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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Martin Phike
Person · male · South Africa · born 1998
South African musician
Timeline
1 events◦ Birth 1
1990s
Biography
English biography156 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1177417486
Biography
Martin PK is a South African singer, songwriter and actor. He is part of the Christ Embassy's LoveWorld Music and Arts Ministry.
In 2017, Martin PK and his song "Beautiful Jesus" won a LIMA Award for Song of the Year.
Early life
At age 16, it looked like Martin had hit the big time when his brother invited him to be part of a three men group that was to work with top producer, Gabi Le Roux. That group was Inadiflo of "Halala" fame. They signed to Sony Music and released their first album.
In 2004, he entered the Coca-Cola Popstars and was selected out of 15,000 entrants for the winning group, Ghetto Lingo.
Ghetto Lingo
The group has since released two albums, and had its fair share of the live music scene, in the country.
Martin's acting career
Martin has also gone on to appear on e.tv’s "Backstage" SABC 7de Laan, Channel O and presented "Bibo" on SABC2 nd e.tv Pop Star.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 2 | 7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Martin Phike head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 2 | 7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 0 | 0th |
| Studio albums | 0 | 0th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 1 | 40.6th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6776373genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6776373seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_PKbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_PK
Why this artist is in the database
- List of South African musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: no portrait (not displayed: the licence credit is missing)
Wikidata: Q6776373 · MusicBrainz: 0499e713-4ee8-476c-94dd-cb989efbeb7d
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