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South Africa music chart report

This country report reads the latest South Africa chart snapshot from Chart Atlas and compares the current Top 10 with the previous stored week. It is useful for spotting local breakouts, returning hits, and songs that are stronger in this market than globally.

Latest week: 2026-07-18Region: AfricaPrevious comparison: 2026-07-11
Sengithole OmunyeCurrent #1 by Feza
864,489combined streams across this Top 10 sample
3Top 10 songs moving up versus the previous snapshot
0Top 10 songs not seen in this country last snapshot

South Africa Top 10

RankSongArtistMovementStreams
#1Sengithole OmunyeFezaunchanged125,443 streams
#2Everybody Wanna Be In LoveCalvin Fallounchanged107,273 streams
#3Baba YilwaDJ Zinhleunchanged102,119 streams
#4Owabulala uBabaSIHAYOunchanged83,965 streams
#5UmaqondanaFezaunchanged80,709 streams
#6SASEZOLANovexunchanged79,425 streams
#7UKHETHE MINANtencaneup 274,542 streams
#8Ama Baffalo Nama ElephantLIMIT NALAdown 173,008 streams
#9SkhetheBa Bethe Gashoazenup 169,061 streams
#10Stofi StofozaPLG Chantyup 168,944 streams

Local signal versus the global table

The clearest local signals this week: Sengithole Omunye by Feza (local #1, on 1 of 35 tracked charts); Everybody Wanna Be In Love by Calvin Fallo (local #2, on 1 of 35 tracked charts); Baba Yilwa by DJ Zinhle (local #3, on 1 of 35 tracked charts). Songs like these hold Top 10 positions in South Africa while staying nearly invisible in the cross-country aggregate — usually a sign of language-market momentum or a domestic release cycle rather than a global push.

Working in the other direction, 15 of the current global aggregate Top 15 songs do not chart in South Africa at all this week, including Dai Dai by Shakira, Beauty And A Beat by Justin Bieber, Wonderwall - Remastered by Oasis. When a cross-market hit skips a market entirely, the gap usually maps to language, genre preference, or a local release calendar.

49 of the 50 songs on the full South Africa chart appear nowhere else in the tracked set this week. The highest-ranked market exclusives: Sengithole Omunye by Feza at local #1; Everybody Wanna Be In Love by Calvin Fallo at local #2; Baba Yilwa by DJ Zinhle at local #3.

Stability and turnover

Sengithole Omunye by Feza has now led the South Africa chart for 8 consecutive stored weeks. The longest-running current Top 10 song is Everybody Wanna Be In Love by Calvin Fallo, present in the local Top 10 for 10 of the last 10 stored weeks.

10% of the full local chart is new versus the previous stored week, in line with the 12% average across the tracked set — typical turnover for this comparison window.

How to read this market

South Africa belongs to the Africa region in Chart Atlas. A song that rises here but remains flat globally can indicate a local event, language-market momentum, or a regional genre signal. A song that is simultaneously strong here and in several other countries is more likely to be part of a cross-market trend.

The movement labels compare stored weekly snapshots. They are not a claim about every daily chart change between the two capture dates.