South AfricaBusiswa is an Afro House act from South Africa, ranked #786 in the world on the DJ INDEX with 555,500 monthly Spotify listeners. That also puts them #13 in South Africa and #28 in Afro House among the acts we track. Their monthly audience has grown 3% over the 6 weeks we have tracked them, from 541K to 556K. They have 288,139 Spotify followers and a Spotify popularity score of 51/100. Their most-streamed track on Spotify is “MY POWER”.
Who Busiswa is
Busiswa Gqulu (born 8 November 1988), known mononymously as Busiswa, is a South African singer-songwriter and poet. Born in Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa, she gained public recognition for her feature on DJ Zinhle's song, "My Name Is", after being discovered by Kalawa Jazmee's CEO Oskido. After a successful collaboration with DJ Zinhle, she released hits singles includes; "Ngoku", "Lahla", and was featured on Bhizer's hit, "Gobisiqolo". On 8 December 2017, she released her debut album, Highly Flavoured, preceded by single, "Bazoyenza". Throughout her career, Gqulu has received numerous accolades. In 2014, she was named in the Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans.
Biography from the Busiswa article on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Most played tracks
The tracks Spotify surfaces first for Busiswa, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.
MY POWERThe Lion King: The Gift · 2019612
ComingBusiswa · 2021503
JeleBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever - Music From and Inspired By · 2022444Love & Loyalty (Believe)Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - Music From and Inspired By · 2022425
BazoyenzaBusiswa · 2017416
uWrongo (feat. Rudeboyz)Summer Life · 2018387
Pha Na PhaBusiswa · 2025368
LahlaBusiswa · 2014349
Makazi (feat. Mr JazziQ)My Side of the Story · 20202610
Hilili (feat. Busiswa)The Return of the Scorpion Kings · 201931Latest releases
21 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.
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7 weekly snapshots. Peak so far: 556K in the week of Sep 28, 2026.
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Busiswa vs the field
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How many monthly Spotify listeners does Busiswa have?
Busiswa has 555,500 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Sep 28, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is Busiswa's world ranking?
Busiswa is ranked #786 of 4408 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.
Where is Busiswa from?
Busiswa is from South Africa, where they rank #13 among the acts we track.
What kind of music does Busiswa make?
Busiswa is categorised as Afro House in the DJ INDEX. Spotify tags them as gqom, amapiano.
Snapshot from the week of Sep 28, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.