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# Tyla: A*POP

- [Made in Slatesource](https://slatesource.com/@steph/tyla-a-pop)
- By [Steph](https://slatesource.com/@steph)
- Created on Aug 5, 2026

Born

Johannesburg, South Africa, 30 January 2002

Genre invented

"Popiano" (pop meets amapiano)

Debut album streams

1.3 billion on Spotify

Grammy wins

2 (Best African Music Performance, 2024 and 2025)

"Water" Billboard peak

No. 7 Hot 100 (highest African female solo ever)

"Water" milestone

first African solo artist to 1 billion Spotify streams

A\*POP release

July 24, 2026

A\*POP drops July 24, 2026

## AfricanAfrican PopPop Is PopPop MusicMusic

TylaTyla LauraLaura SeethalSeethal announcedannounced her sophomoresophomore albumalbum on FebruaryFebruary 1, 20262026, standingstanding on the redred carpetcarpet at the 68th68th GrammyGrammy AwardsAwards, the samesame nightnight she pickedpicked up her secondsecond consecutiveconsecutive BestBest AfricanAfrican MusicMusic PerformancePerformance trophytrophy, this timetime for "PushPush 2 StartStart." The albumalbum titletitle sayssays exactlyexactly what she meansmeans: "I bringbring the A to poppop. It'sIt's AfricanAfrican poppop; AfricanAfrican musicmusic is poppop musicmusic." A\*POPPOP is out JulyJuly 24 viavia FAXFAX and EpicEpic RecordsRecords.

> I hate being restricted. I hate following rules. For a long time I felt like I had to be something in order to be a pop star. A*POP is me saying: this is what pop sounds like.

All 14 tracks on A\*POP

100%

Fairytales

That Girl

Mr. Nonchalant

Kiss

Is It Love (single, out June 19)

Is It

Hot Tubs

Feel Something

Double Blind

Right Now

I Don't Care

She Did It Again ft. Zara Larsson (single, out April 17)

Chanel (lead single, out October 2025, No. 15 UK)

Crazy of Me

## How She GotGot HereHere: From KigaliKigali to the GrammysGrammys

"WaterWater" was releasedreleased on JulyJuly 28, 20232023. The realreal sparkspark camecame in AugustAugust 20232023 when TylaTyla performedperformed it livelive at the GiantsGiants of AfricaAfrica FestivalFestival in KigaliKigali, RwandaRwanda. A TikTokTikTok clipclip of that setset wentwent viralviral overnightovernight, triggeringtriggering the globalglobal #TylaWaterChallengeTylaWaterChallenge. WithinWithin weeksweeks the tracktrack was climbingclimbing chartscharts in countriescountries TylaTyla had nevernever performedperformed in. It becamebecame the firstfirst solosolo songsong by a SouthSouth AfricanAfrican artistartist to enterenter the HotHot 100100 in 55 yearsyears, a recordrecord not brokenbroken sincesince HughHugh Masekela'sMasekela's "GrazingGrazing in the GrassGrass" in 19681968. By earlyearly 20242024, "WaterWater" had passedpassed oneone billionbillion SpotifySpotify streamsstreams, a firstfirst for any AfricanAfrican solosolo actact.

Tyla won the inaugural Grammy for Best African Music Performance in 2024, beating Burna Boy, Davido, and Ayra Starr. She won it again in 2025 for "Push 2 Start," making her the only artist to hold the award twice. The category was created specifically to recognise the global rise of African music.

The tracklist for A\*POP was revealed on July 16, 2026, in a video where Tyla used fluorescent spray paint on a blacklight wall to write each title while "She Did It Again" played. The stunt has already been called one of the year's most creative album roll-out moments.

[Tyla official site and A*POP pre-order](https://tyla.com/?utm_source=slatesource)