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: 2026-07-14
1.
Onthatile (feat. Semito)
Puleng Phoofolo
22 May 2026
2.
MOKH'OBA
SANNERE
27 February 2026
3.
Uyangizwa Yini Mama?
Phelelani Vox
09 March 2026
4.
Thabo Dula Fatshe
MOREKI, Deco & Palesa K.ween
20 May 2026
5.
Angel
Eir.M
21 March 2026
6.
MELELE EA PELE
SANNERE
20 August 2025
7.
Hamba
Amanda Black
11 October 2019
8.
Just To See You (feat. Lizwi Wokuqala & SANNERE)
Malome Vector
17 October 2025
9.
Malokazi (feat. Berita)
Mduduzi
24 May 2019
10.
TS'EPO EAKA
SANNERE & THABISANG
20 August 2025
11.
Reach It
Zonke
18 September 2015
12.
Tonight
Zonke
20 April 2018
13.
Say Now
Zonke
06 September 2013
14.
L.O.V.E
Zonke
15 June 2018
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.
Lyf Styl (feat. Mas Musiq)
Aymos
03 September 2021
20.
Intliziyo
Zonke
15 June 2018
21.
Vuka (feat. Anthony Hamilton & Soweto Gospel Choir)
