Paragraph 9 Pop musicians from other parts of the continent have been making music under the Afrobeats banner, but it is the Nigerians Wizkid, Davido and Burna Boy who have each sold out The O2 arena in London or the Accor Arena in Paris. Undoubtedly, Nigerian artists are the trailblazers of the Afrobeats movement.

The word "trailblazers" in Paragraph 9 (quoted above) implies that these artists are ______ .

A. experts
B. explorers
C. leaders
D. rebels

C. leaders