Amapiano
Sign in to saveAmapiano is a genre of music from South Africa that became popular in the early 2020s. It is a hybrid of kwaito, deep house, gqom, jazz, soul, and lounge music characterized by synths and wide, percussive basslines. The word "amapiano" derives from the IsiZulu word for "pianos".
Key facts
- Music genre.name
- Amapiano
- Music genre.cultural_origins
- Mid 2010s (disputed in Gauteng)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- music genre
- Subclass of
- music of South Africa
- Country of origin
- South Africa
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- inception
- 2012-00-00
- hashtag
- Amapiano
- native label
- amapiano
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- Origins
- Description
- Subgenres and fusion
- Afropiano
- Bique
- Bongopiano
- Gqom 2.0
- New Age Bacardi
- Ojapiano
- Popiano
- Private school piano
- Quantum Sound
- Popularity
- International artists
- See also
- References
Amapiano is a genre of music from South Africa that became popular in the early 2020s. It is a hybrid of kwaito, deep house, gqom, jazz, soul, and lounge music characterized by synths and wide, percussive basslines. The word "amapiano" derives from the IsiZulu word for "pianos".
== Origins == There is no single "true founder" of amapiano.
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