# Billboard Africa: Mixed Reactions and Industry Concerns

An episode of [Afrobeats Weekly](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1622368575), 9 Jun 2025, 48 min.

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On this week’s episode of Afrobeats Weekly, Tunde and his co-host, Showontstop, discuss the Billboard Africa concerns. They also discuss the news making the rounds in Afrobeats this week and all the major songs that dropped on New Music Friday. OUTLINE 00:00 - Introduction 02:20 - Catch Up 04:35 - Asake announces a new album titled 'Money' 08:20 - Billboard Africa Set to Launch in 2025, Announces New Editor-in-Chief 10:43 - Wizkid missing as Billboard lists trailblazing achievements by 11 African artists 16:10 - New Songs • Che Che by Asake and Young Jonn • Very Soon Buju ft Fola • Day by Day by Simi ft Kizz Daniel • Roju by Crayon 28:26 - New Album Starters by Ice Prince 30:22 - The Charts 39:48 - Eliminate 46:57 - Sign out Afrobeats Weekly is published by Global Village. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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