The year 2021 was a tremendous year for Afrobeats artists across the globe. The crossover smash of Wizkid and Tems’ “Essence” helped push African music to the forefront of conversations around the globe, while the enormous hit songs from Joeboy, Davido, Fireboy DML, and others kept the momentum going strong.

To end the year, Audiomack has put together a playlist of the top 21 Afrobeats artists of 2021, based on their global streams as follow: Olamide, Joeboy, Burna Boy, Davido, Omah Lay, Wizkid, Bella Shmurda, Naira Marley, Fireboy DML, Kizz Daniel, Seyi Vibez, Mohbad, Zinoleesky, Chiké, Buju, Barry Jhay, Rema, Timaya, CKay, Balloranking, Patoranking.