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World Service,5 mins

Afro Nation and Billboard launch US Afrobeats Chart

Focus on Africa

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In a sign of the growing popularity and influence of the genre, the music industry magazine Billboard and the festival brand, Afro Nation, have teamed up to launch a new US Afrobeats Chart. It will rank the 50 most popular Afrobeats tracks from around the world. Speaking to the Âé¶¹Éç's Bola Mosuro, Afro Nation's co-founder Obi Asika, says the Chart will showcase the "deepness of quality and talent that there is in the genre". Photo: Afro Nation's co-founder, Obi Asika. Credit: Tansy Simpson.

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