Billboard Africa: Mixed Reactions and Industry Concerns

On this week’s episode of Afrobeats Weekly, Tunde and his co-host, Showontstop, discuss the Billboard Africa concerns. They also discuss the news making the rounds in Afrobeats this week and all the major songs that dropped on New Music Friday.
OUTLINE
00:00 - Introduction
02:20 - Catch Up
04:35 - Asake announces a new album titled 'Money'
08:20 - Billboard Africa Set to Launch in 2025, Announces New Editor-in-Chief
10:43 - Wizkid missing as Billboard lists trailblazing achievements by 11 African artists
16:10 - New Songs

• Che Che by Asake and Young Jonn
• Very Soon Buju ft Fola
• Day by Day by Simi ft Kizz Daniel
• Roju by Crayon

28:26 - New Album
Starters by Ice Prince
30:22 - The Charts
39:48 - Eliminate
46:57 - Sign out