Kabza De Small beats Chris Brown, Kendrick Lamar and Travis Scott to emerge as the most streamed South African musician not on one, but across two of the world’s leading streaming platforms — Spotify and Apple Music.
The Johannesburg-based musician leads two of Spotify’s three key categories for top performing music in South Africa: Most Streamed Albums and Most Streamed Songs. The only category where he falls short is Most Streamed Artists in South Africa, where he takes second place behind Drake.
Kabza, the self-proclaimed king of Amapiano, has claimed the title of South Africa’s most-streamed artist for the second consecutive year in this annual data-driven review of global music and podcast listening trends. His success not only cements Amapiano as the vibrant heartbeat of South Africa but also highlights the rise of local music on the global stage. Joining Kabza in this wave of undeniable talent are South African artists Tyla,, DJ Maphorisa, and Kelvin Momo, who continue to hold their own and thrive alongside him.
Below are the top performing records in three of Spotify’s key categories:
Most streamed songs in South Africa (Spotify)
- Imithandazo – Kabza De Small ft. Young Stunna, DJ Maphorisa, Sizwe Alakine & Umthakathi Kush)
- Tshwala Bam – TitoM ft. S.N.E & Eeque
- Beautiful Things – Benson Boone
- Masithokoze – DJ Stokie
- Not Like Us – Kendrick Lamar
- Imizwa – Lwah Ndlunkulu
- Paris’– Mthandeni SK
- Amalobolo – Kelvin Momo ft. Stixx, Nia Pearl
- Amazwe – Kabza De Small ft. Mawhoo
- Yebo Lapho (Gogo) – Felo Le Tee ft. DJ Maphorisa & Djy Biza
- Wadibusa – Uncle Waffles ft. Royal MusiQ, OHP Sage, & Pcee
Most streamed albums in South Africa
- Isimo – Kabza De Small
- 11:11 – Chris Brown
- Kurhula – Kelvin Momo
- Tyla – Tyla
- SOS – SZA
- Lwah Ndlunkulu – Imizwa
- Kabza De Small – Isimo
- Hit.Me Hard and Soft – Billie Eilish
- Emakhaya – Mlindo The Vocalist
Most streamed artists in South Africa
- Drake
- Kabza De Small
- Kelvin Momo
- Chris Brown
- DJ Maphorisa
- Kendrick Lamar
- The Weeknd
- Future
- Travis Scott
- J. Cole
Apple Music: Top in Song of 2024
Proving once again that Amapiano is here to stay, Kabza also leads the 2024 Apple Music most streamed songs, followed by another Amapiano dynamite Kelvin Momo and Dlala Thukzin with ‘Amalobolo’ and at iPlan at second position and third positions respectively.
- Imithandazo – Kabza De Small
- Amalobolo – Kelvin Momo and Babalwa M
- (feat. Stixx & Nia Pearl)
- iPlan – Dlala Thukzin (feat. Zaba & Sykes)
- Amazwe – Kabza De Small and Mthunzi (feat. MaWhoo)
- Funk 55 – Shakes & Les, Shakes & Lee, DBN Gogo (feat. Ceeka RSA & Chley)
- Izenzo – Bassie, Aymos (feat. T-Man SA)
- Masithokoze – Dj Stokie, Eemoh
- Beautiful Things: Benson Boone
- Maye Maye – Kelvin Momo, Babalwa M
- Awukhuzeki – Dj Stokie (feat. Omit ST, Sobzeen & Zeenhle)
