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It’s not easy to steal the show at the Met Gala. But no one who saw the South African singer Tyla ascend the stairs in May in a one-off Balmain couture gown made of sculpted sand will ever forget it. ...

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Thinking back on the biggest cultural moments of 2024, it’s hard to ignore the many African women who were at the center of it all. Over the past decade, global African music has been dominated by ...

As the music industry gathers for Grammy Week, African music is playing an increasingly prominent role — not only on the awards stage, but across global pop culture. That momentum will be on display ...

Lagos-based software developer and former music producer Philip Olajide-Philips founded Korin AI (Korin means “to sing” in Yoruba), an AI music platform, to provide affordable studio time. Korin AI ...

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T he explosion of Afrobeats has been one of the biggest stories in the music industry over the past five years, with acts like Burna Boy, Davido, Asake, and Tems becoming global superstars. As ...

African-led AI tools: New platforms like Nigeria’s Korin AI are enabling artists to create music in native African languages with authentic pronunciation and style. Ethics and preservation: Projects ...

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SALT LAKE CITY — The "Music and the Spoken Word" sounded a little different this week. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced the program will now be broadcast to 17 countries in ...