{"id":15753,"date":"2016-05-08T02:17:57","date_gmt":"2016-05-08T02:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=15753"},"modified":"2016-11-28T16:20:48","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T16:20:48","slug":"african-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/african-music","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s How African Music Is Finally Becoming Internationally-Acclaimed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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The<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0African music industry, in particular, is growing. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The rise of music streaming<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A report written by business intelligence firm App Annie found that the data consumption of top streaming apps worldwide per active Android phone grew by 25% annually, downloads increased by 15%, and revenue from in-app purchases rose by 50%. Mobile phone use has risen dramatically throughout Africa, which allows artists to share music easily. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cThe enormous potential of the worldwide music industry has attracted both big names and emerging brands in the mobile space,\u201d the report mentions. \u201cAd-supported free tiers of streaming services have also proved popular with listeners, opening up a rapidly developing marketing opportunity that brands will be seeking to understand and maximize.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15755\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15755\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15755\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/music-streaming-apps-worldwide-ios-and-google-play-active-users-1024x463.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/music-streaming-apps-worldwide-ios-and-google-play-active-users-1024x463.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/music-streaming-apps-worldwide-ios-and-google-play-active-users-1024x463-600x272.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/music-streaming-apps-worldwide-ios-and-google-play-active-users-1024x463-85x38.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15755\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.appannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Music-Streaming-Apps-Worldwide-iOS-and-Google-Play-Active-Users-1024x463.png\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>The effect of streaming<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Streaming is taking licensed music into markets where record companies previously were not active<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,\u201d the report stated. The UK-based independent record company, Beggars Group, has begun licensing music in Nigeria, Uganda and Angola. Martin Mills, the company founder and chairman, shared that emerging markets like Africa, make up about 20% of the Beggars Group&#8217;s\u00a0streaming revenue.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cWe are already seeing bits of the world that you don\u2019t see regularly as record markets are much bigger for us in the streaming world than the download or physical world,\u201d Mills said.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15756\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15756\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15756\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/pexels-photo.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/pexels-photo.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/pexels-photo-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/pexels-photo-85x57.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15756\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/static.pexels.com\/photos\/8988\/pexels-photo.jpeg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Exposing the world to African music<\/strong><\/h2>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cThis is an amazing time for African music,\u201d Nigerian Afrobeats artist Mr Eazi proclaimed.\u201cBecause of the internet Africans are exposed to the rest of the world without traveling. Afrobeat is now urbanized, the internet has made everything well-packaged.\u201d \u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">African influences have been showing up in music all over the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong> \u201cNow you see A-listers all around the world, like Drake and Nas, sampling African music; I&#8217;ve even heard Japanese music with African drums. It&#8217;s invading pop culture and it&#8217;s a marvelous time for African music,\u201d he added.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15757\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15757\" style=\"width: 711px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-15757\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/screenshot_2015-10-10-08-45-37-1.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"711\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/screenshot_2015-10-10-08-45-37-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/screenshot_2015-10-10-08-45-37-1-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/screenshot_2015-10-10-08-45-37-1-85x48.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-4m6MEbYfVl0\/VhjDYsCYPkI\/AAAAAAAAACg\/r8C0cXxrZTw\/s1600\/Screenshot_2015-10-10-08-45-37-1.png\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Huge potential for international success<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some African stars have already been gaining international notoriety. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wizkid-fame\">Nigerian artist Wizkid is a prime example<\/a>,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0he has collaborated with Drake and is set to perform at Essence Festival this July. Mr. Eazi predicted that similar scenarios will start happening more often. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m predicting that DJs like Calvin Harris and David Guetta will start coming down to infuse African music in their sound,&#8221; he said. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nigerian singer May7ven pointed out that African artists have a key advantage in the global market: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;When you compare the growth potential of African countries to China and India, the major difference is that English is not the main language in those territories. So despite their numbers they may alienate the rest of the world, that&#8217;s the reason why African music and film industry will be the world&#8217;s largest.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15758\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15758\" style=\"width: 701px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-15758\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/screen-shot-2016-05-07-at-8-19-33-pm.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"701\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/screen-shot-2016-05-07-at-8-19-33-pm.jpg 599w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/05\/screen-shot-2016-05-07-at-8-19-33-pm-85x60.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15758\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a 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