Superfan Blog #1: Superfan Basics

Superfan Blog #1: The Basics of the Superfan Approach SUPERFANS AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSIC INDUSTRY, PART 1: BASICS OF THE SUPERFAN APPROACH   This is the first of a series of posts from Firefinch dealing with generating income by cultivating ‘superfans’ in a South African context.   ‘Superfans’ (or ‘true fans’, ‘uber fans’) are […]

Aggregated Chart-of-Charts: SA Top 40 (6 January 2021) – Happy New Ears!

Download the latest chart: Aggregated Chart-of-Charts 6i21.   Apologies to John Cage for the title! It was a subdued New Year in South Africa, under the shadow of renewed Coronavirus restrictions. This led to a very tightly contested chart. It’s Blaq Diamond at the top with ‘SummerYoMuthi’, narrowly edging out the resurgent ‘Blinding Lights’ by The Weeknd […]

Commentary from the Office: SA Top 40 (9 December 2020)

Download this week’s chart here: Aggregated Chart-of-Charts 9xii20. The ultra-cool ‘Uthando’ (Soa Mattrix, SoulfulG, Shaun101) cements its status as the breakout South African hit of the summer, with its most convincing performance so far. It outranks the new #2, ‘Mali Eningi’ (Big Zulu ft. Intaba Yase Dubai, Riky Rick), by an ff-index of 0.090 – […]

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