Afrobeats artists take world by storm

We look at how African artists have catapulted the continent's beats into the mainstream, now routinely headlining major events.

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00:00 Afro beats, Amapiano, Azonto, these are some of the African music styles taking the world

00:14 by storm.

00:15 Festivals packed with African star power are headline events on any music fan's calendar.

00:22 And millions of downloads and clicks have catapulted African pop from a segment of world

00:28 music into the mainstream.

00:31 From Davido at the World Cup final in Qatar, to Ben Aboy at the UEFA Champions League final

00:39 in Turkey, to Thames and Rema at the NBA All-Star Game in the USA.

00:50 And now, there are festivals dedicated to playing Afro beats and other African popular

00:56 music styles not just on the continent but across the globe.

01:01 One of them is the Afro Nation Festival held in Portugal which brought together a galaxy

01:07 of stars and their legends of fans for an almighty beach party.

01:13 Ben Aboy, Black Sherif and R-Star are just some of the artists leading the new generation

01:24 of African Music Stars.

01:25 Oh baby!