African artists have soundtracked superhero movies, sports dramas, Westerns and, more importantly, films that bring it back home to the continent.

While Billboard previously published a list about African artists whose songs gained sync placements in TV shows and movies, we’re now rounding up African artists who’ve intentionally recorded songs for movie soundtracks.

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From Billboard‘s previous list of 21st century movie soundtracks curated or executive produced by rap and R&B stars, five of those soundtracks make it on this list – including Beyoncé‘s The Lion King: The Gift and Kendrick Lamar‘s Black Panther: The Album. These albums respectively accompany the live-action remake of The Lion King (as well as her musical film Black Is King) and the Marvel fil

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