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Rema
Rema emerged as one of Afrobeats' most significant younger-generation stars following his 2019 breakthrough, blending Afrobeats with trap and alternative influences into a style he termed "Afrorave" that distinguished his sound from the genre's earlier generation. His 2022 single "Calm Down" became a genuinely global phenomenon, spending well over a year on international charts and eventually becoming one of the best-performing Afrobeats songs of all time on global streaming platforms following a remix with Selena Gomez. His success demonstrated Afrobeats' continued evolution and international staying power beyond its initial 2016-2018 breakthrough wave, proving the genre could still produce genuinely unprecedented global hits years into its mainstream rise. His combination of a genre-redefining sound and the record-setting global run of "Calm Down" has made Rema one of the most significant Afrobeats artists of the genre's second international wave.
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Tiwa Savage
Tiwa Savage established herself as Afrobeats' most prominent female star through a career spanning more than a decade, becoming the genre's clearest commercial and cultural benchmark for women in a scene that has historically been dominated by male artists. Her 2020 EP "Water & Garri" and subsequent releases showed her continued evolution as both a vocalist and a songwriter, while her earlier hits throughout the 2010s helped establish the commercial viability of female-led Afrobeats at a moment when the genre's international breakthrough was still forming. Her signing to Jay-Z's Roc Nation management and subsequent international collaborations placed her among the first wave of Afrobeats artists to secure major Western industry backing, opening doors that subsequent artists were able to build on. Her combination of sustained genre-leading commercial success and her role establishing female representation at Afrobeats' highest level has made Savage one of the genre's most significant pioneering figures.
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