TikTok has released the Songs of the Summer 2025, highlighting the tracks that have dominated feeds and inspired trends. The ...

A ranking of the top songs based on streaming and sales activity from within the country- as tracked by Luminate. The ranking is based on a weighted formula incorporating official-only streams on both ...

In an excerpt from the 33 ⅓ title "South African Popular Music," the author breaks down house music offshoots gqom and amapiano. When Beyoncé put together her companion soundtrack album, “The Lion ...

TikTok’s influence on music is so great that Billboard has a dedicated chart of songs that perform well on the platform, ...

A South African musician's Maskandi cover of Phuzakhemisi's hit went viral, celebrating talent, cultural unity, and the power ...

Hip hop has come back in full force this year. In 2021, the genre huffed and puffed in its attempt to blow down the door that stood between it and mainstream relevance as amapinao once again ruled ...

The 68th Grammy Awards nominations have been revealed, with Afrobeats stars Burna Boy, Davido, Wizkid, and Tyla competing for ...

South Africans are gearing up for new music this holiday season, but 2025 brings a groundbreaking twist: an AI-generated ...

1. Kabza De Small: ‘Eningi’ ft. Simmy, Njelic and Mhaw Keys Self-proclaimed titles are often ego strokes that never quite match up with reality, but Kabza De Small anointing himself as the ‘King of ...

In Nigeria, Amapiano which packs speaker rattling baselines is quite popular in clubs for its party-starting effect as Nigerian DJs play both the Afrobeats variant and South African Amapiano. One of ...

The Virginia Arts Festival’s two recent offerings, the Soweto Gospel Choir, back in Norfolk for a third time, and the American dance company Step Afrika (born of a partnership with Soweto Dance ...