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Best of Afrobeat

The most popular Afrobeat songs on Spotify • Featuring Darondo, The Poets Of Rhythm, The Budos Band, El Michels Affair, Cymande, Lee Fields & The Expressions, Gil Scott-Heron, Mulatu Astatke, Manu Dibango, Orchestra Baobab, Fela Kuti, Akalé Wubé, Ernest Ranglin, Tony Allen & Kiki Gyan • By volt.fm
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Popular Songs

Popular songs in this playlist.
Didn't IDarondo
More Mess on My ThingThe Poets Of Rhythm
Up From the SouthThe Budos Band
C.R.E.A.M.El Michels Affair
Brothers On The SlideCymande
Never Be Another YouLee Fields & The Expressions
T.I.B.W.F.The Budos Band
Lady Day and John ColtraneGil Scott-Heron
Tezeta (Nostalgia)Mulatu Astatke
Honey DoveLee Fields & The Expressions / Lee Fields

Hidden Gems

Songs you might not have heard before.
E Ma S'ekaBola Johnson / His Easy Life Top Beats
Africa Will Be Great AgainFemi Kuti
Never Far AwayLagbaja
Kenelum Jehova (Igbo-Nigeria)Sonny Okosun
Ojah AwakeOsibisa

All Songs

1
Didn't IDarondo
3:29
2
More Mess on My ThingThe Poets Of Rhythm
4:12
3
Up From the SouthThe Budos Band
3:26
4
C.R.E.A.M.El Michels Affair
2:54
5
Brothers On The SlideCymande
4:11
6
Never Be Another YouLee Fields & The Expressions
4:25
7
T.I.B.W.F.The Budos Band
2:40
8
Lady Day and John ColtraneGil Scott-Heron
3:36
9
Tezeta (Nostalgia)Mulatu Astatke
6:16
10
Honey DoveLee Fields & The Expressions / Lee Fields
4:06
11
The Revolution Will Not Be TelevisedGil Scott-Heron
3:07
12
Yègellé TezetaMulatu Astatke
3:14
13
VillaEl Michels Affair
2:45
14
Didn't I - Dave Allison ReworkDarondo / Dave Allison
5:28
15
Soul MakossaManu Dibango
4:24
16
Utrus HorasOrchestra Baobab
8:39
17
Water No Get Enemy - EditFela Kuti
9:51
18
AnbessaAkalé Wubé / Manu Dibango
3:41
19
Surfin'Ernest Ranglin
5:43
20
Ikeja RoadsTony Allen
2:40
21
Disco DancerKiki Gyan
6:56
22
Love and DeathEbo Taylor
6:55
23
Eye Nyam Nam 'A' Mensuro - Henrik Schwarz BlendEbo Taylor / Pat Thomas / Henrik Schwarz
9:23
24
Water No Get EnemyFela Kuti
9:51
25
Brothers On The SlideCymande
4:11
26
SurfinErnest Ranglin
2:26
27
Spies Are Watching MeVoilaaa / Sir Jean
7:12
28
CoconutManu Dibango
2:11
29
Go BackTony Allen / Damon Albarn
4:03
30
Dog eat dogThe Souljazz Orchestra
7:05
31
Come On HomeThe Lijadu Sisters
5:16
32
Come on HomeThe Lijadu Sisters
5:18
33
MataAkalé Wubé
3:50
34
Fantastic ManWilliam Onyeabor
6:26
35
South CarolinaThe Poets Of Rhythm
2:28
36
Kelen ati leenOrchestra Baobab
3:38
37
Who Knows WhoOrgone / Fanny Franklin
3:36
38
Fantastic ManWilliam Onyeabor
6:26
39
Kingdom ComeThe Souljazz Orchestra
4:12
40
Disco DancerKiki Gyan
6:56
41
Sophisticated HonkyOrgone
4:56
42
Darkest LightLafayette Afro Rock Band
6:26
43
The Coffee Cola SongFrancis Bebey
5:06
44
Lagos SisiBola Johnson
3:23
45
Disco Hi - LifeOrlando Julius
8:55
46
Kingdom of D'mtKarl Hector & The Malcouns
3:15
47
On te l'avait ditVoilaaa / Pat Kalla
6:24
48
Strings of LightYussef Kamaal
8:28
49
MalunguinhoAbayomy Afrobeat Orquestra
7:37
50
Sunshine DayOsibisa
5:01
51
Agboju Logun - Mr Bongo 7" EditShina Williams & His African Percussionists / Mr Bongo
4:05
52
Dirty MoneyAntibalas
6:15
53
Akula Owu OnyearaThe Funkees
7:28
54
Kuku Kee Me - RemixSeun Kuti / Black Thought
2:57
55
Abyssinian Suite, Pt. 4The Shaolin Afronauts
4:52
56
GreetingsJoni Haastrup
6:13
57
Darkest Light - RemasteredLafayette Afro Rock Band
6:25
58
It's A VanityT. P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo / Gabo Brown
4:22
59
LowriderYussef Kamaal
4:28
60
Late Night PeopleThe Mauskovic Dance Band
4:07
61
Disco Hi - LifeOrlando Julius
9:00
62
El Diablo Y El Ñau Ñau (feat. Chico Mann)Ocote Soul Sounds / Chico Mann
3:57
63
KilimanjaroThe Shaolin Afronauts
6:26
64
Akula Owu OnyearaThe Funkees
7:28
65
You No Fit Touch Am - Medlar RemixDele Sosimi / Medlar
9:30
66
Konko BelowLagbaja
6:12
67
We Live In PeaceMarijata
4:09
68
Free My PeopleJoni Haastrup
4:52
69
Repeating NightThe Mauskovic Dance Band
3:49
70
SensitivaAbayomy Afrobeat Orquestra / Céu
4:17
71
La vie c'est bonVaudou Game
3:32
72
I Walk AloneMarijata
10:44
73
Pas contenteVaudou Game / Roger Damawuzan
3:35
74
Tattletale, Pt. 1Antibalas
4:34
75
Space Time GirlThe Heliocentrics
3:40
76
Agboju LogunShina Williams & His African Percussionists
11:33
77
HighlifeGyedu-Blay Ambolley
4:59
78
Contigo JamásOcote Soul Sounds
4:32
79
Black Times - Radio EditSeun Kuti / Egypt 80 / Santana
4:55
80
Push Na YaKarl Hector & The Malcouns
2:32
81
Merciful GodKing Sunny Ade
6:36
82
Forest NativityFrancis Bebey
4:23
83
AjoPeter King
3:57
84
African DialectsPeter King
4:56
85
AppreciationKing Sunny Ade
6:49
86
Yekor Ye A YeabaGyedu-Blay Ambolley
5:05
87
E Go BettaDele Sosimi
6:09
88
Malin Kpon OT. P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo
3:39
89
Mother & ChildSonny Okosun / )zzidi
6:50
90
Made of the SunThe Heliocentrics
4:12
91
Truth Don DieFemi Kuti
6:15
92
Ojah AwakeOsibisa
4:52
93
Kenelum Jehova (Igbo-Nigeria)Sonny Okosun
1:24
94
Never Far AwayLagbaja
6:25
95
Africa Will Be Great AgainFemi Kuti
4:47
96
E Ma S'ekaBola Johnson / His Easy Life Top Beats
3:04

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