ayra starr

The album has not only reached a new peak of #6 on the UK Apple Albums chart, but it's also become the highest-charting album ever by a Nigerian female artist in the UK. This historic achievement isn't the only reason to celebrate. On its release day, The Year I Turned 21 raked in a staggering 6.3 million streams, showing Ayra Starr's immense global appeal. The singer's rise to prominence is nothing short […]

On the possibility of Afrobeats getting watered down and losing its originality due to international collaborations and its rising global appeal, Ayra Starr opined that as as long as Afrobeats artists stick together and continue propelling the music, the genre will continue to thrive. It’s not fair at all. People want to put negativity on Afrobeats because it has become so mainstream. The generations of African artists who worked to this extent […]

In an interview with the Beat FM, the 21-year-old singer, who met American star, Rihanna at the Authentic Woman Event in London in May 2024, reflected on the encounter. She said, "The funny thing is before I met Rihanna I was literally just having a conversation with a friend four days before. I was like, 'Do you think Rihanna knows me? Do you think she listens to me?' I low-key feel like […]