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February 4 – At the 66th Annual Grammy Awards, the Grammy Award for Best African Music Performance are awarded for the first time. Nominees are Asake & Olamide – "Amapiano"; Burna Boy – "City Boys"; Davido ft. Musa Keys – "Unavailable"; Ayra Starr – "Rush"; and Tyla – "Water" [3] The winner of the African Music category is Tyla. [4]
The song also gained traction due to a viral dance challenge. The video, published on TikTok, featured the Ama Quality Boys, a dance group, dancing to a completely different Amapiano song, until an unknown user put the "Tshwala Bam" audio onto that video and the song and dance became viral. The video now has over 77,000 likes as of July 2024. [3]
"Water" is a song by South African singer Tyla from her debut studio album, Tyla (2024). It was released on 28 July 2023 by Fax and Epic Records as the album's lead single. An amapiano song with elements of pop, R&B and Afrobeats, it sees Tyla expressing a desire for a passionate, intimate tryst.
THE COUNTDOWN: From Charli XCX’s neon-splattered club remix with Lorde to The Cure’s moment of bleary-eyed brilliance 16 years in the making, here are the songs that defined 2024, chosen by ...
"Truth or Dare" is a song by South African singer Tyla from her 2024 self-titled debut studio album. It was released by FAX and Epic Records as a promotional single from her 2023 self-titled extended play, before impacting rhythmic contemporary radio in the United States on 13 February 2024, as the second single from the album.
"Amapiano" is a song by Nigerian musician Asake and Nigerian rapper Olamide. The song is a single from Asake's second studio album, Work of Art , and was produced by Nigerian producer Magicsticks . The music video, shot by Jyde Ajala, was released on 24 May 2023. [ 1 ]
"Imnandi lento" received two nominations for Best Collaboration, Best Amapiano, and duo nominated for Best Duo/Group at the 18th Metro FM Music Awards. [ 7 ] Their studio album Midnight In Sunnyside 3 , was released on April 19, 2024.
Amapiano is a subgenre of kwaito and house music from South Africa that became popular in and around the mid-2010s. It is a hybrid of deep house, gqom, jazz, soul and lounge music characterized by synths and wide, percussive basslines. The word "amapiano" derives from the IsiZulu word for "pianos".