''Memeza'' is the thirteenth studio album recorded by South African singer
Brenda Fassie
Brenda Nokuzola Fassie (3 November 1964 – 9 May 2004) was a South African singer, songwriter, dancer and activist. Affectionately called MaBrrr by her fans, she is also known as the "Queen of African Pop" or the "Madonna of The Townships." Fas ...
released on 3 November 1998, the same day as Brenda's birthday. It was the best selling album in
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...
in 1998. The album went Platinum on the day of its release & sold over 100 000 in a week of its release. The album went to sell 700,000 copies in South Africa.
Background
Memeza was released in 1997 by
CCP Records
CCP Records (originally an acronym for Clive Calder Production) is a South African music entertainment company founded by Clive Calder and Ralph Simon. It is a production company. They envisioned the company while working for EMI South Africa i ...
in its physical form. EMI Digital re-released the album in its digital form in 2004.
The music is characterised as largely pop/rock and
Kwaito
Kwaito is a music genre that emerged in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, between the late 1980s and 1990s. It is a sound that features the use of African sounds and samples. Kwaito songs occur at a slower tempo range than other styles of h ...
(a South African urban music style).
[ Sello Twala and Brenda Fassie co-wrote all the songs for the album and Twala handled the production thereof.
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Track listing
# "Qula"
# "Sum' Bulala"
# "Vuli Ndlela"
# "Msindo"
# "Memeza"
# "Vuli Ndlela (Remix)"
# "Qula (Remix)"
# "Sum' Bulala (Remix)"
References
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Brenda Fassie albums
1997 albums