Several impressive Afrikaans male singers deserve to be on your playlist.
Read on to know about the music stories and successes that these talented musicians are known for.
His sister is also a singer and goes by Karlien Van Jaarsveld.
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He released his debut album in his final year of high school.
“Net Vir Jou” was his second album and was launched in 2009.
It took only eight weeks for the album to reach platinum status.
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The album hassold over 83,000 copiesto date making it reach double platinum status.
He was awarded the Viewers Favorite Artist Award in January 2010 on DKNT which airs on DStv.
Spieeltjie, a song from his second album, won two awards that same year.
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It won Best Afrikaans Song at Huisgenoot Tempo and Vonk Awards.
Kurt Darren
Kurt was born Kurt Johan van Heerden on 19th February 1970.
Kurt has been acknowledged for his music career by winningseven SAMAs(South Africa music Awards).
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His first album, ‘For Your Precious Love’, was released in 1995.
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This show featured an interactive audience that could request songs from miles away via text or call.
It was aired on various radio stations mostly on Sunday evenings.
He sings in Zulu, Afrikaans and also English.
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He got the name Dozi while attending Technicon.
This was all because of his budding music career.
It stuck, and he adopted the nickname as his stage name.
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These South African country singers had his first stage appearance in a bar called The Terrace in 1992.
He was only 21 years old at the time.
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His debut album, which is known asVreemde Stad,had five songs that were all self-composed.
He worked his way and gained the popularity that he used to propel his album in Stellenbosch.
In 2002, he released his second albumTjailatyd.
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He performed with famous South African musicians such as the renowned guitarist and Anton L’Amour.
Anton laid the guitar tracks for both his albums.
He started as the lead vocalist of Max Normal, an Afrikaans bands, releasing their album in 2001.
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Die Antwoord was established in 2008 with Yolandi Visser and DJ Hi-Tek as an Afrikaans rock bands of sorts.
Their hit song Baby’s on Fire has over 200 million views on YouTube.
Bok van Blerk
He was born on the 30th March 1978 as Louis Andreas Pepler.
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He rose to fame in 2006 after his rendition of ‘De la Ray’.
Other than being one of the top South African singers male, he is an actor.
His first gig was atRSG as a voice actor of Antonin a radio story known as Blinkwater.
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He also played a part in the TV series Gauteng-aleng-aleng, as ‘Poena Pieterse.
The series was popular and led to a movie based on it.
Koos Kombuis
Koos was born Andre le Roux du Toit on the 5th of November 1954.
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He went on to be one of the famous Afrikaans singers.
He got this name in his childhood.
Kombuis stands for kitchen in Afrikaans.
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There is no denying just how good these musicians are in what they do.
Before joining the team in 2018, Lynn wrote for Kenyan media platforms and several other websites.
She graduated from the University of Nairobi in 2019 with honours after pursuing a BSc.
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She is currently studying for a Master’s degree in the same field.
Lynn specialises in writing celebrity biographies, listicles and teasers for popular TV shows.
Contacts; +254707596322, lynnkandie27@gmail.com
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