5 UK Gospel AfroPop Songs to Soundtrack Your Day

‘Summertime and the livin’ is easy…’

Today is a perfect UK summer’s day: the maximum temperature is a cinderella-optimum, entirely agreeable 15 degrees: not too hot and not too cold.

So here are a few AfroPop tunes to turn up the heat just a little more and soundtrack a hopefully already perfect day.

This G Kid-produced track almost certainly needs no introduction
Ever since it came out in 2018 it’s been a radio, playlist and video staple everywhere
A true international hit for Sarah Teibo, one of the UK’s favorite female artists
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It’s always going to be difficult to pick an Andrew Bello song – his catalogue is extensive and his release cycle is impressively frequent
I’ve gone with this because it’s his biggest Spotify hit with just under 200,000 streams (as at the time of writing of this)
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Another artist with a breathtaking selection of songs that so many people around the world have taken to heart
‘I Am Free’ has now had just under 2 million YouTube streams
Not much more to be said apart from: enjoy
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I only discovered Qyubi about a month (or maybe 6 weeks) ago
Since then I’ve been listening to as much of his back catalogue as possible
He’s got some GREAT songs, and if this is your first time hearing about him (and you like this kind of vibe), go check out the rest – you’re in for a treat!
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24 Eldaz is one of those artists that makes me both happy and sad for the current season in the UK Gospel scene
Sad because there’s so much coming out these days that it’s becoming difficult to find and – more importantly – support brilliant artists
On the flip side I’m also happy that digital technology has made recording so cheap, meaning more artists are entering the scene
Plus: social media has (kind of) made discovery easy(ier)
If you like this one (made in collaboration with Nigeria’s Henrisoul), you know what to do:
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What can I say about Stevie Valentine?
If you know about him then you know he gets 40 thousand-plus listens on Spotify every month, and many of his songs on the platform have between 200,000 and 400,000 streams
‘Fall On Me’ is one of his biggest AfroPop songs with over 400,000 streams (his biggest is the Neyo-sampled ‘Stay Strong’ with over 600,000 as at the time of writing)
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I was on Real Gospel’s Instragram live the other day when Becca Folkes let slip that she was hoping ‘Control’ will get to 1 million streams very soon.
It’s now at 927,000 streams, so not long to go…
(And yes, this is my contribution to boosting that number…) 🙂
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