South Africa’s amapiano star Tyla makes Billboard Hot 100 debut – The Citizen

South Africa’s rising music star Tyla has made a landmark debut on the Billboard Hot 100 with her viral hit 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. “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…