{"id":527,"date":"2013-08-14T16:54:59","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T15:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/?p=527"},"modified":"2021-08-14T06:32:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T05:32:16","slug":"african-music-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzzsouthafrica.com\/african-music-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Most Bankable African Music Artists and Their Net Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is said that what we now know today as blues, jazz, salsa, zouk, and rumba were all derived to an extent from musical traditions from Africa that were taken out of the continent by slaves. In recent times, however, the contemporary genres of African music like Kwaito, Palm-wine music, and Afrobeat most significantly, have begun to rival these other sounds as African music is now becoming a big deal in all the major markets across the world, with many music artists from the continent now ranking amongst the most bankable you can find anywhere.<\/p>\n

This is evident for everyone to see as musicians like Angelique Kidjo, Burna Boy, Black Coffee, Davido, and Wizkid, to name a few, have headlined or at least been among the notable performers at huge music festivals and concerts in Europe and the United States.<\/p>\n

Akon<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"Bankable<\/a><\/p>\n

Net Worth: $80 Million<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Akon is a Senegalese-American singer, songwriter, and record producer who is best known for songs like “Locked Up,” “Lonely,” “Smack That,” “I Wanna Love You,” “Don’t Matter,” and “Sorry, Blame It on Me.” The Konvict Music CEO and five-time Grammy Award nominee<\/a>, who learned his trade after having been raised by parents who were in the music business; his mother was a dancer while his father is famed percussionist Mor Thiam, is in the record books as the first solo artist to hold both the number one and two spots simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 charts twice.<\/p>\n

Thanks to his success, Akon has been able to help quite a few other artists from Africa. He has further been able to put his huge wealth to good use by embarking on a lot of philanthropic activities, such as the Akon Lighting Africa project.<\/p>\n