NRJ Afro Hits

NRJ's Afro Hits channel takes the network's pop instincts and points them at the diaspora. The playlist runs on Afropop, coupé-décalé, and the French-Caribbean and West African pop that now dominates French charts. Aya Nakamura is the obvious anchor here, and you'll also catch Dadju, Tayc, and Burna Boy sharing space with Ivorian club cuts and Congolese rumba crossovers. It's a mainstream sound, polished and hook-first. Not a crate-digger's station. That's fine. Pop radio in France does this badly more often than not; this one keeps the energy up without drowning everything in the same four be…