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Tyla
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Tyla Laura Seethal, mononymously known as Tyla, (30 January 2002) is a South African singer and songwriter. Her musical style is characterised by a fusion of pop and amapiano, with many publications dubbing her "Queen of Popiano". She gained international recognition after the release of her 2023 single "Water", which entered the top ten in multiple countries including her native South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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Tyla, born Tyla Laura Seethal on January 30, 2002, in Edenvale, South Africa, is a female singer, songwriter, and dancer. She is a citizen of South Africa and belongs to the Indian South Africans ethnic group. Her native language is Zulu, and she also speaks English. Tyla began her work period in 2019 and performs using her voice.
Her musical genres include contemporary R&B, pop music, and Amapiano. She is signed to Epic Records. Tyla has received the Grammy Award for Best African Music Performance. She has been nominated for the Brit Award for International Song, as well as MTV Video Music Awards for Best New Artist and Best R&B Video.
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Edenvale, Gauteng, South Africa
Tyla Laura Seethal (born January 30, 2002) , known mononymously as Tyla, is a South African singer and songwriter. Her musical style is characterised by a fusion of the pop and amapiano genres, with many publications dubbing her "Queen of Popiano." Born and raised in Johannesburg, during her final year of high school she began pursuing a career in music, posting original songs and covers on…
Known for
- Tyla: Live on Showmax — Self2025
- A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter — Self2024
- Phoning It In — Self2024
- The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self2022
- Sherri — Self - Guest2022
- BIANCA — Self - Guest2022
- Absolutely Nothing Prepared — Self2022
- The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self2019
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Musical Guest2015
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Musical Guest2014
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Country
- South Africa
- Active from
- 2002
Discography
- Getting Late2019
- Overdue2021
- To Last2022
- To Last (Remix)2022
- Been Thinking2023
- Girl Next Door2023
- On and On2023
- Truth or Dare2023
- TYLA2023
- Water2023
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,529,082
- Total plays
- 54,096,485
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Tyla Laura Seethal (born 30 January 2002), mononymously known as Tyla, is a South African singer and songwriter. Her musical style is characterised by a fusion of pop and amapiano, with many publications dubbing her "Queen of Popiano". She gained international recognition after the release of her 2023 single "Water", which entered the top ten in multiple countries including her native South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States. Born in Edenvale and raised in Johannesburg <a href="ht
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- Edenvale, South Africa
- Person.years_active
- 2019–present
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Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Laura
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Edenvale
- Occupation
- dancer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Zulu
- Genre
- Amapiano
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Epic Records
- Official website
- tylaworld.com
- Image
- Tyla Seethal 2022 a.png
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- date of birth
- 2002-01-30
- start of work period
- 2019-00-00
- Commons category
- Tyla
- social media followers
- 5050000
- topic's main category
- Category:Tyla (South African singer)
- ethnic group
- Indian South Africans
- birth name
- Tyla Laura Seethal
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Early life and education
- Career
- 2019–2022: "Getting Late" and national success
- 2023–2024: International breakthrough with "Water"
- 2025–present: ''WWP'' and ''A-POP''
- Artistry
- Discography
- Filmography
- Tours
- Awards and nominations
- See also
- References
- External links
Tyla Laura Seethal, mononymously known as Tyla, (30 January 2002) is a South African singer and songwriter. Her musical style is characterised by a fusion of pop and amapiano, with many publications dubbing her "Queen of Popiano". She gained international recognition after the release of her 2023 single "Water", which entered the top ten in multiple countries including her native South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Born and raised in the East Rand of Johannesburg, Tyla signed with Epic Records in 2021 following the domestic success of her 2019 debut single, "Getting Late". Her song "Water" was the first song by a South African soloist to enter the US Billboard Hot 100 in 55 years and was awarded the inaugural Grammy Award for Best African Music Performance. The single preceded her self-titled debut album (2024), which was released to critical acclaim and moderate commercial success. Subsequent releases include the extended play We Wanna Party (2025) and the single "Chanel", which achieved further commercial success.
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