Amapiano takes over TikTok with new milestone

Image:SA's popular dance genre, Amapiano, has reached a new milestone on the video-sharing app, TikTok.

The genre has hit more than 73 million views on the app — thanks to viral challenges users have been creating during the lockdown. The most popular artists include the genre's current front-runners Kabza De Small, DJ Maphorisa, DJ Sumbody and Moonchild Sanelly. According to the app's content operations manager for Africa, Boniswa Sidwaba, every week there is a new Amapiano song trending on the platform because of challenges.

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