Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Msaki at the 29th annual South African Music Awards (SAMA) at SunBet Arena on November 18, 2023 in Pretoria, South Africa. Her latest release, 'Entropy,' recorded with Jesse Clegg, the ...

Boomtown presented by Johnnie Walker will showcase a stellar lineup of South African music legends and rising stars at the Hollywoodbets Durban July.

In a Q interview, Abel Selaocoe tells Tom Power how natural it is to play his ancestral South African music with classical music.

When people say African music is having a “global moment,” they are often talking about only a small part of the continent.

Constantinos Tsobanoglou, better known by his rap alias Costa Titch, died Saturday after appearing to collapse while performing at the Ultra South Africa music festival in Johannesburg. He was 28. His family mourned his passing in a statement on his ...

Tyla's mission is clear. She's setting out to change the geography of pop stardom. "It's something I feel like the industry is lacking," the singer declares. "An African pop star." Fresh off a year of social media virality with her breakout single, a ...

Nomcebo Zikode has reacted to Kylie Jenner dancing to Jerusalema, saying she is proud to see the South African hit continue to resonate globally years after its release.

Musicians worldwide have been placing their tracks with global streaming platforms such as Spotify for many years. South African musicians, however, have reported only sparse earnings from streaming music online. When our 2020 survey revealed this, we ...

South African music artists generated over R504 million on Spotify in 2025, according to the Swedish audio streaming and media service provider. In its Loud & Clear report published yesterday, the company says the figure represents a 28% year-on-year ...

The 2024 Grammy awards will see the introduction of a new category: "best African music performance." When the category was announced last year, Grammys CEO Harvey Mason Jr. stated that it would be "able to acknowledge and appreciate a broader array of ...

South Africa is celebrating 30 years since apartheid ended and Nelson Mandela became the nation’s first Black president. In the U.S., a South African musical group is spreading Mandela’s message of racial reconciliation and healing while reminding us ...