WizTheMc | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Sanele Sydow |
| Also known as | WizTheMc |
| Born | 4 January 1999 Cape Town, South Africa |
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| Labels | Bamboo Artists, 10k Projects |
Sanele Sydow (born 4 January 1999) better known by his stage name WizTheMc, is a South African-German singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer based in Berlin, Germany. He is best known for his 2020 breakout single "For a Minute", which has over 76 million streams on Spotify, and his 2025 collaboration with Bees & Honey, "Show Me Love" which has achieved gold certification in the UK, and top five chart positions in the UK and Germany with over 193M streams on Spotify. Since 2018, he has released three mixtapes, eight EPs, one compilation album, and over a dozen singles. He has also toured across Europe, United States, and Canada with artists like Lola Young, Half Alive, Charlie Curtis-Beard, Dave East, Kid Bloom, RIZ LA VIE, Francis Karel, and UPSAHL. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Sanele Sydow was born in 1999 in Cape Town, South Africa. At the age of 2 his family immigrated to Lüneburg, Germany where he grew up. [5]
In 2015, WizTheMc and his friends formed a musical collective called "NOHOMES" in Germany. [6] The group was active for 2 years before they separated. In 2017, Sydow moved to Toronto, Canada, to pursue a solo music career where he started producing and releasing music.
In 2018, WizTheMc released his first two albums, Backin Toronto and Blessings in Disguise. He would go on and release multiple singles including his breakout single "For a Minute" [7] which has been featured on Grey's Anatomy , Facebook messenger, and the Netflix film He's All That (2021). [8] His third album Growing Teeth was released in January 2020. In 2020, WizTheMc signed to 10K Projects in the United States. Shortly after, he released the EP ‘What About Now’, featuring his breakthrough hit ‘For A Minute’. After signing to Bamboo Artists in 2025, WizTheMc released single ‘Show Me Love’ in collaboration with Bees & Honey. ‘Show Me Love’ reached international acclaim, reaching top 10 on Billboard’s Global 200 list. On April 18, 2025, WizTheMc debuted and performed ‘Show Me Love (with Tyla)’ at Coachella. The remix was nominated for ‘Favorite Music Collaboration’ at Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards 2025. [9]
| Title | Album details |
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| Backin Toronto |
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| Blessings in Disguise |
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| Growing Teeth |
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| Title | Details |
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| Spring |
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| CapeTown'18 |
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| Birthtape |
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| Your Valentine |
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| Nothing Bigger Than Little Things |
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| What About Now |
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| Where Silence Feels Good |
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| Where Silence Feels Good (deluxe) |
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| Title | Details |
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| Headliners: WizTheMc |
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| Title | Year | Album |
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| "Promises" | 2018 | Non-album singles |
| "Dreams" | ||
| "Leave" | ||
| "Date" | ||
| "Other Side" | ||
| "No Money on My Card" | ||
| "Know" | 2019 | |
| "Decide" | ||
| "Milk in My Coffee" | ||
| "Goodtime" | ||
| "Mission" | ||
| "Upset" | ||
| "Call" | ||
| "One Way" | ||
| "Becoming" | ||
| "Autumn" | ||
| "Sign" | ||
| "Do What I Want" | ||
| "R.O.O.T" | ||
| "On My Mind" | ||
| "Patience (Live)" | 2020 | |
| "For a Minute" | What About Now | |
| "Lied" | ||
| "WhoWho" | ||
| "World Is Fucked" | 2021 | Non-album singles |
| "Catch Me" | ||
| "Everything" | Where Silence Feels Good | |
| "Break" | ||
| "Do It Over" | ||
| "Stoned Nights" | ||
| "Like That" | 2022 | |
| "Fck Love" (with Benee) | Where Silence Feels Good (Deluxe) | |
| "When I Get Lonely" | Non-album single |
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||||
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| SA [10] | GER [11] | AUT [12] | CAN [13] | NLD [14] | NOR [15] | SWE [16] | SWI [17] | UK [18] | WW [19] | ||||
| "Show Me Love" (with Bees & Honey) | 2025 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 32 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | Non-album singles | |
| "Take My Mind" (with Bees & Honey) | — | 23 | 25 | — | 33 | 61 | 17 | 18 | 62 | — | |||
