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Afrobeats

Afrobeats noun: a 21st-century West African popular music genre blending traditional music styles with Western pop.

Noun

Afrobeats (uncountable)

  1. A 21st-century West African popular music genre blending traditional music styles with Western pop.
    • Rema joined Burna Boy, Wizkid, Davido, and Tems as the only Afrobeats acts to earn album nominations in the history of the Grammys. At 24, he’s the youngest of them.2025 March 14, Mankaprr Conteh, “How Rema Became an Afrobeats Visionary”, in Rolling Stone

Origin of Afrobeats

From Afro- + beats.

Questions about Afrobeats

What does Afrobeats mean?
Afrobeats means a 21st-century West African popular music genre blending traditional music styles with Western pop.
What part of speech is Afrobeats?
Afrobeats is a noun.

Words near Afrobeats in the dictionary

  1. Afroasiaticist
  2. Afroasiaticists
  3. afrobatrachian
  4. afrobatrachians
  5. afrobeat
  6. Afrobeats
  7. Afrocentric
  8. Afrocentrically
  9. Afrocentricism
  10. Afrocentricities
  11. Afrocentricity

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