2025 in African music
The following is a list of events and releases that happened in 2025 in African music.
Events
- February 2 - At the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, the award for Best African Music Performance goes to Tems for "Love Me JeJe".
- April 27 - The Headies 2024
- July 10 - Burna Boy's new album, No Sign of Weakness, released today, features Travis Scott, Mick Jagger, Stromae, and Shaboozey.
- September 8 - Tyla wins the Best Afrobeats category at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards.
- November - 31st Annual South African Music Awards
Albums released
- Amaarae - Black Star
- Black Sherif - Iron Boy
- BNXN - Captain
- Burna Boy - No Sign of Weakness
- Davido - 5ive
- Gyakie - After Midnight
- Qing Madi - I Am The Blueprint
- Moonchild Sanelly - ''Full Moon''
Deaths
- January 9 - Doc Shebeleza, 51, South African kwaito musician
- January 14 - Teddy Osei, 87, Ghanaian saxophone player, drummer and vocalist
- March 13 - Yallunder, 30, South African afro-soul singer-songwriter
- April 4 - Amadou Bagayoko, 70, Malian musician
- May 16 - Dada KD, 56, Ghanaian highlife musician
- May 25 - Foday Musa Suso, 75, Gambian musician and composer
- June 6 - "Gentleman" Mike Ejeagha, 95, Nigerian folklorist, highlife musician and songwriter
- June 13 - Louis Moholo, 85, South African jazz drummer
- July 26 - Daddy Lumba, 60, Ghanaian highlife singer-songwriter
- August 13 - Rachid Ferhani, 80, Algerian Kabyle singer
- August 24 - Khaled Louma, 70, Algerian musician and radio presenter
- September 5 - Ras Sheehama, 59, Namibian reggae musician
- October 6 - Ray's Kim Edm, 36, Chadian rapper
- October 8 - Pierre Moutouari, 75, Congolese singer
- October 21 - Achille Mouebo, 54, Congolese singer-songwriter
- November 3 - Akiin Shuga, 50, Nigerian singer
- November 12 - Bereket Mengisteab, 86/7, Eritrean singer, songwriter and composer
- November 25 - Biyouna, 73, Algerian singer and actress
- December 4 - Pops Mohamed, 75, South African multi-instrumentalist, jazz musician and producer