Nomfundo Ngcobo (born 18 July 2000), known professionally as Nomfundoh Moh is a South African singer. Born and raised in Ndwendwe, KwaZulu-Natal, her career began at the age of 16 in 2016. Moh first gained recognition after releasing "Lilizela" in 2021, which received platinum certification in South Africa. Having signed a record deal with

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, she rose to prominence with her debut studio album ''

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'' (2022), reached Platinum by

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(RiSA). It was preceded by commercially successful singles " Phakade Lami", "Lilizela", "Umthwalo".

Career

She studied at Intaphuka Primary School and enrolled at the

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a Bachelor of Social Worker Degree. Her early musical career began towards the end of 2010, as a feature artist.

2020-2022: ''Amagama''

In September 2020, she began working on her debut studio album. In 2020, she signed a record deal with

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. In February 2021, her breakthrough single "Lilizela" was released as album's lead single. The song was certified Platinum in South Africa. In June 2021, album's second single "Umthwalo" was released. On October 7, 2021, her third single "Phakade Lami" featuring South African singer

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and Zimbabwean-born singer Sha Sha was released. It debuted at number 1 on

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Top 40 Charts and number 4 on Most Popular Radio Singles. In addition, "Phakade Lami" entered Top 10 at number 7 on Local Streaming Charts. The song was certified 6× platinum in South Africa. On January 28, 2022, her debut studio album ''

'' was released. The album incorporated elements of

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, Traditional pop, and

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. ''Amagama'' peaked at number 7 on

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album's charts. In early March 2022, Moh was featured by

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on Africa Rising programme. On April 13, she was named as the ambassador Equal Africa Ambassador by

. In May 2022, she was featured on ''Shay’na nge White Star'' campaign, which includes two dates. The first show was held at

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on 12 May, and last one in Durban on 21 May.

2023-present: ''Ugcobo'', ''Twenty Four''

In March 2023, Moh announced her second studio album ''Ugcobo'' and its lead single "Amalobolo" featuring

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. The song was released on March 10, 2023. "Uthando Lunye" was announced as second single on April 25, 2023 via her Instagram account, released on April 28, 2023. '' Ugcobo'' was released on May 26, 2023. It became her first album to amassed 1 million streams less than a week of its release. Towards the end of May 2024, Nomfundo Moh announced her third studio album ''Twenty Four''. Albums pre-add were made available on July 5, 2024. The album was released on August 2, 2024.

Business Ventures

In May 2024, Moh opened her restaurant La Mar in Spruitview Shopping Centre, Ekurhuleni.

Artistry

Moh cites

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, and

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as her major influences.

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Other charted and certified songs

Achievements

All Africa Music Awards

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Africa Entertainment Awards

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Basadi in Music Awards

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Gagasi FM Shero Awards

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Metro FM Music Awards

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South African Music Awards

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South African Afro Music Awards

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References

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