South AfricaKabza De Small is an Afro House act from South Africa, ranked #163 in the world on the DJ INDEX with 4,000,000 monthly Spotify listeners. That also puts them #3 in South Africa and #6 in Afro House among the acts we track. Their monthly audience has grown 3% over the 6 weeks we have tracked them, from 3.9M to 4M. They have 8,258,085 Spotify followers and a Spotify popularity score of 69/100. Their most-streamed track on Spotify is “Asambe”.
Who Kabza De Small is
Kabelo Petrus Motha (born 27 November 1992) is a South African DJ, record producer,and a record label owner popularly known as Kabza de Small. He is a major figure in the amapiano genre of house music. Aside from his solo career, Motha is a member of the Scorpion Kings. Motha gained international recognition after the release of "Umshove", in 2018. Kabza's third studio album I Am the King of Amapiano: Sweet & Dust (2021), debuted number one in South Africa. Forbes Africa ranked Motha number 18 on Forbes Africa 30 under 30. His accolades include Seventeen South African Music Awards, five Metro FM Music Awards, three AmaPiano Music Awards, two Mzansi Viewers Choice Awards, one Sunday Times GenNext, and one Dance Music Awards South Africa.
Biography from the Kabza De Small article on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Most played tracks
The tracks Spotify surfaces first for Kabza De Small, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.
AsambeM$NEY · 2026712
Abantwana Bakho (feat. Thatohatsi, Young Stunna & Nkosazana Daughter)NGOMOYA · 2025683
Asambe - Live in LondonM$NEY Live in London (Spotify Live) · 2026654
AbaleleKabza De Small · 2021635
Ngyozama (feat. Sykes, Young Stunna, Nkosazana Daughter, Tracy & Thatohatsi)Bab'Motha · 2025636Khanya NjaloIfa Lami · 2026567Iphupho (feat. Thatohatsi)Bab'Motha · 2025628
Asibe HappyKabza De Small · 2021619
Imithandazo (feat. Young Stunna, DJ Maphorisa, Sizwe Alakine & Umthakathi Kush)Isimo · 20236010
Adiwele (feat. Kabza De Small & DJ Maphorisa)Notumato · 202159Latest releases
19 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.
Ifa Lami2026 · album
Love Is A Star2026 · album
Kings Will Rise2025 · albumBab'Motha2025 · albumIsimo2023 · album
The Konka Mixtape : Sweet & Dust2023 · album
REKERE2023 · album
Speak N Vrostaan2022 · album
Scorpion Kings Live Sun Arena2022 · album
KOA II Part 12022 · album
Pretty Girls Love Amapiano 32021 · album
RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE2021 · albumPost this ranking
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How many monthly Spotify listeners does Kabza De Small have?
Kabza De Small has 4,000,000 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Sep 28, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is Kabza De Small's world ranking?
Kabza De Small is ranked #163 of 4408 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.
Where is Kabza De Small from?
Kabza De Small is from South Africa, where they rank #3 among the acts we track.
What kind of music does Kabza De Small make?
Kabza De Small is categorised as Afro House in the DJ INDEX. Spotify tags them as amapiano, private school piano, 3 step, gqom.
Snapshot from the week of Sep 28, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.