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Nkosazana Daughter
Person · female · South Africa · South Africa · born 2000
Musical artist
Timeline
2000s
Biography
Biography
Nkosazana Nolwazi Kimberly Nzama (born 6 October 2000), professionally known as Nkosazana Daughter, is a South African singer and songwriter. Nzama gained national recognition after she released her 14-track debut album that featured notable artists such as DJ Maphorisa, Makhadzi, Master KG, Kabza de Small, Tyler ICU, Major League DJz, Young Jonn, and Chronical Deep, and others. She collaborated with Master KG and Lowsheen on "Sofa Silahlane", which was released on 12 May 2022. The track hit number 1 on Apple's Local iTunes Charts. In April 2022, the music video of 'Dali Nguwe' featuring Master KG reached 3 million views in three weeks. In June 2023, her debut studio album got released and charted number 34 on Spotify Top albums, and debuted number 3 in South Africa. She has performed in Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, United States and several other countries.
Early life
Nzama was born on 6 October 2000 in Durban, South Africa. Nzama gained recognition after releasing singles "Izitha", "Umama Akekho", "Sbindi Uyabulala" and many more. She has been featured in hit songs like "Dali Nguwe", and "Ebusuku". She has collaborated with a number of Amapiano artists including Mpura, Kabza De Small, Heavy K, Master KG and DJ Maphorisa.
Career
Nzama started music at young age and she entered mainstream music industry when she started working with DJ Prince Kaybee and Goldmax from the Distruction Boyz musical duo. After contacting with DJ Maphorisa and the Mpura on Instagram, Nzama's music career began emerging. During a live interview with TshisaLIVE news company, Nzama said that music is one things that drew her crazy. Besides music, she has also collaborated with Luxe Homme, a South African handmade luxury brand company. She shared the collection branded with the initials ND (short for Nkosazana Daughter) on her Instagram page. Towards the end of June 2023, she was announced as Africa Rising recipient by Apple Music.
In December 2022, she travelled to Malawi and shared stage with Malawian prominent musician, Lucius Banda, which took place at Lilongwe Golf Club. Other supporting performing artists were Namadingo, Black Missionaries, Billy Kaunda, and others.
"Makhelwane" with Master KG was released on 17 November 2023 as the album's lead single.
In July 2024, Nkosazana Daughter and Master KG announced their collaboration studio album Makhelwane. The album was released on 30 August 2024.
Makhelwane was certified gold in South Africa with over 100 million streams on its first day, became her first album to do so.
Personal life
Nzama once dated musician Sir Trill, who according to ZiMoja. In December 2022, the two were reported welcoming a new baby.
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 | 5 | 32th |
| 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 | 0 | 0th |
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Discography (0 release groups)
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Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Nkosazana Daughter head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 5 | 32th |
| 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 | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nkosazana_Daughterbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nkosazana_Daughter
Why this artist is in the database
- List of South African musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
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Wikidata: Q118719877 · MusicBrainz: 97dbc25b-2de1-4afa-b3ef-5a34ddcf5766
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