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This is a list of notable singers who have performed in the Afrikaans language. Solo artists are alphabetised by their stage name or surname—whichever is more common. Choirs that sing in Afrikaans are also included in the list, but other music groups are listed in the "Music groups" section below.
[3] [4] Nel has also starred in the Afrikaans movie, 'n Saak van Geloof alongside her co-star Robbie Wessels, the well acclaimed South African singer-songwriter/comedian. [ 5 ] Nel is a well acclaimed songwriter having written songs for Juanita Du Plessis, Bobby Van Jaarsveld, Lianie May, Touch of Class and world-renowned Amira Willighagen .
Broers or alternatively Die Broers is a South African music group trio made up of Snyman brother Christo, Cobus and Stephan and formed in 2006. Broers (meaning Brothers in Afrikaans) had a big hit with "Huistoe" (meaning Home in Afrikaans) in 2008 for which they won "Best Song of the Year" in the Tempo Awards given annually by Huisgenoot popular Afrikaans magazine in South Africa.
MK was a mostly Afrikaans music channel, launched in mid-2005, as MK89, that is part of the DStv bouquet of satellite channels owned by MultiChoice/M-Net, based in South Africa. MK is an initialism for Musiek Kanaal (Music Channel) and 89 was the original channel number on DStv satellite decoders. When the channel number was changed to 324, the ...
In 1989, she performed at the Religious Broadcasting Corporation in Washington, coinciding with the release of her gospel album, The Warrior is a Child. [ 3 ] In 1991, she received an award from the Afrikaans Chamber of Commerce for her services to Afrikaans music.
Die Heuwels Fantasties, Afrikaans rock band; Bonginkosi Dlamini (born 1977), poet, actor and singer, also known as Zola; Dollar Brand (born 1934) Donald (born 1985), singer; Dorp, rock band; Downfall, ska and punk band; Dr Victor and the Rasta Rebels, reggae; Dreamteam, hip-hop group from Durban; Jabulani Dubazana, singer, Ladysmith Black Mambazo
[36] [122] [207] [89] News24 dubbed them "SA's [South Africa's] first YouTube megastars" in 2013 and, by early 2015, their videos had cumulatively amassed 200 million views on YouTube. [ 194 ] [ 11 ] Ninja has described their music videos as "an extension" of their accompanying songs that "[have] to be exactly the same as the song[s], like ...
The music of South Africa exhibits a culturally varied musical heritage in conjunction with the multi-ethnic populace.Genres with the greatest international recognition being mbube, isicathamiya, mbaqanga, afrofusion, kwaito, South African pop music, afro house, South African hip hop, Shangaan electro, bacardi house, bolo house, gqom and amapiano.