USA-based entertainment magazine 'Billboard' has honoured five artists who have been topping the R&B charts – and South Africa’s Tyla is one of them.
Popular music and entertainment magazine Billboard hosted its first-ever R&B’s No. 1’s event, which aimed at celebrating the visionary leaders that have helped shape the future of R&B and hip-hop. Taking place at The Box in New York City, the event honoured Usher, Victoria Monet, Lucky Daye, Tyla, and Luther Vandross for their contributions to the industry.
South African sensation Tyla was awarded the Global Force award as her smash-hit song Water has spent 46 weeks and counting on the US Afrobeat Songs chart and eight weeks at the top of the mainstream R&B airplay. Her first entrance onto the Billboard charts was via her first hit song Been Thinking, however, it was Water that catapulted her career into international stardom.
Presenting Tyla’s award was R&B, hip-hop, and afrobeats writer at Billboard, Heran Mamo. Introducing the young artist, she said: “So I’m really honoured to be presenting our next award this evening. For years, she dreamed of becoming Africa’s first pop star. Now she’s taken over the world with her signature ‘popiano’ sound, performing her pop-infused take on her native South Africa’s amapiano in the US, France, Portugal, Japan, South Korea, and more.
Furthermore, the Water hit-maker has made a name for herself as an exceptional performer, and she has been able to secure multiple gigs, with most of them being international, such as the One Universe festival that recently took place in South Korea after having to, unfortunately, cancel her highly anticipated first world tour, as well as her Coachella performance.The post Tyla honoured with ‘Global Force’ Award at Billboard R&B No. 1’s event appeared first on Bona Magazine.
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