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The following is a list of events and releases that happened in 2024 in African music.

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Events



Albums released in 2024

Release dateArtistAlbumGenreLabelRef
February 16 Les Amazones d'Afrique Musow Danse Mande Music/ElectropopReal World Records [10]
February 23 Aziza Brahim MawjaGlitterbeat [11]
February 23 The Soil ReimaginedKasi soul [12]
March 22 Tyla Tyla amapiano and fusion of Western pop, hip hop and R&B Fax and Epic Records [13] [14]
May 31 Ayra Starr The Year I Turned 21 Afrobeats RCA [15]
June 7 Tems Born in the Wild R&B and Afrobeats Fantasy Records [16]
August 9 Asake Lungu Boy Afropiano and

Afrofusion

August 29 Fireboy DML Adedamola Pop , Contemporary R&B and Afrobeats
October 11 Elaine (singer) Stone Heart

Cold

Contemporary R&B
November 15 Khuzani Angidlali Nezingane Maskandi [17]
November 22 Wizkid Morayo (album) R&B , Afrobeats

Deaths

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