Memeza | ||||
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Released | 3 November 1998 | |||
Recorded | 1998 | |||
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Length | 36:47 | |||
Label | CCP Records | |||
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Memeza is the thirteenth studio album recorded by South African singer Brenda Fassie released on 3 November 1998, the same day as Brenda's birthday. It was the best selling album in South Africa in 1998. The album went Platinum on the day of its release & sold over 100 000 in a week of its release. The album went to sell 700,000 copies in South Africa. [1]
Memeza was released in 1997 by CCP Records in its physical form. EMI Digital re-released the album in its digital form in 2004. [2] The music is characterised as largely pop/rock and Kwaito (a South African urban music style). [2] [3] Its themes range from tradition to marriage. [3] Sello Twala and Brenda Fassie co-wrote all the songs for the album and Twala handled the production thereof.