Billboard Magazine, creators of the Billboard charts that tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs and albums in the United States and elsewhere has partnered with a music festival and global Afrobeats brand Afro Nation to launch the first-ever United States chart for Afrobeats music.
The last decade has seen Afrobeats explode into a worldwide phenomenon, influencing culture and fashion across the globe and I am humbled to have made a contribution to growing the genre alongside many talented, passionate people. There is still so much more potential within the scene and the community that has grown around it and I believe it is vital that with Billboard we now have a U.S. chart that reflects this growth and provides a platform for emerging artists from every continent to showcase their talent to new audiences.
Afro Nation founder, co-head of UTA London and Event Horizon founder Obi Asika said of the partnership in a press statement.
According to Billboard, the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart will go live on Billboard.com on March 29. The chart ranks the 50 most popular Afrobeats songs in the country based on a weighted formula incorporating official streams on both subscription and ad-supported tiers of leading audio and video music services, plus download sales from top music retailers.
