Initiated by the Recording Industry of South Africa (RiSA), the first chart kicked off with a focus on ‘singles’ in the digital music streaming space. The charts aim to celebrate the popularity and success of the music being enjoyed from diverse artists by music fans across the country.
Ed Sheeran’s Bad Habits is the first track to top the newly launched Official South Africa Music Charts (TOSAC). See chart here . ‘Bad Habits’ is available across all DSPs listen here. In the accompanying official video - directed by Dave Meyers (Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar) - we see Ed as we’ve never seen him before as he depicts an alter-ego vampire character. (view here).
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To ensure accuracy and that the charts represent the broad South African digital music spectrum, TOSAC will aggregate data from three digital streaming platforms popularly used by local audiences: Spotify, Apple Music, and Deezer.
Says Sean Watson, the Chairperson of RiSA: “We are incredibly excited to be launching such a pioneering platform for the South African music industry and audiences, across different genres. This represents a significant milestone and a much-needed step up to aligning with popular forms of music consumption for the local music industry.
How to access the first official charts:
TOSAC went live at 12pm on 2nd September 2021 and guests can visit the official website www.theofficialsacharts.co.za which will serve as the central platform hosting all TOSAC charts and related content.
TOSAC will engage with audiences on their preferred social media platforms. We invite music lovers to follow and interact with us using our official social media account handles:
