The iTunes Top 40 Afro Soul Songs Chart is your weekly window into the world of afro soul — a deeply soulful South African genre blending American soul and R&B influences with African rhythms and storytelling. Updated every week, this chart ranks the top 40 afro soul singles on iTunes, giving you a real-time snapshot of what’s resonating most with fans of the genre right now.
The genre has been shaped by visionaries like Simphiwe Dana, Thandiswa Mazwai, and Zahara who blend poetic lyrics with rich, textured Afro Soul production, whose work defines what afro soul can sound and feel like. Whether the genre has centuries of tradition behind it or only emerged in recent decades, the artists on this chart are its current standard-bearers.
Discover what afro soul sounds like today by exploring the full iTunes Top 40 Afro Soul Songs Chart, updated fresh this week, in the chart below.
Chart updated this week on: 2026-03-14
1.
MOKH'OBA
SANNERE
27 February 2026
2.
Rese (feat. AMAQAQA)
Baba Harare
13 March 2026
3.
Uyena (Live)
Sjava
31 January 2025
4.
Reach It
Zonke
18 September 2015
5.
Nguwe
Amanda Black
17 February 2023
6.
MELELE EA PELE
SANNERE
20 August 2025
7.
My Bestie (feat. Benny Mayengani)
Mash Sarila
02 June 2022
8.
Hamba
Amanda Black
11 October 2019
9.
TS'EPO EAKA
SANNERE & THABISANG
20 August 2025
10.
Grounding
Sjava & Delayde
27 January 2023
11.
Sione Number 1
Tebogo Tiny
28 January 2026
12.
Ntaka Yam
Amanda Black
17 November 2023
13.
Tonight
Zonke
20 April 2018
14.
Say Now
Zonke
06 September 2013
15.
Uyandithanda
Zonke
15 June 2018
16.
Uwrongo
Prince Kaybee, Shimza, Black Motion & Ami Faku
25 February 2021
17.
S.O.S (Release Me)
Zonke
18 September 2015
18.
Inde Lendlela
Ami Faku
16 August 2019
19.
L.O.V.E
Zonke
15 June 2018
20.
LEFATS'E
SANNERE & Wave Rhyder
20 August 2025
21.
Lyf Styl (feat. Mas Musiq)
Aymos
03 September 2021
22.
Intliziyo
Zonke
15 June 2018
23.
Vuka (feat. Anthony Hamilton & Soweto Gospel Choir)
