Kelly and other African musicians on the One8 project. He is best known for his hit songs Mwana, Aje, Chekecha Cheketua, Cinderella, Nakshi Mrembo, Usiniseme, Dushelele, Single Boy with Lady Jaydee, Mapenzi Yana Run Dunia and Macmuga. His siblings consist of his brother, Abdu Kiba who is also a musician, a sister, Zabibu Kiba and the youngest brother, Abuu Kiba.Īli Kiba released his album Cinderella which broke record as the best selling album in East African countries including Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. He is the eldest son in a family of four.

Many of Ali Kiba songs become very popular and trendy online with a great number of streaming and downloads on Boomplay.Īli Kiba was born in Iringa to parents Saleh Omari and Tombwe Njere.

He is from Kigoma and the owner of Kings Music label. And where viral moments once made for unexpected hits, in 2021 we saw them revitalize older songs from the likes of Kali Uchis and Italian rock revivalists (not to mention reigning Eurovision champs) Måneskin.Ali Saleh Kiba (born 1986), best known as Ali Kiba or sometimes King Kiba, is a Tanzanian singer and songwriter.

Elsewhere, we saw hip-hop and drill music continue to dominate our charts, as female country artists continued to be major creative forces and dance-pop continued to thrive. Add to that the ascent of Doja Cat, whose kaleidoscopic vision of pop was fully realized on this year’s appropriately titled Planet Her-an album that felt like the radiant present and near future all at once, liquefying elements of rap, reggaetón, Afropop, R&B, dance music, and so much more. It was just a week into January that Olivia Rodrigo’s “drivers license” arrived, a debut single so immediate and so relatable that it quickly became a pop cultural landmark, a Song of the Year-level statement that felt like a confirmation: Here was a singer-songwriter poised if not destined to define the next decade just as naturally as she would the rest of the year. To witness the birth of a star is a rare thing-but in 2021, we witnessed two.

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