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Blaise Bula
Blaise Bula (born 1967, Kinshasa) is a Congolese singer and composer, a member of Wenge Musica and founding member of Wenge BCBG, known for the hit "Okota".
Blaqbonez
Blaqbonez (Akumefule Chukwuemeka George) is a Nigerian rapper and singer-songwriter signed to Chocolate City Music, known for his "Best Rapper in Africa" persona and his 2018 breakthrough Bad Boy Blaq.
Blick Bassy
Blick Bassy, born Bassy Olama Blick, is a Cameroonian singer-songwriter and guitarist based in France whose 2019 album 1958 honored independence leader Ruben Um Nyobé.
Blu*3
Blu*3, later styled Blu 3, is a Ugandan all-female vocal group formed in 2004 after winning the Coca-Cola Popstars contest, disbanded around 2008 and reunited since 2023.
BNXN
BNXN, born Daniel Benson and formerly known as Buju, is a Nigerian Afrobeats singer and songwriter whose hit "Finesse" with Pheelz has surpassed 600 million streams worldwide.
BOJ
BOJ, born Bolaji Odojukan in London, is a Nigerian singer and producer who co-founded DRB LasGidi, coined the term alté, and released Gbagada Express in 2022.
Bongo Flava
Bongo Flava, also known as muziki wa kizazi kipya, is a Tanzanian music genre from Dar es Salaam in the 1990s that fuses hip-hop, R&B, and dancehall with Swahili lyrics.
Boy Spyce
Boy Spyce is the stage name of Ugbekile David Osameke, a Nigerian Afrobeats singer from Lagos signed to Mavin Records, known for his 2022 debut EP.
Bracket (group)
Bracket is a Nigerian music duo of Smash and Vast from Nsukka, Enugu State, whose "Afro high-life" sound broke through with "Yori Yori" in 2009.
Brymo
Brymo (Olawale Ashimi Ọlọfọrọ) is a Nigerian singer and songwriter, formerly of Chocolate City, independent since 2013 and known for fusing jazz, Afrobeat, rock, and African folk.
Buffalo Souljah (Tanzania-linked)
Buffalo Souljah, born Thabani Ndlovu, is a Zimbabwean reggae and dancehall artist based in Johannesburg, South Africa, and the only Zimbabwean to win six Channel O Music Video Awards.
Buk Bak
Buk Bak was a Ghanaian hiplife group formed in the 1990s by Prince Bright, Ronny Coaches, and Isaac Shoetan, known for rapping in Ga, Twi, and Pidgin English.
C.K. Mann
C.K. Mann (Charles Kofi Amankwaa Mann) was a Ghanaian highlife singer, guitarist, and bandleader who led the Carousel 7 in Takoradi and recorded Funky Highlife in 1975.
C4 Pedro
C4 Pedro, born Pedro Henrique Lisboa Santos, is an Angolan singer, composer, and producer born in Luanda in 1983, known for kizomba hits like "Bo Tem Mel".
Cabo Verde Show
Cabo Verde Show is a Cape Verdean band formed in Paris in the mid-1970s by musicians born in Dakar, credited with turning Cape Verdean music toward the diaspora.
Cal_Vin
Cal_Vin, born Mgcini Calvin Nhliziyo, was a Zimbabwean rapper from Bulawayo who rose to fame in 2014 with "Bebengakholwa" and "Z'khuphani", rapping in Ndebele until his death in 2020.
Calema
Calema are a musical duo from São Tomé and Príncipe based in Portugal, formed by the brothers António and Fradique Mendes Ferreira, blending kizomba with pop and Latin music.
Candy Bleakz
Candy Bleakz (Akiode Blessing Mariam, born Blessing Akiode) is a Nigerian rapper from Lagos who raps in Yoruba and Pidgin and broke out with "Owo Osu" in 2019.
Carnivore (Nairobi)
The Carnivore is a restaurant, nightclub, and concert venue on Langata Road in Nairobi, Kenya, opened in 1980 and known for its all-you-can-eat meat feast.
CDQ
CDQ, born Sodiq Abubakar Yusuf in 1985 in Lagos, is a Nigerian indigenous hip-hop rapper known for the singles "Indomie" and "Nowo E Soke" and founder of the label NSNS.
Celestine Donkor
Celestine Donkor is a Ghanaian gospel singer and songwriter who began her career in 2007, winning multiple awards for songs like "Agbebolo."
Céline Banza
Céline Banza, born in Kinshasa in 1997, is a Congolese singer-songwriter and guitarist who won the 2019 Prix Découvertes RFI and released the album Praefatio in 2021.
Ch'cco
Ch'cco is the stage name of Shiko Matlebjane, a South African amapiano singer from Soweto and Mamelodi, Pretoria, who broke through in 2021 with "Nkao Tempela".
Chaguo La Teeniez Awards
The Chaguo La Teeniez Awards, known as the CHAT Awards, were Kenya's fan-voted teen-choice awards, run by The Insyder magazine and held annually in April.
Channel O Africa Music Video Awards
The Channel O Africa Music Video Awards, also known as the Channel O MVAs, were pan-African, viewer-voted music video awards run by Channel O from Johannesburg, held annually until 2014.
Charly na Nina
Charly na Nina is a Rwandan female RnB and pop duo, Charlotte Rulinda and Fatuma Muhoza, best known for the 2015 hit 'Indoro' and 'Owooma'.
Chef 187
Chef 187 (Kondwani Kaira, born 1986) is a Zambian hip hop artist, Macky 2's younger brother, whose 2023 album Broke Nolunkumbwa set Spotify streaming records.
Chella
Chella (Uzochukwu Michael Ikechukwu) is a Nigerian Afrobeats and Afro-fusion singer whose 2025 single "My Darling" topped Nigeria's chart and won him an AFRIMA award.
Chicco
Chicco, also known as Chicco Twala, is a South African singer and record producer from Soweto, a leading figure of 1980s bubblegum music and a foundational force behind kwaito.
Cindy Le Coeur
Cindy Le Coeur is the stage name of Caddy Nkunku, a Congolese singer, dancer, and artistic director who has led as female voice of Koffi Olomidé's Quartier Latin International since the late 2000s.