As we say goodbye to 2020, we’ve curated a list of impressive dance songs that were released by African artists this year. The continent’s music powerhouses, South Africa and Nigeria, dominate the list as expected. South African amapiano still commands the dance scene in southern Africa with plenty of tunes this year. The queen of dance, Busiswa, made her foray into amapiano, dropping her sexy all-girl summer song ‘SBWL’. And the pioneers of the genre, MFR Souls, hit the big time in 2020 with one of the most consumed amapiano tunes, ‘Amanikiniki’. Both songs feature Internet dance sensation Kamo Mphela.

House DJ Master KG failed to make the 2020 South African Music Awards nominations list, but his hit ‘Jerusalema’, which achieved phenomenal success and global reach with about 300 million views on YouTube, is arguably the biggest African dance of 2020. Emerging bilingual rapper Costa Tich gets a huge nod for his momentous hip hop dance track ‘Nkalakatha’ featuring local heavyweights AKA and Riky Rick.

Meanwhile, the stakes were high in the west of Africa with Naija Afrobeats stars arming themselves with fresh music. Afrobeats juggernaut and the continent’s most bankable musician, Wizkid, released his long-awaited album Made in Lagos, which has received excitable commentary from fans and pushed more than 10 million streams on Spotify. The list includes the artist's bangers ‘No Stress’ and ‘Ginger’, which features fellow Nigerian superstar Burna Boy, who bagged his second Grammy nomination for his latest project Twice As Tall. Tiwa Savage made an impression with her emotionally charged album Celia, while bringing calmness to the uncertainty of the moment on comforting-yet-groovy tracks like ‘Koroba’.

On the eastern side of Africa, new Tanzanian bongo flava sensation Zuchu made a name for herself and a comfortable landing on our list with her sultry song ‘Cheche’ featuring Diamond Platnumz.

Below is a list of the biggest dance tracks produced on the continent continent in 2020≥

West Africa

FEM by Davido

Koroba by Tiwa Savage

Ginger by WizKid ft. Burna Boy

Activate by Stonebwoy ft. Davido

Hasta La Vista by Sarkodie ft. Zlatan

No Stress by Wizkid

Shekere by Yemi Alade and Angélique Kidjo

Yaw La Beug by Abdou Guitté Seck

Balma by Queen Biz

No Dulling by Keche ft. Kuami Eugene

Yeungueul Ci Say Mbagg by OMG ft. Dip Doundou Guiss

Southern Africa

Amanikiniki by MFR Souls ft. Major League DJs, Kamo Mphela and Bontle Smith

Jerusalema by Master KG ft. Nomcebo

John Vuli Gate by Mapara A Jazz ft. Ntosh Gazi and Colano

Indlovu by DJ Zinhle ft. Loyiso

Mwana WaMambo by Jah Prayzah

Le Plane E'Landile by Major League DJs and Abidoza ft. Cassper Nyovest, Kammu Dee and Ma Lemon

Lorch by Kabza De Small and DJ Maphorisa

Nkalakatha Remix by Costa Titch ft. Riky Rick and AKA

SBWL by Busiswa ft. Kamo Mphela

SummerYoMuthi by Blaq Diamond

Woza by Sha Sha

East Africa

Waah! by Diamond Platnumz ft. Koffi Olomide

Aah Wap!! by Whozu and Baddest 47

Cheche by Zuchu ft. Diamond Platnumz 

Kachiri by King98 ft. Diamond Platnumz 

Dondoka by Ethic Entertainment

Liar by Masauti ft. Tanasha

Central Africa

Olandi by Innoss’B

Il faut danser comme ça by Extra Musica Nouvel Horizon

Mbok'Elengi by Gally Garvey ft. Koffi Olomide