The UK's Official Top 20 Afrobeats songs of 2020

Darkoo, J Hus and Master KG are among the UK's biggest afrobeats tracks of the past 12 months.

Darkoo's viral hit Gangsta ft. One Acen claims the UK's biggest afrobeats song of the past year, OfficialCharts.com can reveal.

The South London artist leads the Top 20 afrobeats tracks of 2020 with her breakout hit, which scored huge success in the UK, topping the Official Afrobeats Chart and reaching Number 22 on the Official Singles Chart.

Darkoo and One Acen are among the first artists to receive Official Charts' new Specialist Number 1 Award, launched to celebrate chart-topping success in our genre and specialist charts.

Darkoo told OfficialCharts.com: "I wanna say a big thank you to all my fans, you made Gangsta the Number 1 Afrobeats song of 2020, and to the Official Charts for the new award." Watch the full message from Darkoo and One Acen below:

Darkoo finishes ahead of J Hus' Play Play ft. Burna Boy, a hit from his widely acclaimed second album Big Conspiracy, while Jerusalema by South African musician Master KG ft. Nomcebo Zikode completes the Top 3.

Darkoo makes a second appearance on the year-end Top 20 with Hardy Caprio collaboration Juicy at Number 7, while East London group NSG claim two of the year's Top 5 biggest afrobeats releases with Ourself (4) and Trust Issues (5). Both feature on their 2020 mixtape Roots, which landed in the Top 40 on the Official Albums Chart last summer.

The Official UK Afrobeats Chart was introduced in summer 2020 to chart the rise and nuances of the UK Afrobeats scene. Developed in conjunction with Afro Nation Festival, the Afrobeats Chart is published Sundays at 2pm on OfficialCharts.com, Spotify, and across Official Charts and Afro Nation social channels, and showcases the biggest releases of the week from a genre whose sound is impacting mainstream charts all over the world.

Official Top 20 Afrobeats Chart 2020

POS	TITLE	ARTIST
1	GANGSTA	DARKOO & ONE ACEN
2	PLAY PLAY	J HUS FT BURNA BOY
3	JERUSALEMA	MASTER KG FT NOMCEBO ZIKODE
4	OURSELF	NSG
5	TRUST ISSUES	NSG
6	REAL LIFE	BURNA BOY FT STORMZY
7	JUICY	DARKOO & HARDY CAPRIO
8	I LIKE	KOJO FUNDS FT WIZKID
9	4AM	MANNY NORTE/6LACK/REMA
10	D & G	DAVIDO FT SUMMER WALKER
11	JORO	WIZKID
12	RISKY	DAVIDO & POPCAAN
13	PARTY WITH A JAGABAN	MIDAS THE JAGABAN
14	4 NOTHIN'	MELVITTO FT GABZY
15	CAN'T LET YOU GO	STEFFLON DON
16	JUICE	YCEE FT MALEEK BERRY
17	CUT ME OFF	YXNG BANE FT D-BLOCK EUROPE
18	NOBODY	MR EAZI/JOEBOY/DJ NEPTUNE
19	COME WE BILL EHH	MIDAS THE JAGABAN
20	AGAIN	WANDE COAL

Related Singles and Albums

PLAY PLAY
J HUS FT BURNA BOY

JERUSALEMA
MASTER KG FT NOMCEBO ZIKODE