{"id":95574,"date":"2021-12-28T10:19:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T09:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/?p=95574"},"modified":"2021-12-28T10:47:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T09:47:53","slug":"best-amapiano-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/best-amapiano-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"The best amapiano of 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The best amapiano of 2021<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

2021 has been an incredible year for amapiano, as the world continues to take note of the genre\u2019s power.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Tracks such as \u201cDakiwe\u201d, \u201cUmsebenzi Wethu\u201d, \u201c66\u201d, \u201cNkao Tempela\u201d, \u201cAdiwele\u201d and \u201cAsibe Happy\u201d have dominated on local and international airwaves as well as small screens, rising to become our lives\u2019 soundtracks, welcoming new artists into the amalgam of proudly South African sounds that encompass amapiano. This list however, is not for the tracks that topped charts, or dominated in trending topics or DSP playlists. Here are productions that soundtracked moments to be remembered by many at home and abroad, some well-known and some bubbling under, some with energetic visuals and some with a simple upload to Youtube. Here are tracks that resonate as life-giving dancefloor moments, tracks to work out to, to prepare meals to, to quell the pain of the current moment\u2019s ups and downs and bring new energy to each morning. As I do my best to pick just 20 tracks that made my year, I encourage new fans of the genre to find the gems that resonate just as well, as there is so much more of South Africa\u2019s musical history to unearth in amapiano, along with new sounds and fusions of Afrotech, trap and bacardi house ushering in new talent to take the sound to new spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Listen to the selection in our Spotify<\/a> and Deezer<\/a> playlist.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Shiba Melissa Mazaza<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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