GROUND FREQUENCY DATA DESK

Africa

GROUND FREQUENCY DATA DESK — AFRICA · EDITED BY RICHARD SONG · 2026-W43

Two of the continent's loudest exporters. Venue coverage lags artist coverage here — a gap we report rather than paper over.

Scenes covered

Artists scored

121

Venues scored

186

Tracked events · 28d

203

01 · COVERAGE tier sets how often a scene can carry a written piece — never whether it charts

SCENE	ARTISTS	CHART	VENUES	CHART	EVENTS 28D
South Africa T2	93	Top 30	179	Top 30	185
Nigeria T3	28	Top 10	7	—	18

02 · SIGNAL LOG what the data flagged on this beat this week

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Holy Ray

South Africa · artists

#29 → #18 (+11) in South Africa, MiSFY Score 59.5, pool 93

RECORD W2/9 · 885 followers · 1/3 extra platforms · 1 documented dates · genre unassigned

↑ RANK SURGE

Thatohatsi

South Africa · artists

#5 → #1 (+4) in South Africa, MiSFY Score 87.3, pool 93

RECORD W5/9 · 334,335 followers · 1/3 extra platforms · 0 documented dates · genre yt_curation

↑ RANK SURGE

Magugu

Nigeria · artists

#5 → #1 (+4) in Nigeria, MiSFY Score 80, pool 28

RECORD W4/9 · 15,358 followers · 2/3 extra platforms · 0 documented dates · genre unassigned

↑ RANK SURGE

Benzoo

South Africa · artists

#7 → #3 (+4) in South Africa, MiSFY Score 79.5, pool 93

RECORD W8/9 · 194,205 followers · 2/3 extra platforms · 3 documented dates · genre yt_curation

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THAKZIN

South Africa · artists

#20 → #14 (+6) in South Africa, MiSFY Score 61, pool 93

RECORD W8/9 · 58,538 followers · 2/3 extra platforms · 6 documented dates · genre venue+yt_curation

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Thukuthela

South Africa · artists

#11 → #6 (+5) in South Africa, MiSFY Score 73.1, pool 93

RECORD W8/9 · 72,049 followers · 2/3 extra platforms · 6 documented dates · genre yt_curation

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General C'mamane

South Africa · artists

#16 → #11 (+5) in South Africa, MiSFY Score 63.8, pool 93

RECORD W5/9 · 29,508 followers · 2/3 extra platforms · 0 documented dates · genre yt_curation

↑ RANK SURGE

Caiiro

South Africa · artists

#18 → #13 (+5) in South Africa, MiSFY Score 61.9, pool 93

RECORD W9/9 · 190,820 followers · 2/3 extra platforms · 21 documented dates · genre venue+yt_curation

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Asake

Nigeria · artists

#7 → #4 (+3) in Nigeria, MiSFY Score 63.3, pool 28

RECORD W5/9 · 939,272 followers · 1/3 extra platforms · 0 documented dates · genre yt_curation

↑ RANK SURGE

‍ Mish The Chemist

South Africa · artists

#12 → #9 (+3) in South Africa, MiSFY Score 69.1, pool 93

RECORD W2/9 · 795 followers · 1/3 extra platforms · 2 documented dates · genre unassigned

HOW THIS DESK WORKS

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