5 Exciting Afrobeats & Amapiano Playlists That Will Keep You Dancing

Our simulating top 5 playlist picks

March 7, 2025

Here at Sheydance.com, we love playlists! The right playlist can carry you through the day, change your mood, and, more importantly, make you dance. So, we looked through Spotify for playlists that have the secret sauce. After listening to a few of these playlists, we could tell that the playlist authors put a lot of thought into their mixture of songs. So, after some careful selection, we created a list of Spotify playlists that will blow your mind.

1. Beast Mode Amapiano by Spotify

What we like about this playlist: This playlist is perfect for zoning out in the gym. With Amapiano, it’s all about the music beats and vibes, and Spotify did a good job of curating songs that put you in the workout zone. This playlist is approximately five hours long, so you can work out for as long as you like. Happy listening!

2. Best Of Amapiano by !LORDNOVA

What we like about this playlist – As the name suggests, it is a compilation of the best South African hits over the years and is updated weekly. It spots DJ Maphorisa, DJ Waffles, Kabza de Small, and many more. The total listening time of this playlist is nearly 17 hours. So buckle in and get listening.

3. Afrobeats | AfroPop by Nana Osei

What we like about this playlist: This is a carefully curated list of popular afrobeats songs by a dedicated fan. The playlist length is over 5 hours. If you are new to Afrobeats music, this would be the perfect playlist because it contains many genre-defining tracks.

4. African Heat by Spotify

What we like about this playlist: This playlist is versatile and up-to-date with the most popular Afrobeats and Amampiano songs from across the continent. This playlist can be finished in less than 3 hours and is managed by Spotify.

5. Afrobeats global – African hits by Nigeriamusic

What we like about this playlist: This playlist includes songs from all over Africa. It’s quite ironic given that the playlist author is called ‘Nigerianmusic’ but regardless, the songs on this playlist targets no specific country and it’s a collage of well-known hits from South Africa, Nigeria, Gambia and many other African countries. It’s quite a long playlist and will take 17 hours to complete.