchis was released on september 16 2021 appearing on various
international charts including reaching number 80 on the u.s billboard top 100.
and the number one spot for the most viral upcoming african artists goes to
ck nigeria ck is nigerian-based songwriter and music producer he rose to fame after
his single loved one tt went viral on major social media platforms especially tik tok
he has worked with various artists and released different versions of the song in 2021 the song
charged across europe australia last summer and new zealand reaching number one in india
netherlands norway and switzerland it also peaked number three on uk singles chart and reached
number one on uk's indie singles chart it also reached number 31 on the us billboard top 100.
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