Top 5 South African Afro Pop Artists Of All Time
South African Afro Pop music has dominated charts for so many years and it’s interesting to see some pop artists who have lived through the ups and downs of the genre and still reinvented themselves. See Top 5 South African Afro Pop Artists Of All Time
1. Lira
Lira was born in Daveyton, on Johannesburg’s East Rand. Her name translates to “love” in Sesotho and she speaks four languages. She is a multi-platinum selling and an 11-times South African Music Award-winning Afro-Soul vocalist, who refers to her music as “a fusion of soul, funk, elements of jazz and African
2. Brenda Fassie
Brenda Nokuzola Fassie was a South African anti-apartheid Afropop singer. Affectionately called MaBrrr by her fans, she was sometimes described as the “Queen of African Pop” or the “Madonna of The Townships” or simply as The Black Madonna. From 1996 she released several solo albums, including Now Is the Time, Memeza (1997), and Nomakanjani?. Most of her albums became multi-platinum sellers in South Africa; Memeza was the best-selling album in South Africa in 1998
3. Malaika
Malaika is a South African Afro-pop music group, which has been described as post-kwaito, post-mbaqanga and neo-soul, consisting of three young musicians: Bongani Nchang and the late Jabulani Ndaba (both born in Klerksdorp) from the previous band the Stouters and Matshediso Mholo (born in Lichtenburg), a former school teacher.their self-titled album “MALAIKA”, which has been topping the charts in all radio stations and achieving sales in hundreds of thousands. The single, “Destiny”, had been busting all radio station charts nationally and has also been dubbed the best cross over song for 2004.
4. Mafikizolo
Mafikizolo is a South African singing duo consisting of Theo Kgosinkwe and Nhlanhla Nciza.They have won numerous awards like the South African Music Award for Group or Duo of the Year numerous time.
5. Bongo Maffin
Bongo Maffin is a South African kwaito music group who formed in Cape Town in 1996. They released their first studio album, The Concerto, in 1998, followed by Bongolution and New Construction.
