EswatiniUncle Waffles is an Afro House act from Eswatini, ranked #339 in the world on the DJ INDEX with 1,700,000 monthly Spotify listeners. That also puts them #1 in Eswatini and #14 in Afro House among the acts we track. Their monthly audience has grown 6% over the 6 weeks we have tracked them, from 1.6M to 1.7M. They have 1,631,066 Spotify followers and a Spotify popularity score of 57/100. Their most-streamed track on Spotify is “ZENZELE (feat. Royal MusiQ, Uncool MC, Xduppy, & CowBoii)”.
Who Uncle Waffles is
Lungelihle Zwane (born 30 March 2000) known professionally as Uncle Waffles, is a Swazi DJ and record producer based in South Africa. She is noted for her work in the amapiano genre and her dance abilities, with Billboard describing her as the "Princess of Amapiano". Her debut single,"Tanzania", reached number one in South Africa, where it is certified platinum seven times.
Biography from the Uncle Waffles article on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Most played tracks
The tracks Spotify surfaces first for Uncle Waffles, with its own 0–100 popularity score alongside.
ZENZELE (feat. Royal MusiQ, Uncool MC, Xduppy, & CowBoii)4 Da Ho's · 2024662
Too Cool4 DA STREETS! · 2026623
Wadibusa (feat. Royal MusiQ, OHP Sage, & Pcee)Uncle Waffles · 2024594
Yahyuppiyah (feat. Justin99, Pcee, EeQue, & Chley)ASYLUM · 2023565Cn I see u (feat. BarbieSZN)4 DA STREETS! · 20265462 Spin JikelezaUncle Waffles · 2026547UYAH! (feat. 2wo Bunnies, Jay Music, & Imbongi Yosizi)4 Da Ho's · 2024548
Tanzania (feat. Sino Msolo and Boibizza)Red Dragon · 2022509imission (feat. Shoes Meister & JayJayy)4 DA STREETS! · 20265110BAPHI (feat. Royal MusiQ, Mark Khoza, CowBoii, & Uncool MC)4 Da Ho's · 202451Latest releases
12 recent albums and singles. Cover art links through to Spotify.
2 Spin Jikeleza2026 · single4 DA STREETS!2026 · single
TASTE2026 · single4 Da Ho's2024 · single
Wadibusa (with Joey Bada$$)2024 · single
Tanzania (Rampa Remix)2024 · singleWadibusa (feat. Royal MusiQ, OHP Sage, & Pcee)2024 · single
SOLACE2023 · album
Echoes (feat. Tony Duardo, Manana, & Lusanda)2023 · singleASYLUM2023 · album
Yahyuppiyah (feat. Justin99, Pcee, EeQue, & Chley)2023 · singleRed Dragon2022 · singlePost this ranking
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How many monthly Spotify listeners does Uncle Waffles have?
Uncle Waffles has 1,700,000 monthly Spotify listeners in the week of Sep 28, 2026, as published on their public Spotify artist page.
What is Uncle Waffles's world ranking?
Uncle Waffles is ranked #339 of 4408 electronic music artists in the DJ INDEX, which ranks purely by monthly Spotify listeners.
Where is Uncle Waffles from?
Uncle Waffles is from Eswatini, where they rank #1 among the acts we track.
What kind of music does Uncle Waffles make?
Uncle Waffles is categorised as Afro House and House in the DJ INDEX. Spotify tags them as amapiano, afropiano, gqom, bacardi.
Snapshot from the week of Sep 28, 2026. Listener figures come from Spotify's own public artist page and are rounded.