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This category contains articles about singles that reached number one in Zimbabwe. Pages in category "Number-one singles in Zimbabwe" The following 78 pages are in this category, out of 78 total.
Sungura is the most popular musical genre in Zimbabwe. It emerged in 1953, in a time when regional identity was in formation. [6] This is the local genre of the Zimbabwe music industry. Sungura music became popular in the early 1980s, pioneered by frontman Ephraim Joe and his band Sungura Boys which counted many notable future hit makers as ...
Rhodesia was an unrecognised state in southern Africa from 1965 to 1979, equivalent in territory to modern Zimbabwe. This article lists number-one singles on Rhodesia's music chart, the Lyons Maid Hits of the Week, broadcast by Radio 1. [1] [2] Its rankings were based on weekly sales. [2]
In 2005, the genre saw a series of hits by Winky D. In 2006, another artist Slaggy Yout based in the UK renamed it to Zimdancehall after creating a website dedicated to the genre. [1] This coincided with political and economic sanctions in Zimbabwe making internet access affordable for many artists.
# ZIM 410), [4] the song proved popular enough to feature alongside Paul Matavire & the Jairos Jiri Band and Jonah Moyo on a compilation of Zimbabwean hits produced by the DiscAfrique label, [3] [5] best known for bringing the Bhundu Boys to international attention. The late Charlie Gillett lauded the song as "One of the great soul records of ...
Number-one singles in Zimbabwe (78 P) R. Zimbabwean record producers (11 P) Rhodesian music (2 C, 2 P) Z. Zimbabwean musical instruments (7 P) Pages in category ...
Component charts have become an increasingly important way to measure the commercial success of individual songs. Reviewers often describe records using round number milestones within a chart. For example, a record that peaks at number 7 may be called a "Top 10" hit , even when there is no chart limited to only the top 10 records in that ...
The Four Brothers were a pop group from Zimbabwe. [1] [2] The members were not brothers. They played fast-paced guitar-based pop music with songs sung in the Shona language. Their lead guitar string-plucking sound is reminiscent of the sound of the African mbira instrument and is a style known as jit.