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June – The Grammy Award for Best African Music Performance, a new award, is announced by the Recording Academy. [3] The inaugural winner, announced at the ceremony in February 2024, is Tyla with the song "Water". [4] November 4 – The 19th and final series of Idols South Africa is won by Thabo Ndlovu. [5]
The Official South African Charts (TOSAC) is the music industry standard record chart in South Africa launched by RISA for local and international songs. Chart rankings are based on digital sales and online streaming in South Africa through iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music, and Deezer. The charts were launched in South Africa on 1 September 2021 ...
March 23 – AFRIMA President Mike Dada announces the launch of BridgeAfric Southern Africa. [5] November 4 – Rwandan-born singer, rapper and writer Gaël Faye is awarded the Prix Renaudot for his novel Jacaranda. [6] November 7 – The Feather Awards winners, announced in Johannesburg, South Africa, include Zoë Modiga as Best Musician. [7]
Billboard named Tems the US top Afrobeats Artist of 2022, making her the first African artist to achieve this honor. [2] [3] [4] Tems placed ten songs on the list, with one featured song being the highest ranked of them by Wizkid titled "Essence", placed at number one. [1] Essence features guest vocals from Justin Bieber and Tems.
The U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart is a standard record chart, ranking the most popular Afrobeats songs in the United States and it is published weekly by Billboard. [1] The chart ranks the 50 most popular songs every week. It was established by Billboard, in association with Afro Nation, on 22 March 2022. The chart is compiled by Billboard, and ...
May 9 – CKay's "Love Nwantiti" becomes the first-ever African song to surpass one billion streams on Spotify. [2] May 17 – Interviewed on Asaase Radio, Stonebwoy responds to criticism of himself and other African artists such as Black Sherif for attending a party hosted by Kendrick Lamar in Ghana. [3]
"Dalie" is a single by South African internet personality and singer Kamo Mphela, and record producers Tyler ICU and Khalil Harrison. It was released on 11 October 2023 by Kamo Mphela Entertainment, distributed by Africori, and features guest appearance from Baby S.O.N. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
The South African Airplay Chart ranks the best-performing singles in South Africa. Its data, published by Entertainment Monitoring Africa , is based collectively on each single's weekly airplay . [ 1 ]