2022 was a triumphant year for amapiano. The genre continued its steady bolster into other markets across the globe. Its stars toured the world, playing and selling out the biggest shows. Back home, amapiano continued to morph into different iterations like the bacardi-tinged and “Mozambique” or “France” styles, birthing new stars and changing lives, sometimes almost overnight. Its dominance in the rest of the continent grew further and it influenced the contemporary sounds of popular music.
While TikTok and viral dance challenges…
