Music Business News: Africa

African music enjoys breakthrough on Shazam’s Global Top 200 Chart

Twelve tracks by African artists reached the Shazam Global Top 10, with three reaching the No. 1 position.

TikTok integrates another streaming service into Add to Music App feature, with Anghami partnership

TikTok users in the Middle East and North Africa can now save tracks from TikTok straight to their music libraries on streaming service Anghami. The platform has become the latest to sign up to TikTok’s ‘Add to Music App’ feature, which lets TikTok users save the songs they discover on the social app directly to … Continued

Believe expands Artist Services division in MENA region, signs superstars Angham, Nancy Ajram, and Ragheb Alama

Believe said the three "strategic" signings form the "cornerstone" of its roster and "evolution" in the MENA region.

Downtown expands presence in Africa, as Sheer rebrands to Downtown Music Publishing Africa

Sheer was acquired by DMP parent Downtown Music Holdings in 2020

Global recorded music revenues hit $29.6bn in 2024, up 4.8% YoY; users of paid music subscriptions reach 752m

Mexico has overtaken Australia to become the World's tenth-largest recorded music market.

Reservoir and PopArabia acquire catalog of Egyptian superstar Omar Kamal

Deal includes both publishing and master rights to his catalog

Warner Music Africa Francophone hosts songwriting camp in Abidjan

The camp took place months after Warner Music launched WM Africa Francophone, operating in France and French-speaking Sub-Saharan Africa

From the ‘fair use’ win for Reuters to ByteDance building an AI music beast… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…