7 Amapiano Artists Who Made The Top 10 Most Streamed SA Artists By Local Gen Z. Amapiano is a style of house music that emerged in South Africa in 2012. Amapiano is a hybrid of deep house, jazz and lounge music. It is the biggest music genre in South Africa at the moment and it continues to pave strong waves in the country these recent years.
Here are top 7 amapiano artists who made the top 10 most streamed SA artists by local Gen Z:
Mr jazziQ
Alexandra-born Mr JazziQ first emerged as one-half of JazziDisciples, a South African DJ/producer duo which released a slate of projects that played an important role in Amapiano’s rapid journey from the township into the heart of the mainstream. And now, in 2021, Tumelo Manyoni has his eyes on a bigger prize: using his homegrown success to take over the global music scene.
Busta 929
DJ and music producer Busta 929 who has been hitting the industry for a while now shot to fame after he releasing one of the biggest amapiano songs of 2020 titled ‘Umsebenzi Wethu’.
Kabza De Small
Award winning piano king and record producer Kabza De Small who has earned the name ‘King of Amapiano’ has been hitting the industry for a while now that he has become one of the pioneers of amapiano. He recently also walked away with six nominations at the 27th edition of South African Music Awards (SAMAs) and was also named on the list of Forbes Under 30.
DJ Maphorisa
Themba Sonnyboy Sekowe know as DJ Maphorisa has been considered by many as one of the best record producers and DJ, and which he solidified with his last studio LP project “The Return of Scorpion Kings Album” where he collaborated with Kabza de small, and which caused havoc just a few months after other big releases.
De Mthuda
De Mththuda who has been the man of the people since last year, and better known for his caption “There is no King” which started trending on social media after Kabza de small dropped his last debut project which he gave a dominating title “I am the king of amapiano album“, since then Mthuda have stepped up his game and thus proving the world wrong as he know the potential he has, and some of his efforts will be seen on some of his last productions like ‘John Wick’.
Lady Du
Although it’s taken over 20 years for Lady Du to get her big break, it was worth the wait. Her face is now on a Spotify billboard in New York Times Square. Duduzile Ngwenya, popularly known as DJ Lady Du has been consistent killing every feature ever since she gained popularity.
DBN Gogo
DBN Gogo has been killing her sets for many months now, thus packing lots of fans towards herself. She rose to limelight after the success of her killer track “Mayonice” where she partnered with Jobe London, Makhanj and The LowKeys, and the track still holds great place on the heart of many music lovers as their best yanos tune. She dropped ‘Khuza Gogo’ which went platinum recently.
