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Ayra Starr has announced a 20-city world tour to support her third studio album, Starrgirl.

The European leg runs through Amsterdam, Paris, Milan, Zurich and Brussels before reaching London on February 2.

The tour picks up again on March 18 in Houston, Texas, then moves through Dallas, Atlanta, Silver Spring, Boston, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Toronto, Montreal, Chicago, Minneapolis and Denver.

It ends on April 14 in San Francisco.

It has 16 tracks and features ZAYN, Leon Thomas, Wizkid, Rema, kwn, Danny Ocean and Theodora.

Tour promoter Live Nation says the album debuted at number two on Spotify’s Global Top Albums chart.

Ayra Starr also confirmed online that she will be in Africa in December.

Her announcement follows her halftime performance at the Philadelphia Eagles and Jacksonville Jaguars NFL International Game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on October 11.

Nigerian singer, Ayra Starr has made history after becoming the first African artiste to headline a National Football League (NFL) halftime show during a game in London.

The Grammy-nominated singer performed on Sunday, October 11, at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium during the Week Five fixture between the Philadelphia Eagles and Jacksonville Jaguars.

Ayra Starr thrilled the audience with a medley of her popular songs, including Rush, Santa, Heaven Baby, Hot Body and Dangerous, alongside tracks from her latest project, Starrgirl.

Born Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe, the singer rose to prominence in 2021 following the success of her breakout single, Bloody Samaritan.

She has since established herself as one of Nigeria’s prominent music exports, earning international recognition, award nominations and a growing global audience.

Ayra Starr released her debut album, 19 & Dangerous, in 2021, followed by The Year I Turned 21 in 2024. Her latest project, Starrgirl, further reflects her evolving sound and musical career.

Fans celebrate another milestone for African music

Ayra Starr’s NFL halftime appearance highlights the growing international visibility of Nigerian music and Afrobeats.

The singer’s achievement also places her among Nigerian artistes making notable appearances on major international entertainment platforms.

Her performance in London adds to the milestones in her career as she continues to expand her presence beyond Africa.

Nigerian Afrobeat singer Ayra Starr has disclosed that she is currently recovering from a complex surgical operation.

She revealed the information on Thursday evening, when addressing her admirers about her departure on social media.

An online news platform reports that Ayra Starr had been absent from social media for about a week before resurfacing on Wednesday.

Explaining her absence, the singer revealed in a post on her Instagram Story on Thursday that she had undergone a major surgery that turned out to be more complicated than expected.

Apologising to her fans for her sudden disappearance, she said she needed additional rest and assured them she would be back soon.

She told her fans she was sorry they hadn’t been seeing much of her lately, explaining that she had major surgery a few days prior.

She said she had hoped for a quick recovery, but the procedure proved more complicated than anticipated, and that she just needed some rest before returning.

She added that her upcoming project, Starrgirl, was coming very soon.

Grammy-nominated singer Ayra Starr has clarified that she purposefully chose to stay single while attending school in order to preserve her reputation.

The 23-year-old Mavin Records musician claimed that she stayed away from dating because she didn’t want anyone to call her an ex-girlfriend after she became well-known.

Because I didn’t want to be someone’s ex, I didn’t date in high school. She remarked, “I knew a lot of guys were trying, and I was like, why are you trying? That means you must have an ulterior motive.”

The singer also discussed her current ideals for a mate, stressing that knowledge is more important to her than physical attractiveness.

Global Afrobeats sensation Ayra Starr has officially set a date for her next musical era, announcing that her third studio album, Starr Girl, will drop in July 2026. Oyikansola Aderibigbe, better known by her stage as Ayra Starr, is an Afrobeats pop diva who has confirmed that her third studio album, “Starr Girl,” will be published in July 2026.

In a recent interview on The Jennifer Hudson Show, the singer disclosed this and talked about how hard she had worked on the project.

“I’m really happy of this body of work. My record, “Starr Girl,” will be released in July. For the first time in the interview, she declared, “I put everything into it, and I can’t wait for the world to hear it.”

After her debut album “19 & Dangerous” and her sophomore project “The Year I Turned 21,” the upcoming album will be her third studio release. Since the Afrobeats phenomenon hinted to the project in 2025, fans have been looking forward to the third album.

She also performed her most recent hit, “Where Do We Go,” which came out in March, while she was on the show.

The song comes after several releases in 2025, such as the summer hit “Hot Body,” the Grammy-nominated “Gimme Dat” with Wizkid, “Who’s Dat Girl” with Rema, and the Valentine’s Day Afro-R&B album “All The Love.”

Ayra Starr, the Afrobeats sensation, has expressed admiration and praise for Nigerian men.

Speaking in a recent episode of the Way Up with Angela Yee, Starr said Nigerian men are like New York men, supportive and very confident.

She, however, noted that she still had her reservations about Nigerian men, stressing that “men are still men.”

She said, “Nigerian men love to take care of their women. They are very supportive of their wife or girlfriend.

“They are very very confident, so it is almost the same thing as New York men. But you know, men are men. A man is a man still. It is universal thing.”

This is coming months after Ayra Starr faced heavy criticisms and backlash on social media from mostly Nigerian men, who argued that her social media feminism advocacy doesn’t align with her personality offline.

Her critics claimed that her enthusiastic reaction to meeting Chris Brown and her dance video to Naira Marley’s song did not align with her perceived feminist image.

She also previously faced criticism over her fashion sense.

Starr addressed the controversy regarding her fashion choices, telling critics in 2023 that they are not her “pastor” or “mother”.

Nigerian singer Ayra Starr has spoken about her private relationship, revealing that she is currently facing a dilemma over it.

Appearing in a recent episode of Rock Nation’s The Intern series, Starr revealed that her song ‘Where Do We Go’ was inspired by a private relationship and the dilemma of going public or not.

“‘Where Do We Go’ is inspired by a private relationship. Are we going to stay hidden or come out to the world? I’m kind of like in the middle so like where do we go,” she expressed.

Ayra Starr also revealed on the show that if she could intern for anyone it would be Rihanna.

“If I have to intern for anyone it would be Rihanna. I would get the coffee. Anything she wants me to do, I will do it,” she said.

Starr has stated in several interviews in the past that Rihanna is her childhood idol and her main inspiration for going into music.