GENRE · KNOWLEDGE GUIDE
Afrobeat
- Genre family
- African Popular Music
- Starting recordings
- 13
ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Afrobeat
Afrobeat is a branch of the African Popular Music family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Afrobeat is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Les Frères Smith, Alma Afrobeat Ensemble and Martin Solveig.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreAfrican Popular Music
Current genreAfrobeat
REFINE THIS VIEWFilter within Afrobeat
Era, region and genre remain as an intersection. Options with no matching recordings are hidden.
CURRENT BROWSING SCOPE
Continental Europe · Afrobeat
The recordings, artists and albums below match the selected era, region and genre. Remove any condition independently.
ESSENTIAL LISTENING
10 recordingsStart with these recordings
01Madan (Exotic disco edit)2003 · afrobeatOpen in new tab 02Fire2011 · afrobeatOpen in new tab 03Sokosokool2011 · afrobeatOpen in new tab 04Piqué2021 · afrobeatOpen in new tab 05African Hustle1998 · afrobeatOpen in new tab 06Balancê2006 · afrobeatOpen in new tab 07Jorge De Capadocia2009 · afrobeatOpen in new tab 08Stockholm Underground2011 · afrobeatOpen in new tab 09Gondwana2011 · afrobeatOpen in new tab 10Family Affair2011 · afrobeatOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
Key artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
Continue with these albums
LOCAL GRAPH
View relationship graphExplore the relationship graph
KEEP EXPLORING