Best New Afrobeats Artists of 2024: The Rising Stars 

Afrobeats is the biggest music genre in Africa and several countries in other continents. There are hundreds to thousands of Nigerian music artists who dropped music projects from albums to EPs and singles using the popular and widely known music genre Afrobeats, which originated from Nigeria.

At the moment of creating this content, there are hundreds of Afrobeats music artists in Nigeria and other African countries. 

In this article, I’m going to unveil the best new Afrobeats artists of 2024. Although some of these new music artists are known by millions of people, especially in Nigeria, they are still new in the game compared to the successful Afrobeats music artists.

 

Ayra Starr

Ayra Starr is one of the new Afrobeats artists in 2024 even though she has been in the Nigerian music industry for a few years.

Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe is a Nigerian singer and songwriter who was born on 14 June 2002. 

She was signed into Mavin Records in 2020 and came into the limelight when she dropped his first hit single titled “Away”  which was released on  January 22, 2021.

Over the years, Ayra Starr has worked with numerous producers including Lauda, London, Don Jazzy, and others.

Ayra Starr is one of the most successful new Afrobeats artists in the Nigerian music industry at the moment. She has numerous hit songs like Bloody Samaritan, Commas, Bad Vibes Ft. Seyi Vibez, Rush, and others. 

Likewise, she has won several awards including The Headies Award for Viewer’s Choice 2022, The Headies Award for Best Female Artiste 2023, and more.

 

Shallipopi

Shallipopi is a popular and one of the most successful new Afrobeats music artists in Nigeria currently.

 

Crown Uzama, popularly known as  Shallipopi. He came into the limelight in the Nigerian entertainment industry in 2023 when he dropped his hit single, titled “Elon Musk”. 

Shallipopi went on to drop a successful EP titled Planet Pluto.

On October 17, 2023, Shallipopi established his record label named Plutomania Records and signed music acts like his brother Zerry DL and Tega Boi.

At the moment, with millions of monthly streams from several streaming platforms like Spotify, YouTube Music, Audiomack, Apple Music, and others, Shallipopi is one of the richest and most successful young music artists in Nigeria.

 

Tems

Tems is also one of the best new Afrobeats artists in 2024.

 

Temilade Openiyi is popularly known as Tems, she is one of the most successful female Nigerian singers, songwriter, and record producer. 

She came into the limelight in the Nigerian music industry after she was featured on Wizkid’s 2020 hit song “Essence“, which peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart after dropping the remix version with Justin Bieber.

Tems is one of the hottest Nigerian music artists in several countries of the world at the moment including the United States and several European countries.

Tems is a hardworking music artist, she has dropped numerous music projects like For Broken Ears EP in 2020 If Orange Was a Place EP in 2021, and Born in the Wild album in 2024.

She has collaborated with numerous successful music artists both in Nigeria and other countries of the world.

Over the years, Tems has worked with Wizkid, Justin Bieber, Ludwig Göransson, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler, Future, Asake, Beyoncé, Drake, and other local and international music artists.  

Temilade Openiyi is very popular on several streaming platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, Audiomack, and others and she is getting millions of streams from these platforms including YouTube. 

 

Temilade Openiyi has won several awards including The Grammy, BET Hip Hop Awards, BET Awards, American Music Awards, and other international and local awards. 

 

At the moment, Tems is signed to several international record labels including RCA Records. 

 

Rema 

Rema is also one of the most successful young and new Afrobeats music artists as of 2024. He has been in the music industry for some years but he is still new in the game compared to other music artists in the Nigerian music industry. 

Divine Ikubor was born on the 1st of May 2000, Rema is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. He originated from Benin, Edo State Nigeria. He started getting recognition in the Nigerian music industry when he began to post freestyle on Instagram.

As reported by Trndyhiphop, In 2018, he freestyled D’Prince’s song “Gucci Gang”, which led to record label deals from D’Prince.

He came into the limelight when he dropped his debut single, “Dumebi” in 2019.

At the moment, Rema is an internationally recognized music artist who has performed in several countries including the United States, India, the United Kingdom, and other countries of the world. 

 

He has several hit songs like 

Beamer, Ginger Me, Charm, BENIN BOYS, Calm Down, Calm Down Remix, and others.

Rema has won numerous international and local awards like the Billboard Music Award for Top Afrobeats Song in 2023

Calm DownThe Headies Award for Next Rated in  2019 MTV Europe Music Award for Best Afrobeats 2023 in MTV Video Music Award for Best Afrobeats Video in 2023 and more.

Omah Lay

Omah Lay is a popular Nigerian singer, songwriter, and music producer. 

Stanley Omah Didia who was born on 19 May 1997, became a popular name in the Nigerian music industry when he dropped his hit single titled You in 2020.

Over the years, he has worked with numerous music artists including Olamide, Libianca, Fireboy, Justin Bieber, Tems, Ayra Starr, and others. 

According to 5starloaded, Omah Lay won The Headies Award for Next Rated 2021 and other awards including Songwriter of the Year- for “Bad Influence” and Best RnB Single for “Bad Influence”

Viewer’s choice.

He has numerous hit songs like Soweto, reason, Godly, understand, Soso, and others.

In Conclusion 

There are 100s of new Afrobeats music artists both in Nigeria and other African countries but these are the best at the moment of creating this content.

Numerous things are put into consideration before picking these top and best new Afrobeats artists in 2024. 

These are some of the factors that are considered before picking the best new Afrobeats artist in 2024.

• International recognition
• Hit songs
• Collaborations
• Awards both local and international
• Overall music career success and more.