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Amagents
"Amagents" is a single by South African singer and songwriter Samthing Soweto, released on June 24, 2022 by Youbuntu. It debuted number one in South Africa. The song was certified gold by the Recording Industry of South Africa Recording Industry of South Africa (RISA) is a trade association representing the interests of major and independent record labels of South Africa. Located in Randburg, RISA is responsible for running the annual South African Music Awards (S ... (RiSA). Background Samthing first teased the song "Amagents" on his Instagram account in March 2022. After many delays the song was released 2 months later on June 24, 2022. Commercial Performance It debuted at number one in South Africa. The song was certified gold by the Recording Industry of South Africa (RiSA), 20 days after its initial release day. Charts Release history References {{Reflist 2022 singles 2022 songs Number-one singles in South Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samthing Soweto
Samkelo Lelethu Mdolomba (born 21 January 1988), known professionally as Samthing Soweto, is a South African singer and songwriter. Samthing is best known for his vocals on Sun-El Musician's song " Akanamali" and his number 1 single on spotify "Akulaleki". Following his departure of the group The Soil, Mdolomba released his debut album, ''This N That Without Tempo'' (2010), which fuses a capella and soul. He then departed from his debut album's sound as he introduced fusions of Afro pop, and R&B for his second album, ''Isphithiphithi'' (2019), which became certified platinum by the Recording Industry of South Africa RiSA. Life and career Early life Samkelo Lelethu Mdolomba was born and raised in Protea North, Soweto, a township of Johannesburg, South Africa. He is the third of four children, who were all raised by his single mother. Mdolomba was moved to his grandmother in the Eastern Cape, but was later moved back to Protea North caused by substandard issues. In an i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Afro-soul
Afro-soul is a music genre that has African characteristics of soul music. It has emotional vocals, especially of the lead singer. There is a very strong link between Afro-soul and other genres like Afro-Jazz, Amapiano, and Afrobeats. Notable musicians * Miriam Makeba, a Grammy Award-winning South African singer and civil rights activist * Zahara, the South African recently discovered music prodigy * Amanda Black, multi award-winning songstress from South Africa * Simphiwe Dana, praised as "the best thing to happen to Afro-soul music since Miriam Makeba" * Muma Gee, Nigerian singer * Scelo Gowane, South African singer * Siphokazi, a South African artist * Les Nubians, the French born sisters who are Afropean music singers * The Budos Band * K'naan * Ginger Johnson * Doug Kazé, Nigerian singer-songwriter * Manu Dibango, from Cameroon * Nomfusi, South African artist * Lekan Babalola * Grace Matata Grace Matata is a Tanzanian afro-soul singer. She released her debut al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Official South African Charts
The Official South African Charts (TOSAC) is the music industry standard record chart in South Africa launched by RISA for local and international songs. Chart rankings are based on digital sales and online streaming in South Africa through iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music Apple Music is a music, audio and video streaming service developed by Apple Inc. Users select music to stream to their device on-demand, or they can listen to existing playlists. The service also includes the Internet radio stations Apple ..., and Deezer. The charts were launched in South Africa on 1 September 2021, becoming the only South African chart to focus on songs on digital music streaming services. The first official number-one hit on the chart was Ed Sheeran's " Bad Habits". History Music charts in South Africa were initially presented by Entertainment Monitoring Africa, based on radio airplay only, however the company became defunct in late 2016. The Recording Industry of South Afric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recording Industry Of South Africa
Recording Industry of South Africa (RISA) is a trade association representing the interests of major and independent record labels of South Africa. Located in Randburg, RISA is responsible for running the annual South African Music Awards (SAMAs) and for music recording certification in South Africa. It also runs The Official South African Charts (TOSAC). Anti-piracy RISA is the body that represents musicians and publishers when it comes to copyright. The South African Copyright Act of 1978 states: "You may not make a copy of a sound recording without the permission of the author." This has been interpreted to mean that it is illegal to convert a CD to MP3 in South Africa. RiSA certifications Like the levels in most countries, RiSA certification levels were adjusted over the years to adjust for the changing music market. Until August 2006, albums were required to sell 25,000 units for gold certificate and 50,000 for platinum. For albums released since August 2006, the lev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Download
A music download (commonly referred to as a digital download) is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a personal computer, portable media player, MP3 player or smartphone. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyrighted material without permission or legal payment. According to a Nielsen report, downloadable music accounted for 55.9 percent of all music sales in the US in 2012."All music sales" refers to albums plus track equivalent albums. A track equivalent album equates to 10 tracks. By the beginning of 2011, Apple's iTunes Store alone made 1.1 billion of revenue in the first quarter of its fiscal year. Music downloads are typically encoded with modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) audio data compression, particularly the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) format used by iTunes as well as the MP3 audio coding format. Online music store Paid downloads are sometimes encoded wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
