There are critics out there made so uncomfortable by how foreign music is marketed to Western listeners, especially Europeans, that they’ve sworn off any sort of foreign style — charming music, maybe, ...

Three global music distribution companies accounted for 68% of Nigeria's total streaming volume in 2025, highlighting the role of foreign firms in the country's music market. Empire, Sony Music and ...

Introduction. They never even knew. What is a popular music genre? ; Music/Identification ; Charting popularity -- Foreign music and the emergence of phonography. Sound recording and new modes of the ...