The year 2024 surely belongs to South Africa’s sensation Tyla, as her stardom has been visibly witnessed.
The 23-year-old singer not only got multiple nominations, but she did swept some awards during most of the year’s awards shows, including a Grammy.
She also dominated the charts and made history with a record-breaking 52 weeks at number one on the Billboard Afrobeats chart.
It was recently announced that Tyla’s self-titled debut album, “Tyla,” is now the most streamed album by a Black female artist on Spotify in 2024, with 1.565 billion streams, surpassing Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter,” which has 1.564 billion.
The album is the all-time most streamed album by a female African artist.
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Tyla’s lead single on the album, ‘Water,’ has garnered almost a billion streams on Spotify. It won the maiden Best African Music Performance category at the 66th Grammys.
Despite the album obtaining a Spotify milestone, Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter album got 11 nominations while Tyla’s album and its deluxe were snubbed in the 2025 Grammy nominations.
However, Tyla still remains the most awarded African artist in 2024 with 20 awards, including 1 Grammy, 3 MTV EMAs, 2 BET Awards, 1 MTV VMA, and 1 Billboard Global Force Award.
Including 4 South African Music Awards, 1 Cultural and Creative Industry Award, 1 DStv Content Creator Award.
Additionally, she won 1 3 Music Award, 1 Metro FM Music Award, 1 Africa Arts Entertainment Award, 2 Basadi in Music Awards, and 1 South African Style Award.
Since this Spotify announcement, the news has also sparked online speculation between fans of Tyla and the Beyhive.
Below are what some X users are saying:
