Emakhaya

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Emakhaya
Mlindo Emakhaya.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 21, 2018
Recorded2017–2018
Genre
Length60:51
Label
Producer DJ Maphorisa, Young DLC
Mlindo the Vocalist chronology
Emakhaya
(2018)
Lindokuhle
(2022)
Singles from Emakhaya
  1. "AmaBlesser"
    Released: January 28, 2018
  2. "Macala"
    Released: October 17, 2018

Emakhaya is the debut studio album by South African singer-songwriter Mlindo the Vocalist. It was released on September 21, 2018, by BlaqBoy Music and Sony Music Africa. [1] The album is a mixture of afropop, soul, house and alternative R&B. [2]

Contents

Background

After the release of his debut single, "AmaBlesser", in January 2018, Mlindo confirmed that he was working on an album and estimated that it would be released later in 2018. [3] On September 14, he announced the album's title and revealed its cover art as it was made available to pre-order and pre-save on iTunes.

Commercial Performance

Emakhaya was certified gold in South Africa. [4]

Industry awards

YearNominee / workAwardResultRef.
2019EmakhayaBest Afro Pop AlbumNominated [5]
Best Produced AlbumNominated
Newcomer of the YearNominated

Release and promotion

The album launch was held on September 21, 2018, at The Orbit in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. [6]

Singles

"AmaBlesser" was released on January 28, 2018, as the album's lead single. The album reached number-one on the Radiomonitor South Africa, and also was atop on the iTunes Local Single Chart the following day.

"Macala" was released as the second single on October 17, 2019. It also peaked number-one on both Entertainment Monitor Africa and the Radiomonitor South Africa. The single had a major contribution on the album's 45 million streams. [7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mlindo the Vocalist, except where noted

Emakhaya
No.TitleLength
1."Ancestors"3:57
2."Emakhaya"3:44
3."AmaBlesser"3:28
4."Egoli"4:01
5."Usbahle"4:02
6."Cold Summers"4:13
7."Lay'ndlini"4:10
8."Wamuhle"3:59
9."Imoto"4:32
10."Usukulude"3:52
11."Nge Thanda Wena"2:36
12."Mosadi"4:47
13."Lengoma"3:27
14."Macala"4:33
15."AmaBlesser"3:29
Total length:60:51
Radio edit
No.TitleLength
15.Untitled4:32
Total length:4:32

Personnel

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