How to Use Afrobeat in a Sentence

Afrobeat

noun

• That event brought out 1,000 guests and Afrobeats star Adekunle Gold, who performed for the couple.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 18 Dec. 2023
• On the other hand, Latin music and Afrobeats are very rapidly growing.
  — Michelle Toh, CNN, 3 Mar. 2023
• Moon Man] for Afrobeats and becoming the first African artist to lead a track that earned over one billion streams on Spotify.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 11 July 2024
• In secret ballrooms, queens walk the runway and lip-synch to everything from Afrobeat to pop in hopes of being crowned the winner.
  — Ugonna-Ora Owoh, Vogue, 29 June 2023
• Just like for Afrobeats right now, many of us don’t really work together.
  — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 19 Apr. 2024
• The project includes an array of sonic elements from Afrobeat and Afropop to amapiano to R&B, gospel, and hints of mainstream trap and pop.
  — Emanuel Okusanya, Variety, 7 May 2024
• My current music collection has a lot of Afrobeat, EDM, pop.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 19 July 2024
• This year, Afrobeats has been largely defined by women, each with their own distinct sound.
  — Marris Adikwu, Billboard, 8 Aug. 2024
• Instead, the track opts for Afrobeats for instrumentation as Scott and Benito carry the first half of the song.
  — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 21 July 2023
• The colors for the event were crimson and gold and the music featured a mix of genres, including Ethiopian, modern and Afrobeats.
  — Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024
• And while Afrobeats as a sonic choice has risen in popularity around the world within the last five years, Adé’s new sound is not just trend-chasing.
  — Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2023
• His music is sleekly rhythmic and versatile, mixing up Afrobeats, R&B, and pop, all heavy on melody.
  — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2023
• Couples who are lucky enough to snag seats are served Nigerian food by owner-chef Ayo Balogun, set to the tunes of a record player spinning 1970s Afrobeats.
  — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 10 Apr. 2024
• Upstairs in the bathroom insulated from the blaring pulse of Afrobeats and dancehall, women in black miniskirts and tight dresses were drying their arms and legs.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2024
• Rema praised Gomez and the originators of Afrobeats, including Shala, in his speech.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• Gospel, Afrobeats, 1970s funk, and Sudanese soul rub shoulders on songs full of joyful rhythms and diaspora stories.
  — Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 5 Apr. 2024
• His work spans multiple genres, including pop, grime, rap and Afrobeats.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 31 Aug. 2023
• The Nigerian singer-songwriter has used her lush amalgamation of Afrobeats, soul and hip-hop to become one of the leading female artists in the global Afrobeats boom of the early 2020s.
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 29 Feb. 2024
• The band moved gracefully from Afrobeat grooves to soul-jazz balladry—including a handful of tracks from their upcoming second LP.
  — Ryan Reed, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
• Leftover Halloween decorations hung overhead as people rocked and swayed on the Gossip Grill dance floor to a range of music genres, from Afrobeats to disco.
  — Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• Wine, an Afrobeat singer and songwriter, becomes a member of parliament and runs for the Ugandan presidency.
  — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
• The limited-time offer includes shows across a variety of genres, including hip-hop, country, Latin, R&B, Afrobeat, pop, rock and more.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2023
• The television screen propped near the ceiling displays Afrobeats music videos or a Nollywood movie more enticing than anything seen in the theaters recently.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 Oct. 2023
• Brunch at Rock Steady is also cool, but turning up upstairs to a mash of hip-hop, Afrobeats, and Caribbean music with flavorful fare like jerk lamb egg rolls and expertly made cocktails at night is even better.
  — Essence, 25 Oct. 2023
• There’s love songs and proud dad songs, corrosive industrial rap and gleaming pop-punk, punchlines and disses, a seven-minute Afrobeat jam and a Yeat collaboration.
  — Christopher R. Weingarten, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2024
• In fact, as Afrobeats’ profile has grown, he’s bristled at broad catchall genre terms to characterize music from throughout Africa, arguing for less reductive treatment.
  — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2023
• His sound so far has been uncharacteristically dark and brooding for Afrobeats.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
• In addition to educating folks on that, there are also opportunities for those who attend to paint, take part in spoken word or get into some Afrobeat dancing.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 14 June 2023
• When a genre becomes more popular — like Afrobeats — groups typically will submit a proposal for a new category at the Grammys that is reviewed by its board of trustees and then approved or denied.
  — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Aug. 2023
• The Nigerian superstar further broadens his trademark fusion of amapiano and Afrobeats, establishing a new outpost in the styles’ insurgence into rap and pop.
  — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 9 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024