Africa Record Holders

          1. Faze – First Nigerian male act with a whistle register

          2. Wizkid – First west African to make over 50 hit songs

          3. Sarkodie – fastest rapper in Africa

          4. Highest note taken by an act in a song – (Oliver neils song -'Baby girl')

          5. Lowest note by an act in a song – Kennedy Tareotu (Better and Greater)

         6. First Bass singer to hit a whistle register – Kennedy Tareotu

         7. Widest Vocal range (7.9 octaves) (-F to C7) – Kennedy Tareotu

         8. Longest note held in an African song (27 seconds) Empire rise – a kennedy Tareotu

         9. Best act of all time –Fela
      10. Don Jazzy - First West African Producer to produce over 50 hit songs.

      11. 'Better and Greater' - The Hardest African Song to Sing/Score by Kennedy Tareotu
      12. 2face - The First African to win an MTV Base award with the song 'African Queen'.
      13. Best female act of all time – Mariam Makeba

      14.   Best African Baritone of the decade – Don jazzy

      15.   Cesaria Evora – most nominations for best world music Grammy Awards

      16.   Lady Smith Mambazo – first South African group to win a Grammy Awards.

      17.   Lady Smith Mambazo – Most Grammy awards nominations by an African. 13 times

      18.   Lady Smith Mambazo – First act to be nominated for the Grammy, Academy and Emmy Awards.

      19.   Lady Smith Mambazo – Highest African Grammy Award winner (4).

      20.   King Sunny Ade – First African to be nominated twice for the Grammy Awards.

      21.   Mariam Makeba – first African woman to win the Grammy Awards In 1966.     

      22.   Angelique Kidjo – First West African woman to win the Grammy awards in 2008.

      23.   Angelique Kidjo – Highest West African Grammy awards nominations (8)

      24.   Fathy Salama – First and only North African Grammy Award winner. (Egypt)

      25.   Youssou N’Dour – First Senegalese to win a Grammy Award in 2005.