Small but mighty South African sensation Tyla is soaring to new heights in the music industry, winning a coveted GRAMMY and topping Billboard’s charts at such a young age.
Tyla’s first claim to fame was her mega-viral Water song, which was initially released on July 28, 2023. Overflowing with addictive lyrics, Afrobeats, and elements of pop, the record-smashing hit song gained momentum in October when it debuted at No. 67 on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached a No. 7 peak by January (per Billboard).
In case you missed it, the South African sensation took home a GRAMMY in 2024 at just the age of 22. Embodying her signature hourglass on the big event, Tyla was surprised when she won the first-ever GRAMMY Award for Best African Music Performance (per GRAMMY). Water, which remarkably climbed to No. 1 on Billboard’s US Afrobeats Songs chart, was too hot to overlook for GRAMMY voters.
