A Grammy nod, big collaborations and a new album on the way – singer Tyla is unstoppable!

12 Jan

Nokuthula Zwane-Ejike

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Tyla has made a splash in the music world with her hit song, Water. (PHOTO: GALLO IMAGES/GETTY IMAGES)

Naomi Campbell loves the lyrics, Jay-Z can’t stop bobbing to the beat, Jennifer Hudson tried dancing to it and even Barack Obama is a fan.

It seems everyone everywhere is grabbing a bottle of water and pouring it down their backs as they take on the Water Dance Challenge, inspired by the sultry song Water by Tyla, South Africa’s red-hot singer of the moment.

No local song has achieved such success in America since jazz legend Hugh Masekela’s Grazing in the Grass 55 years ago – and the Joburg dynamo is only going from strength to strength.

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