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A-list: South African musician Letta Mbulu should have been on Apple’s list, the writer says. Photo: Getty Images
AMERICAN CENTRIC

Apple’s Top 100 List: A coalition of Rock and Pop, but at what cost?

We South Africans know our coalitions (we’ll probably see more after our elections) and the recently released Apple Music 100 Best Albums list smells exactly like one

  • Charles Leonard
4 min read
SA celebrity Nandi Madida
AFRICA NOW RADIO

SA star Nandi Madida is the new host of Apple Music 1’s Africa Now Radio

‘I proudly joined the team because they believe in the continent so much’

  • Special Reports
3 min read
Music producer Evens Radebe works on a song with his partner Augustine Mbatha as dancer Jayden looks on. Photo: Oupa Nkosi
AMAPIANO

The evolution of amapiano

Sound that has taken the world by storm is in danger of dying out in a lacklustre industry

  • Oupa Nkosi
8 min read
Drake regularly finds himself at the top of the charts in the streaming era. (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images for dcp)
APPLE MUSIC

Do music charts matter in the digital era?

Patterns in how people consume music are changing. Does this mean music charts are losing their relevance?

  • Tshegofatso Mathe
5 min read