Musa, the 2013 Idol!





Musa Sukwene



 

Musa Sukwene (26), the gentle giant from eMalahleni made history last night when he became the first contestant ever from Mpumalanga Province to win Idols SA!  The competition between Musa and runner-up 19 year old Brenden Ledwaba from Graskop, also in Mpumalanga, was neck-and-neck over the tense final week of the competition and in the end Musa won by a narrow margin of just over 1 000 votes.

 

“We have never experienced such a close race before on Idols SA,” commented Lani Lombard, M-Net’s Head of Publicity and Special Projects. “It's testament to the calibre of the contestants as well as the passion of the fans. It's fantastic to be able to provide such a phenomenal platform for untapped local singing talent."

 

The top 2 final performance, Musa & Brenden

 

 

As the winner of Idols SA Season 9 Musa walked away with over a million Rand in prizes: 

 

-       A R60 000 voucher towards state-of-the-art musical instruments, as well as a Bi-Wizz Scooter valued at R20 000, from Idols sponsor YAMAHA; 

-       a monitor system valued at over R57 000 and Premiere Wireless Technology Shure UHF-R® Wireless Microphone Systems valued at over R40 000 from SHURE MICROPHONES;

-       R30 000 in fashion vouchers from Idols clothing sponsor Truworths;

-       R350 000 cash from SAMSUNG, an All Share set worth over R50 000 as well as R350 000 from Idols SA.

-       A brand new Ford Fiesta 1.0 (1 litre) Ecoboost Titanium Valued at R238 600 from FORD; 

-       And of course the ultimate Idols prize: a recording contract from UNIVERSAL MUSIC SOUTH AFRICA.

 

 

 

 

 

The 2012 winner of Idols, Khaya Mthetwa was also on the line up of performers who hit the stage before the big announcement.

 

 

Universal will release a 4-track mini-album from their latest Idols SA superstar in time for Christmas, and it will be available exclusively for Samsung customers to download and keep from the KLEEK music app.  Fans can download the Kleek music app from Samsung Apps and the Google Play store, exclusive to Samsung Galaxy smartphones.

 

As Idols SA Season 9 runner-up, Brenden also didn’t go home empty-handed tonight. He took home R10 000 in fashion vouchers from Truworths - and so did the third runner up Sonke Mazibuko; and lastly a R100 000 cheque from Idols SA for his contribution to making Season 9 such a hit season. 

Both Brenden and Musa’s original singles are still available for download and their music videos are on the official Idols website at www.mnet.co.za/Idols.

 

To download Brenden’s single “Fingerprints” simply SMS his number 01 to 39200 and for Musa’s single “I Still Feel It” SMS his number 09 to 39200. Each download costs R15.

 

M-Net and Mzansi Magic also announced that there would be another season of Idols in 2014. Auditions for the tenth season will kick off in February and wannabe Idols can jot down the following audition dates in their diaries:

 

15 February – Johannesburg – Carnival City

22 February – Durban – Playhouse Theatre

7March – Cape Town – GrandWest Casino and Entertainment World

22 March – Pretoria – State Theatre

P-Square to be honoured at the 2013 Channel O Africa Music Video Awards

 

 

The voting is closed and organisers of the annual Channel O Africa Music Awards are preparing to honour the continent’s most gifted musicians with a spectacular LIVE show.

 

Winners in the 14 categories will be announced at the event, which takes place this Saturday, 30 November at Walter Sisulu Square, in Kliptown Soweto. The 10^th Annual Channel O Africa Music Awards will be broadcast live on Channel O at 20:00, giving music fans across the continent the chance to be part of the highs, the lows, the red-carpet glamour, the drama and the joy as the awards unfold in Soweto.

 

The Muffins, photo by Renee Frouws

 

 

 

This year, the annual Channel O Africa Music Awards will confirm its standing as Africa’s leading and most consistently exciting music awards event with a superb line-up of live acts. Among those taking to the stage on Saturday night will be Cassper Nyovest featuring Okmalumkooklat, Burna Boy, The Soil, Khuli Chana, Victoria Kimani, Buffalo Souljah, Wizkid, Aka featuring Da L.E.S., KCee, Lizha James, and Mafikizolo.

 

In the host hot seat is the one-two star-studded combination of Nigerian muso Naeto C and South African hip hopper AKA – both artists already having proved their popularity with Channel O viewers over the past few years.

 

 

 

The only category not voted by Channel O viewers is the Special Recognition, which this year is being awarded to Nigerian R&B duo P-Square.

