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Music streaming service Spotify has launched a new platform dedicated to all the latest news and developments from Afrobeats, as it continues to gain traction around the world.
The site, will feature interviews with leading experts, videos and the latest Spotify data and trends around Afrobeats listening.
Last year alone, Afrobeats had over 13 billion streams on Spotify, according to the BBC.
“We created this site for both new and long-time fans of the genre who want to better understand how and where this explosive sound came to be,” says Jocelyne Muhutu-Remy, managing director for Spotify in sub-Saharan Africa.
Rema’s song Calm Down featuring Selena Gomez remains the top streamed Afrobeat song of all time, followed by CKay’s Love Nwantiti (ah ah ah), while Germany and the Netherlands are named as the biggest emerging markets for Afrobeats.
