Eastern Cape’s South African Voice of Modern Afro Soul, Ami Faku, celebrates the 1-year anniversary of her IMALI debut album release!
READ – Ami Faku adds Imali single to her GOLD selling catalog!
Over the past year, Ami Faku’s IMALI album has propelled the Eastern Cape star to be the most celebrated female artist in South Africa.
With IMALI, Ami Faku earned the title of Female Artist Of The Year at the SAMAs, her singles Imali and Inde Lendlela reached a gold-selling status, her single Ubuhle Bakho reached a platinum-selling status, she was named the most-streamed female South African artist in SA by Deezer, she topped numerous radio charts and consistently had multiple singles in the Top 100 Radiomonitor AirPlay Chart just to highlight a few.
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Recently, Ami Faku was named one of the Top 200 Young South Africans by the Mail & Guardian and received nods from the revered AFRIMMA awards in the categories Best Newcomer and Best Female Southern Africa.
To mark Ami Faku’s 1-year IMALI anniversary celebration, Ami Faku will have an IMALI anniversary tour across the country. To be part of the anniversary tour, contact bookings@vthseason.com.
Ami Faku’s IMALI anniversary tour kicks off this Friday, 2 October 2020 at the Joburg Theatre in partnership with WatchaTV. Both theatre and virtual audiences will be accommodated.
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Last month Ami was reimagined by EA Wave (East African Wave), a music/art collective redefining the sound of East Africa, with a 5-track EP of some of her biggest and most-loved songs to date.
The EA wave reimages Ami EP sees her singles Ndikhethe Wena, Ungowami, Love Drunk, Mbize, and Ebhayi get an East African flair, bringing new life to the fan-favorite singles.
“It’s always been a dream of mine to expand my music across the continent. I love what EA Wave has done with the music and I can’t wait for everyone to hear the EP,” expressed Ami.
READ – Ami Faku, earns first GOLD for IMALI album with single, Inde Lendlela
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