 

Twin brothers Peter and Paul Okoye, are being honoured for their significant artistic contributions to music, which have helped place African music and its artists firmly on international stages. They follow in the footsteps of the likes of Oscar “Oskido” Mdlongwa (2012); Nigeria’s Koko Master D’Banj (2011); Somalian born K’NAAN (2010); South African Brenda Fassie (2009) and Ghana’s George Lee (2008).

 

 

 

So tune in at 20:00 when the 2013 Channel O Africa Music Video Awards finally get underway! Remember to join the conversation twitter  - @ChannelOTV and @ChannelOAfrica and the 2013 Channel O Africa Music Video Awards official hashtag is #CHOAMVA

 

Click here on the link see a full list of nominees

 

Eminem's SA tour ticket prices released

Great news for South African fans, Eminem is bringing his Rapture 2014 tour to SA, which is brought to you by Primedia in association with Dainty group. They have secured two South African concerts, Cape Town Stadium on Wednesday 26 February 2014 and Johannesburg’s legendary Ellis Park Stadium on Saturday 1 March 2014. This is Eminem’s first visit to South Africa and the African continent.

Fans get ready for Rapture 2014, a game-changing hip-hop event curated by Eminem, with ears tuned to the streets, and eyes locked on rap’s future. Eminem has handpicked the now, and the next, for the debut dose of Rapture. Over the coming weeks, Eminem will reveal the full line-up of Rapture 2014 in South Africa. A 13-time Grammy and Oscar winner, Eminem has sold 80 million albums, scanned 120 million singles and had 2.5 billion views online

 

 

 

In South Africa, Eminem remains one of the most successful chart acts of all time. Of his eight albums released here, 7 of them went to #1. He has hit the top of the Top 100 airplay Singles Chart 6 times, including "Without Me" and "Lose Yourself", and most recently with his 2010 Rihanna collaboration "Love The Way You Lie" which was the second biggest selling single that year. His new single "Monster" with Rihanna is this week’s highest debut on the South African RAMS chart; the new album "The Marshall Mathers LP2" debuted at #1 on iTunes chart and #9 on the physical albums sales chart.

 

RISA has certified The Slim Shady LP (1999) 1 x gold, The Marshall Mathers LP (2000) 2 x platinum, The Eminem Show (2002) almost 3 x platinum, Encore (2004) approaching 2 x platinum, Curtain Call (2005 1 x platinum ), , "Re-Up (2006) 1 x gold, Relapse (2009) 1 x Gold and Recovery (2010) 1 x platinum."Eminem

The following albums have been number 1 on the sales charts in SA: The Eminem Show, The Marshal Mathers LP, Encore, Curtain Call and Recovery.

 

Tickets for the Johannesburg show range from R400 - R1 250 and tickets for Cape Town range from R350 - R1 250.

Behold..... Culoe De Song's EXODUS is finally here!





Culoe De Song's EXODUS album cover



 

The light at the end of the tunnel this time is neither the long awaited return of Jesus nor the sharp summer morning sun, but Exodus.
 

Indeed Culoe De Song, real name Culolethu Zulu’s long awaited third studio album is titled  EXODUS and has finally hit the shelves after being postponed thrice.  The album with ten impeccably composed and arranged pieces certain to take you on a musical journey a few have ever been to, can easily command a acme position amongst best produced album in 2013.

Exodus presents a much more mature, authentic and incredibly inspired Culoe with each song narrating a different and captivating story. The journey of Exodus begins with what many can easily describe as an African village ditty “Exodus”. Apart from the already popular club bangers such as NO CONTEST, Ma Africa and Lovin’ Marvin the introduction of some fresh talent such as Thandi Draai, Soulstar, Moneoa and veterans such as Shota, Khanyo Maphumulo of Sarafina fame, Kabomo, Ternielle Nelson and more, makes it an easy to listen to album, best described by many musicians and industry peers as Culoe De Song’s most iconic work

 

 

Culoe De Song’s A Giant Leap introduced him to the industry and scored him thousands of fans across the globe, with much laudable collaborations from some of Africa’s musical icons like the late great Busi Mhlongo, Salif Keita, Thandiswa Mazwai and Jimmy Dludlu. It is the same album that saw him perform alongside seasoned DJ’s all over the world. In 2011, Culoe De Song went on to release his second album Elevation, which had all the ingredients of a smash hit album -which in all aspects lived up to. Elevation is the album that got a lot of people taking notice of his talent and certified potential longevity and brilliance. 
 
Exodus is available at all music stores including Look & Listen, Musica, CNA, Game Stores, Makro and on Itunes.  The album exudes a distinct feel to it, fusing all his influences, creating what is now the future sound of house music, refreshing and distinctly African.