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His album, Simbaradzo, was and still is the best-selling album of all time in Zimbabwe with mega hits like "Mundikumbuke" and "Amai VaRubhi". [citation needed] The success of Simbaradzo was followed up with his album Zvakanaka Zvakadaro sealing his place as the greatest sungura musician of all time. Macheso can dance, sing, and play the bass ...
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.
Jonah Sithole (1952–1997) – chimurenga music artist and guitarist [2] Solomon Skuza (1956–1995) – pop singer-songwriter [2] Buffalo Souljah (born 1980) – Zimdancehall and reggae artist; Shingisai Suluma (born 1971) – gospel music artist; Takura (born 1991) – house music and hip hop artist; System Tazvida (1968-1999) – singer ...
Zimdancehall started in the late 1980s with the rising up of local sound systems.The popularity of these recordings led to more studio recordings. By the end of the 1990s, a number of local youths were recording singles and albums independently and reggae bands like Cruxial Mix (Trevor Hall) and Black Roots holding regular weekly shows to showcase artists.
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 members. [7]
Tongai Moyo (12 March 1968 – 15 October 2011) was a contemporary Zimbabwean musician, often referred to as Dhewa.Born and raised in Kwekwe, Dhewa rose to fame in the late 1990s as a solo artist and with the band Utakataka Express. [1]
Rappers began selling CDs in the streets, the value of a rapper in Zimbabwe was the same as a good laugh joke. Events witnessed projects such as Mashoko and the circle in Harare uplifting and popularizing hip hop rappers and emcees. Other rappers implemented politics into their music design and started movements such as House of Hunger.
The Bhundu Boys were a Zimbabwean band that played a mixture of chimurenga music with American rock and roll, disco, country, and pop influences. Their style became known as jit, and is quite popular across Africa, with some international success, and has influenced later groups like Nehoreka and Mokoomba.