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Sbongakonke Mfundo Mchunu known as Tony Dayimane is a 21 year old triple platinum selling-artist, songwriter & performer.
Born in Durban, Umlazi yet spent most of his teenage years in boarding school in Pietermaritzburg.
He started recording at the age of 15 greatly inspired by Okmalumkoolkat, Sjava , Young Thug Beautiful Thugger Girls mixtape.
He started building a fanbase from that day onwards in Durban and Pietermaritzburg and has grown to one of the country’s most top creatives and his artistry being celebrated beyond the borders of South Ahh.
Tony Dayimane is often described as an astonishing musician and songwriter, a real trapstar or rather a gutter baby mainly known for his superb pen game and cadence on different genres in multiple languages, his ear splitting voice, catchy hooks, showing off his vocals on songs such as Lonke proves his versatility and marks him as one of the next Alphas Mzansi has to offer or should i say part of the Big 3?
with the release of his debut platinum selling Big Boy EP & debut album RED OCTOBER: INDUCTION doing a whooping 1 million streams on it’s first day and having the third largest debut album streams and being the youngest artist to reach 1m monthly listeners in South African history he has proven to be highly influential amongst the youth which has led to millions of listeners and him receiving countless co-signs by the industries’ biggest stars, the likes of Sjava and Big Zulu just to name a few..
Born in Durban, Umlazi yet spent most of his teenage years in boarding school in Pietermaritzburg.
He started recording at the age of 15 greatly inspired by Okmalumkoolkat, Sjava , Young Thug Beautiful Thugger Girls mixtape.
He started building a fanbase from that day onwards in Durban and Pietermaritzburg and has grown to one of the country’s most top creatives and his artistry being celebrated beyond the borders of South Ahh.
Tony Dayimane is often described as an astonishing musician and songwriter, a real trapstar or rather a gutter baby mainly known for his superb pen game and cadence on different genres in multiple languages, his ear splitting voice, catchy hooks, showing off his vocals on songs such as Lonke proves his versatility and marks him as one of the next Alphas Mzansi has to offer or should i say part of the Big 3?
with the release of his debut platinum selling Big Boy EP & debut album RED OCTOBER: INDUCTION doing a whooping 1 million streams on it’s first day and having the third largest debut album streams and being the youngest artist to reach 1m monthly listeners in South African history he has proven to be highly influential amongst the youth which has led to millions of listeners and him receiving countless co-signs by the industries’ biggest stars, the likes of Sjava and Big Zulu just to name a few..
Monthly listeners
500,616
Followers
181,163
Top Cities
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Durban72,708 listeners -
Johannesburg130,235 listeners
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Pretoria79,428 listeners
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Cape Town41,735 listeners
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Gauteng19,039 listeners
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Most popular tracks
| Track | Plays | Duration | Release date | |
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8,896,170 | 6:13 | 2024-12-06 | |
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4,680,737 | 2:46 | 2023-01-27 | |
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2,996,011 | 4:20 | 2023-06-16 | |
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2,770,856 | 3:42 | 2024-09-13 | |
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2,182,789 | 2:41 | 2024-10-11 | |
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2,006,224 | 3:01 | 2023-06-16 | |
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1,949,338 | 3:17 | 2023-11-10 | |
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1,421,652 | 2:57 | 2023-06-16 | |
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1,418,830 | 3:10 | 2024-10-25 | |
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1,154,476 | 3:02 | 2023-05-05 |
