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Highlife genre — history, bands and artists
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Geography of Highlife
Where the artists of the genre come from and where it is on the radio
Landmark albums of Highlife
Studio albums that listeners most often call this genre
1975
Expensive ShitFela Ransome Kuti
1980
Music of Many ColoursFela Anikulapo Kuti & Roy Ayers
2021
There Is No EndTony Allen
1978
Twer NyameEbo Taylor
2011
Africa for AfricaFemi Kuti
2025Tuff Times Never LastKokoroko
2002
Home CookingTony Allen
New in Highlife
Albums and singles of the genre released in the last four months
2026Here Because Of HopeEzra Collective
2026I Got Di Patois Mango PowerThorsten French
Highlife by year
How many studio albums of the genre came out each year
Highlife by country and decade
Bands and artists of the genre from different countries and eras, the best albums of each decade
By country
By decade
Best albums by decade
Artists of Highlife
The most listened artists of the genre and its subgenres: the bigger the name, the more listeners
- Alune Wade
- Antibalas
- Baloji
Bixiga 70- Buscemi
- Captain Planet
- Davido
- Dele Sosimi
- Ebo Taylor
EMEFE- Eparapo
- Ezra Collective
- Fela Kuti
- Femi Kuti
- Ginger Baker
- Goat
- Hagan
- Here Lies Man
- Huw Marc Bennett
- Ikebe Shakedown
- It’s Dynamite
- JahDon
- Jojo Abot
- Jonathan
- Jupiter & Okwess
- K. Frimpong and His Cubano Fiestas
- Keleketla!
- Kokoroko
- Kuku
- Kutiman
- Kwame Yeboah
Lay Llamas- M.A.K.U. Soundsystem
- Meï Teï Shô
- Mory Kanté
- Nérija
- Nico & Vinz
- Nubiyan Twist
- Ojibo Afrobeat
- Old School Funky Family
- Orchestra Gold
- Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp
- Osibisa
- Peter King
- Polyrhythmics
- Rocket Juice & the Moon
- Roforofo Jazz
- Roger Damawuzan
- Stella Mwangi
Talking Drums- Terence Etc.
- The Budos Band
- The Funkees
The Motet- Theon Cross
- Tony Allen
- Ultraísta
- United Vibrations
- Vaudou Game
- Village Cuts
Overview
Genre relations
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Subgenres
Subgenres or what Highlife is divided into
Origins
Genres from which Highlife originated
Parent genre
Highlife is a subgenre, i.e. a narrower direction of these styles
Derived genres
Genres that evolved from Highlife