SANDS BAGS SIXTH NUMBER 1 SPOT ON SBIS CHARTS

MBABANE – Love him or hate him, there is no denying Sands is here to make a historic mark with his music.

The trailblazing Swazi sensation has become one of the few artists to claim the number one spot on the local Top 20 charts for a record six times, with his song ‘Umphefumulo’ topping the charts.
The song, which is collaboration with Swazi’s own songbird Velemseni, toppled ‘Get away’ by The Scientists a fortnight ago to claim the number one spot.

It retained the number one spot again last Friday. It is found in the runaway album ‘Sands of time’, an album described by many as among the best ever to come out of Swaziland.

Sands has previously occupied the number one sport with songs ‘Hole in her heart’ and ‘Ntfombatane lenhle’ (both as part of the duo Qibho and Sands), and solo projects ‘Inhlitiyo’, ‘Vuma’, and ‘Tigi’.

Interestingly, ‘Ntfombatane lenhle’ was crowned Song of the Year in the ultimate Top 40 Hits of the Year in 2014; ‘Vuma’ was crowned Song of the Year in 2015, and ‘Tigi’ was crowned Song of the Year in 2016 – a feat no other artist has achieved so far.

Collaborative

Other artists who also have topped the weekly SBIS Top 20 charts for six or more times whether individually or through collaborative effort since 2009 include Qibho Intalektual (with songs ‘Asesbatsatse’, ‘Infinity, Eternal, and Forevermore’, ‘Eita dah’, ‘Ntfombatane lenhle’, ‘Hole in her heart’, ‘Move aside’, ‘Imilayeto’, ‘Utobuya nini’, ‘Destined to shine’, ‘Skorokoro’); Diba Diba (with songs ‘I L.O.V.E you’, ‘Ingadla’, ‘Amazing’, ‘Remember’, ‘Diba waNgwane’, ‘Dj Lomakhaya’, ‘Yabashukumisa Part II’); Mozaik with songs ‘Gwayimane’, ‘Destined to shine’, ‘Go get it’, ‘Season’, ‘Makhwapheni’, ‘Nkunz’ malanga’); Crax (with songs ‘Over n Out’, ‘Bass bin’, ‘Word out’, ‘Tongues’, ‘Shifta’, ‘Chant’, ‘Move aside’), Psycholution (with songs ‘Get on my level’, ‘Fly away’, ‘Destined to shine’, ‘60seconds/Rap marathon’, ‘Over n out’, ‘Move aside’, ‘On two’); KrTC (with songs ‘Like this’, ‘I love the rain’, ‘Wacala kanjani’, ‘Get ’em’, ‘Destined to shine’, ‘Gwayimane’, ‘Skorokoro’, ‘On two’, ‘K’, ‘Children of the same God’); Illa Penboy (with songs ‘Girlfriend’, ‘Lomajikele’, ‘Bum Jive’, ‘Skorokoro’, ‘Umcimbi’, ‘Ngphum’ebrema’); Haem O (with songs ‘Who’s gonna stop me now’, ‘In God’s hands’, ‘This is my life’, ‘Mandela Money’, ‘Turn up man’, ‘Oh man’); 80 Script (with songs ‘Who we are’, ‘Abasazi laba’, ‘Profit’, ‘No more Mr Nice Guy’, ‘Aristocrats’, ‘5pm in Manzini’, ‘Call me already’); and the group Gem (with songs ‘Swazi Party’, ‘We gonna make it’, ‘Emaweni’, ‘Our Father’, ‘Ooh la la’, ‘Skippa’).
The chart show airs Fridays on SBIS2 at 11am and 8pm is presented by Bongani Dlamini and Bongani Dube; aka ‘Bobo’ and ‘DJ Tizalami’ respectively.

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