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Country Girl (Zahara Album)
''Country Girl'' is the third studio album by the South African singer-songwriter Zahara, released on September 22, 2015. It features a guest appearance from Robbie Malinga. The album was certified gold on the day of its release and later went triple platinum. Commercial performance The album was certified gold within 24 hours of its release, platinum within two weeks and later went triple platinum, selling 140,000 copies. Accolades At the 22nd ceremony of South African Music Awards ''Country Girl'' won the award for Best Produced Album and also nominated for Best Afro Album at South African Afro Music Awards in 2017. , - , rowspan="3", 2016 , rowspan="4", ''Country Girl'' , Best Produced Album , , - , Female Artist of the Year , , - , Best R&B/Soul/Reggae Album , , - , 2017 , Best Afro Album , Tracklisting Personnel All credits adapted from AllMusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It cata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zahara (South African Musician)
Bulelwa Mkutukana, best known by her stage name Zahara, is a South African singer and songwriter born on November 9, 1987. After signing a record deal with TS Records, Mkutukana's debut album, ''Loliwe'' (2011), went double platinum. Her second album, '' Phendula'' (2013), produced three chart-topping singles " Phendula", "Impilo", and "Stay". Zahara's third album, '' Country Girl'' (2015), was certified triple platinum. Following her departure from TS Records, she signed a record deal with Warner Music. Her fourth album, '' Mgodi'' (2017), was her best-selling album and was certified platinum. Her fifth album, ''Nqaba Yam (2021)'', peaked at number 1 on iTunes. Her accolades include 17 South African Music Awards, three Metro FM Awards, and one Nigeria Entertainment Awards. Zahara was on the 2020 list of the BBC's ''100 Women''. She appeared as a guest judge on the seventeenth season of ''Idols South Africa'' in 2021. Early life Zahara was born 'Bulelwa Mkutukana' in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phendula
''Phendula'' is the second studio album by South African singer Zahara. It was released by TS Records on September 13, 2013. The album's production was primarily handled by Robbie Malinga and Mojalefa Thebe. It features guest appearances from Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Anele & Neliswa, Mzwakhe Mbuli, Mukengerwa Tresor Riziki and 2 Face Idibia. It was supported by three singles: " Phendula", "Impilo" and "Stay". Upon its release, the album was made available for purchase on iTunes and Musica. Background, recording, and upcoming release In an interview with Yoliswa Sobuwa of ''The Herald'', Zahara was asked to describe the album. She said, "I am so excited about this album. My fans will love it as I've grown a lot vocally and also in my writing skills". Moreover, she elaborated on the album's lead single " Phendula", saying, "My single Phendula talks about seeking answers from God. A lot is happening from people being victims of crime. There's a lot of poverty and unemployment. All I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mgodi
''Mgodi'' (English: Excavation) is the fourth studio album by South African musician Zahara. It was released on October 13, 2017, through Warner Music. It features production from Mojalefa Thebe. The album was a best-seller, attained gold certification in six hours and then achieving platinum status 20 hours after release by the Recording Industry of South Africa (RiSA). At the 24th ceremony of South African Music Awards ''Mgodi'' was nominated for best Afro-pop Album category. Background ''Mgodi'' was inspired by Zahara's experiences with the intense public scrutiny that South Africa's tabloid journalists have subjected her to during her career. The album was also influenced by her departure from her former label, TS Records, in December 2016. Zahara recorded the album in Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City of Gold", is the largest city in South Africa, classified as a megacity, and is one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
22nd South African Music Awards
The 22nd Annual South African Music Awards was held on 4 June 2016 at Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, Durban, South Africa and was hosted by Somizi Mhlongo and Thando Thabethe. The nominees were announced on 21 April 2016 with Nathi, Emtee, Zonke Dikana, and Riky Rick topping the list with four nominations each. Nathi garnered the most awards with five while Black Coffee came closest by claiming four awards. Performers * Moneoa * Loki Rothman * Jabu Hlongwane * Wouter Kellerman * AKA * Da L.E.S * Nasty C * Emtee * Fifi Cooper * Nathi * DJ Ganyani * DJ Merlon * Revolution * Prince Kaybee * Dreamteam * Big Nuz * Thee Legacy song they performed * Raheem Kemet * Lakota Silva * Nakhane Toure * 24 Skies * Thokozani Langa * Khuzani * Saarkies * The Fraternity * Andriette * Pierre Rossouw * iFANi * DJ Fortee * DJ Sliqe * Mobi Dixon Winners and nominees Below is the list of nominees and winners for the popular music categories. Winners are highlighted in bold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan, he founded ''All Music Guide' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compact Disc
The compact disc (CD) is a Digital media, digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings. In August 1982, the first compact disc was manufactured. It was then released in October 1982 in Japan and branded as ''Compact Disc Digital Audio, Digital Audio Compact Disc''. The format was later adapted (as CD-ROM) for general-purpose data storage. Several other formats were further derived, including write-once audio and data storage (CD-R), rewritable media (CD-RW), Video CD (VCD), Super Video CD (SVCD), Photo CD, Picture CD, Compact Disc-Interactive (CD-i) and Enhanced Music CD. Standard CDs have a diameter of and are designed to hold up to 74 minutes of uncompressed stereo digital audio or about 650 mebibyte, MiB of data. Capacity is routinely extended to 80 minutes and 700 mebibyte, MiB by arranging data more closely on the same sized disc. The Mini CD has various diameters ranging from ; t ... [...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 with d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Albums ...
The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2015. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject. For additional information about bands formed, reformed, or disbanded, for deaths of musicians, and for links to musical awards, see 2015 in music. First quarter January February March Second quarter April May June Third quarter July August September Fourth quarter October November December References {{DEFAULTSORT:2015 albums Albums 2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zahara (South African Musician) Albums
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Zahara may refer to: Places *Zahara de la Sierra, a municipality in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain *Zahara de los Atunes, a village on the Costa de la Luz in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain People Stage name * BeBe Zahara Benet (born 1980), Cameroonian-American drag queen * Zahara (Spanish musician) (born 1983), Spanish singer-songwriter *Zahara (South African musician) (born 1987), South African musician and poet Given name *Zahara Rubin (born 1932), Israeli sculptor, painter and artist *Zahara Schatz (1916–1999), Israeli artist Other uses *Zahara (band), a jazz ensemble See also * Sahara (other) The Sahara is one of the world's large deserts, located in northern Africa. Sahara may also refer to: Businesses *Sahara Las Vegas, a hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada *Sahara Tahoe, a resort casino in South Lake Tahoe, now the Hard Rock Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
