Goya Menor

Goya Menor is a Nigerian singer who rose to international attention with «Ameno Amapiano Remix», a track built on a sample of the much older song «Ameno» by Frenchman Jean-Jacques Lionel, reworked with Nigerian percussionist and singer Nektunez into an amapiano-flavored dance anthem. Amapiano itself is a South African house subgenre known for its jazzy chords, log-drum basslines and laid-back groove, and Goya Menor's version helped push that sound to a global TikTok and streaming audience in the early 2020s.

His style blends Afropop vocal hooks with electronic dance production, favoring catchy, repetitive phrases that translate easily across languages, which is part of why «Ameno Amapiano Remix» became a viral meme sound internationally. Beyond that breakout hit, tracks like «Brotherman», «Grace» and «Bounce» continue in a similar Afro-fusion pop direction, aimed at dancefloors and short-form video platforms alike.

Goya Menor represents a wider wave of West African artists who found global reach not through traditional radio but through remix culture and social media virality, turning a niche amapiano trend into a worldwide phenomenon.