{"id":38158,"date":"2020-03-10T11:01:13","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T10:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=38158"},"modified":"2021-03-02T11:03:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T10:03:14","slug":"10-most-anticipated-afrobeats-albums-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/10-most-anticipated-afrobeats-albums-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"The 10 most anticipated afrobeats albums of 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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These are the most anticipated afrobeats releases of 2020, from Wizkid to Sauti Sol.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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In 2019, afrobeats\u2019 global acclaim came to a full circle when Burna Boy<\/a> was nominated for the Grammys<\/a>. Through pu<\/span>rposeful marketing and music, African Giant<\/em> was the grand statement of a period which has seen a spiked interest in African sounds. <\/span><\/p>\n

Elsewhere, African acts push the frontiers through their music. Global power players, trooping into the continent, find a creative market ripe for investing, brimming with talent. <\/span><\/p>\n

Good music has been the one denominator in which artistes in the afrobeats space (a Western-generated tag used broadly to include African sound, from afropop to fuji) bargain for recognition; first within their home countries, then internationally, in the global space, like Burna Boy, Davido, Yemi Alade, amongst others did last year. <\/span><\/p>\n

2020 should be another eventful year for African artistes worldwide. Already flouting release dates and new music, we bring you ten of the most anticipated releases this year, from Nigeria\u2019s Wizkid\u2019s Made In Lagos<\/em> to Kenyan boy band Sauti Sol<\/a>\u2019s <\/span>Mi<\/span>dnight Train<\/em>. 
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