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Nneka Obi

Nneka Obi covers measurement for Afrobeats Wire: what the charts, panels and registries actually record about African music, and what they leave out. She builds the datasets her pieces run on, and every figure she publishes is downloadable.

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Data September 29, 2026

African Artists Are Credited on Charting Records in 45 of Spotify’s 75 Country Charts. This Desk Has Been Publishing 8

On 28 September 2026 African artists were credited on charting recordings in 45 of the 75 country charts Spotify publishes a daily ranking for. This desk…

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Seyi Vibez’s Album Alone Explains African Music’s 8.2 Per Cent Spotify Home-Column Rise. Remove Him and It Fell 7.2 Per Cent

September 29, 2026

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Spotify’s African Export Column Fell 27.3 Per Cent Since 13 August. One Reclassification Explains 57.9 Per Cent of That

September 28, 2026

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South Africa’s Slice of This Desk’s 50-Artist Spotify Panel Rose From 3.89 to 6.77 Per Cent in One Day. Three Artists Explain 95.5 Per Cent of the Gain

September 27, 2026

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Egypt Now Holds 98.6 Per Cent of Spotify’s African Export Column. Its Previous Anchor, Algeria’s Soolking, Missed the Top-50 Cutoff by 7,171 Streams

September 26, 2026

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African Artists’ Spotify Chart Share Has Not Dropped Below 2.58 Per Cent in Six Straight Readings. None of the Previous 23 Went That High

September 26, 2026

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Spotify’s African Chart Footprint Has Held at Exactly 9 Markets for Eight Straight Collection Dates, Its Longest Stable Run Since Measurement Began

September 25, 2026

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This desk’s own roster still can’t place a third of the artists it charts, ten days on

September 25, 2026

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65.2 Per Cent of South Africa’s Own Spotify Chart Cannot Be Placed by Origin. Nigeria’s Same Gap Is 13.4 Per Cent

September 24, 2026

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38 of 46 Matched African Artists Lost Spotify Chart Streams on 22 September. Every South African Artist Did, and a Third of the Loss Is One Release Cooling Off

September 22, 2026

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