Afrobeat
2,790works
11,141pressings
1960first year
Works per year
Pressed in
Formats
Format by decade
| Format | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinyl | 96% | 95% | 70% | 25% | 22% | 42% | 64% |
| CD | · | · | 12% | 57% | 64% | 37% | 17% |
| File | · | · | · | · | 3% | 13% | 14% |
| Cassette | 1% | 4% | 18% | 16% | 1% | · | 1% |
| CDr | · | · | · | · | 6% | 4% | 2% |
Sounds like
HighlifeAfricanFunkPsychedelicJazz-FunkAfro-Cuban JazzDiscoAfro-CubanYorubaFree FunkFusionSoulFuture JazzSoul-Jazz
Most-pressed works
| Title | Artist | Year | Pressings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graceland | Paul Simon | 1986 | 297 |
| Osibisa | Osibisa | 1971 | 113 |
| Live! | Fela Kuti | 1972 | 73 |
| Soul Makossa / Lily | Manu Dibango | 1973 | 66 |
| Heads | Osibisa | 1972 | 63 |
| Happy Children | Osibisa | 1973 | 54 |
| Ginger Baker's Air Force | Ginger Baker's Air Force | 1970 | 47 |
| Super Fly T.N.T. (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Osibisa | 1973 | 43 |
| Black Magic Night | Osibisa | 1977 | 42 |
| Juju Music | King Sunny Ade & His African Beats | 1982 | 39 |
| Confetti | Sérgio Mendes | 1984 | 38 |
| The Warrior | Ipi-Tombi | 1973 | 36 |
| Love Will Never Do (Without You) | Janet Jackson | 1990 | 34 |
| Black Blood | Black Blood (2) | 1975 | 33 |
| Zombie | Fela Kuti | 1977 | 33 |
| Synchro System | King Sunny Ade & His African Beats | 1983 | 31 |
| Zombie | Fela Kuti | 1977 | 30 |
| Hippychick | Soho (2) | 1990 | 30 |
| Makossa Man | Manu Dibango | 1973 | 29 |
| Gone Clear | Manu Dibango | 1980 | 29 |
| Army Arrangement | Fela Kuti | 1985 | 29 |
| Teacher Don't Teach Me Nonsense | Fela Kuti | 1986 | 28 |
| Up Side Down | Sandra Akanke Isidore | 1976 | 26 |
| Black-President | Fela Kuti | 1981 | 26 |
| Aura | King Sunny Ade & His African Beats | 1984 | 26 |
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Built from the Discogs monthly data dumps (CC0), snapshot 2026-09-01. Counts are of catalogued works and pressings, not of listening.