Tyla, has achieved a groundbreaking feat by making her debut on the prestigious Billboard Hot 100 chart with her viral hit single 'Water.'
Budding South African Amapiano singer and songwriter Tyla is making waves with her Water single. Image via Instagram 100 with her viral hit song “Water”.
Born Tyla Laura Seethal, the 21-year-old amapiano artist, hailed her breakthrough as a “win for the whole of Africa” on social media.“I’m a South African girl born and raised in Johannesburg,” she wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. “This is crazy.” “Water” mixes genres including R&B and amapiano — itself a blend of house, jazz and lounge music, born in South Africa’s townships that is experiencing growing global popularity.
The single went in at number 67 on the Billboard chart, the leading weekly music ranking in the United States, helped by Tyla’s social media presence.Released in July, the catchy song went viral on TikTok in recent weeks after the artist posted videos of herself dancing to it that inspired a dance challenge.“Tyla scores her first appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 chart , as ‘Water,’ the breakthrough single for the South African singer-songwriter, debuts at No. 67,” Billboard wrote on Tuesday.
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