There are several developments in African music, not just in the Nigerian music industry and order African music. These developments have helped the industry to grow bigger and increase their fan base in other continents especially in Europe and America. The recent development has helped African music and African musicians to get recognition globally.
In this article, I will explain the major reasons why African musicians are getting global recognition recently unlike before.
Change of sound
The African music sound has changed in the past 5 years or more. That is why it is very simple and easy for his national audience to connect and vibe with African music unlike before when it is completely different because it is so difficult for international audiences to relate with African music. This is one of the major developments in the African music industry that is why it is now simple and easy for international audiences to listen and enjoy African music.
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International oriented music lyrics
At the moment the lyrics of an average African musician are completely different from years back. They now use more international language than before.
Most African musicians have upgraded from using local language to deliver their music content, currently they are using international languages like English, French, and more languages, this makes their music simple and understandable to international audiences.
Regular collaboration with world-class musicians
It is almost impossible to become an international sensation without featuring any world-class musicians or foreign musicians in any of your music albums or EPs.
Most of the African musicians that gain international recognition at the moment have featured at least three or more international musicians, especially those in the United States, United Kingdom and other popular European countries.
Regular features of international musicians will increase the fan base of any African musicians drastically and they will be able to attend several music concerts in Europe and America.
Music tours
In today’s world, an average African musician has organized and performed in several international music events or concerts and most of these popular African artists have sold out several music concerts in the United State of America and other European countries including the United Kingdom, France, Germany and more.
International music tours and concerts have helped African musicians to gain recognition in several continents including American, Europe and others.
Wizkid, Burna Boy, Davido, Sarkodie, and other popular African musicians gained international recognition by hosting regular international music concerts in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, United States and other countries of the world. They are better known in the international scene more than those who do not host regular international music concerts.
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Audio streaming platforms
With the help of the available digital audio streaming platforms, African musicians have the opportunity to get international recognition because it is very easy and simple for international audiences to stream their music contents on the available audio streaming platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, audiomack, YouTube Music, and more.
It is very simple for African musicians to become international sensation on the available audio streaming platforms because most of the audience on these popular audio streaming platforms are from the United States, and other popular European countries so it will very easy for them to have African musician contents right in their hand once they log on to these popular audio streaming platforms.
