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    African artists with an entry on Billboard’s Artist Year-End Chart

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    African artists that have earned entry on Billboard’s Artist Year-End Chart and their peak positions.

    However, this post highlight all the highly influential African artists who have earned entry on Billboard’s Artist Year-End and their respective peak positions.

    According to Wikipedia; Billboard Year-End charts are a cumulative measure of a single or album’s performance in the United States, based upon the Billboard magazine charts during any given chart year.

    African artists with an entry on Billboard’s Artist Year-End Chart
    Photo Mix: Fela Kuti, Angélique Kidjo, Baaba Maal & Burna Boy

    Billboard’s “chart year” runs from the first Billboard “week” of December to the final week in November.

    Below African artists with an entry on Billboard’s Artist Year-End Chart

    Ladysmith Black Mambazo

    African artists with an entry on Billboard’s Artist Year-End Chart
    ladysmith black mambazo

    A World-renowned South African Singing choral Group founded by Joseph Shabalala, known for its role in introducing traditional Zulu choral music to the world.

    They are the most awarded African creatives in history with five Grammy awards.

    African artists with an entry on Billboard’s Artist Year-End Chart
    Ladysmith Black Mambazo

    Ladysmith Black Mambazo earned entry on Billboard’s Artist Year-End Chart at number #5

    Burna Boy

    African artists with an entry on Billboard’s Artist Year-End Chart
    Burna Boy

    Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy is a Nigerian Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter, and rapper.

    African artists with an entry on Billboard’s Artist Year-End Chart
    Burna Boy

    Burna Boy earned entry on Billboard’s Artist Year-End Chart at number #6

    Angélique Kidjo

    African artists with an entry on Billboard’s Artist Year-End Chart
    Angélique Kidjo

    Angélique Kidjo is a Republic of Benin Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter, actress, and activist, sometimes regarded as heroic, because of her artistic longevity.

    African artists with an entry on Billboard’s Artist Year-End Chart
    Angélique Kidjo

    Angélique Kidjo earned entry on Billboard’s Artist Year-End Chart at number #6

    Fela Anikulapo-Kuti

    African artists with an entry on Billboard’s Artist Year-End Chart
    Fela Kuti

    Fela Anikulapo-Kuti is a Nigerian Afrobeat grand pioneer who explored different fashionable music at the time, he was at the forefront of the genre, popularizing the style both within and outside Nigeria.

    African artists with an entry on Billboard’s Artist Year-End Chart
    Fela Anikulapo Kuti

    Fela Anikulapo-Kuti earned entry on Billboard’s Artist Year-End Chart at number #8

    Baaba Maal

    African artists with an entry on Billboard’s Artist Year-End Chart
    Baaba Maala

    Baaba Maal is a Senegalese singer and guitarist, primarily sings in a traditional language to promote cultural and ethnic diversity.

    African artists with an entry on Billboard’s Artist Year-End Chart
    Baaba Maal

    Baaba Maal earned entry on Billboard’s Artist Year-End Chart at number #9

    Ali Farka Toure

    African artists with an entry on Billboard’s Artist Year-End Chart
    Ali Farka Touré

    Late Ali Farka Touré is a Grammy award-winning Malian singer and multi-instrumentalist, and one of the African continent’s most globally acclaimed musicians, known for his derivative blends of traditional Malian music.

    African artists with an entry on Billboard’s Artist Year-End Chart
    Ali Farka Touré

    Ali Farka Touré earned entry on Billboard’s Artist Year-End Chart at number #9

    Tinariwen

    African artists with an entry on Billboard’s Artist Year-End Chart
    Tinariwen

    Tinariwen is a grammy-winning musical band of Tuareg (southwestern Libya) band from the Sahara Desert region of northern Mali.

    African artists with an entry on Billboard’s Artist Year-End Chart
    Tinariwen

    Tinariwen earned entry on Billboard’s Artist Year-End Chart at number #10.

     

    African Artists that have earned entry on Billboard’s World Albums Artist Year-End Chart and their peak positions:

    • Ladysmith Black Mambazo — #5
    • Burna Boy — #6
    • Angelique Kidjo — #6
    • Fela Anikulapo-Kuti — #8
    • Ali Farka Toure — #9
    • Baaba Maal — #9
    • Tinariwen — #10