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: 2026-10-08
1.
MOKH'OBA
SANNERE
27 February 2026
2.
Amasosha
SANNERE, Trymore & Puleng Phoofolo
11 April 2025
3.
Thabo Dula Fatshe
MOREKI, Deco & Palesa K.ween
20 May 2026
4.
KA SEMATE LETEBELE
SANNERE & Maleboo
20 August 2025
5.
UNGOWAMI
Nhlonipho
28 August 2026
6.
Nguwe
Amanda Black
17 February 2023
7.
TS'EPO EAKA
SANNERE & THABISANG
20 August 2025
8.
Power
Amanda Black
25 October 2019
9.
uJakalasi
Jabulile Majola
25 April 2025
10.
Despacito (Afro Soul)
NA-KD
21 March 2026
11.
Uyangizwa Yini Mama?
Phelelani Vox
09 March 2026
12.
Sondzela
Bongi Silinda
25 September 2026
13.
Tonight
Zonke
20 April 2018
14.
Uyandithanda
Zonke
15 June 2018
15.
Ngibongiseni
Sjava
26 April 2024
16.
Isineke
Jabulile Majola & Thando Zide
25 April 2025
17.
Angisafuni Ngami (feat. Mnqobi Yazo)
NOMAKHOSINI
17 January 2025
18.
Just To See You (feat. Lizwi Wokuqala & SANNERE)
Malome Vector
17 October 2025
19.
Loluthando
Zandie Khumalo & Thabiso Lavish
04 September 2026
20.
L.O.V.E
Zonke
15 June 2018
21.
The Storm Couldnt Kill Me
Flavia Tash
18 May 2026
22.
Reach It
Zonke
18 September 2015
23.
Dudlu
Sjava
27 January 2023
24.
Say Now
Zonke
06 September 2013
25.
Uwrongo
Prince Kaybee, Shimza, Black Motion & Ami Faku
25 February 2021
26.
Typhoon (feat. Sastii, LaCabra, Lowfeye, Blue Pappi)
Sjava & Qwellers
10 May 2024
27.
S.O.S (Release Me)
Zonke
18 September 2015
28.
Inde Lendlela
Ami Faku
16 August 2019
29.
Lyf Styl (feat. Mas Musiq)
Aymos
03 September 2021
30.
Intliziyo
Zonke
15 June 2018
31.
Vuka (feat. Anthony Hamilton & Soweto Gospel Choir)
