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Shimza, Afro House from South Africa
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Shimza

World rank
#106
38vs last week
Monthly listeners
6.72M
6,719,690
Spotify followers
265K
264,565
Rank in South Africa
#1
among tracked acts
Popularity
67
Spotify index, 0–100
Profile

Who Shimza is

Kholofelo Ashley Raphala, professionally known as Shimza, is a South African DJ and music producer. Born and raised in Tembisa, Shimza developed a musical interest at the age of 15, and signed a recording deal with Soulistic Music and released his debut studio album Shimuzic, in 2015. In February 2020, Shimza appeared on a collaboration "Uwrongo" with Black Motion, Prince Kaybee, and Ami Faku. The song debuted No. 1 on Radiomonitor Charts and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry of South Africa. Shimza released extended play Sunset in Pretoria, on June 19, 2026.

Biography from the Shimza article on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Catalogue

Most played tracks

The tracks Spotify surfaces first for Shimza, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.

1Fire Fire cover artFire FireShimza · 20252Another Touch cover artPlacesAnother Touch · 20243Sunset In Pretoria cover artSunset In PretoriaShimza · 20264Missing You cover artMissing YouShimza · 20265No Shape Without You cover artNo Shape Without YouShimza · 20266Falling cover artFallingShimza · 20267Skill Of Love cover artSkill Of LoveShimza · 20258Darling (with Aloe Blacc) cover artDarling (with Aloe Blacc)Shimza · 20249Spiritual Milk cover artEmbersSpiritual Milk · 202310BADO cover artBADOShimza · 2024
Discography

Latest releases

19 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.

Sunset In Pretoria cover artSunset In Pretoria2026 · singleALGO TÚ (Shimza Remix) cover artALGO TÚ (Shimza Remix)2026 · singleMissing You cover artMissing You2026 · singleNo Shape Without You cover artNo Shape Without You2026 · singleFalling cover artFalling2026 · singleFire Fire (Maesic Remix) cover artFire Fire (Maesic Remix)2025 · singleI Love You So (Shimza Remix) cover artI Love You So (Shimza Remix)2025 · singleFire Fire cover artFire Fire2025 · singleDon't Wake Me Up (Shimza Remix) cover artDon't Wake Me Up (Shimza Remix)2025 · singleSkill Of Love cover artSkill Of Love2025 · singlePlaces (Shimza Club Edit) cover artPlaces (Shimza Club Edit)2025 · singlePlaces (Marten Lou Remix) cover artPlaces (Marten Lou Remix)2024 · single
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History

Listener trend

2 weekly snapshots. Peak so far: 6.74M in the week of Aug 10, 2026.

Aug 10, 2026Aug 17, 2026
Standing

Scene ranks

Afro House
Afro, 3-step and the sound out of Johannesburg.
#2
Spotify genre tags
afro houseafro tech3 step
Context

Around them in the chart

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Anyma6.84M105
Kato6.78M106
Shimza6.72M107
Vintage Culture6.64M108
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Questions

Shimza in numbers

How many monthly Spotify listeners does Shimza have?

Shimza has 6,719,690 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Aug 17, 2026.

What is Shimza's world ranking?

Shimza is ranked #106 of 1214 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.

Where is Shimza from?

Shimza is from South Africa, where they rank #1 among the acts we track.

What kind of music does Shimza make?

Shimza is categorised as Afro House in the DJ INDEX. Spotify tags them as afro house, afro tech, 3 step.

Snapshot from the week of Aug 17, 2026. Listener figures come from an exact public source.