Zahara (South African musician)

Bulelwa Mkutukana (9 November 1987 – 11 December 2023), bɛ booni o la Zahara, ka o nyɛ South Africa yili-yiina ŋun nyɛ paɣa, yili-sabira ni jitaaya ŋmera. O yila bela pubu din nyɛ"Afro-soul" ni, ka o yiini Xhosa, o ya balli, ka lahi yiini Siliminsili ni. O bunahi ni yili bɔbigu shɛli o ni daa laɣim yihi na, Mgodi (2017), n daa nyɛ din da pam, ka din daa pahiri bunu, Nqaba Yam (2021), dɔni kalinli yini "iTunes" ni.

O ni di pini shɛŋa n-nyɛ South African Music Awards, Metro FM Awards, ni Nigeria Entertainment Award.

 Discography 
 Loliwe (2011)
The Beginning Live (2012)
 Phendula (2013)
 Country Girl (2015)
 Mgodi (2017)
 Nqaba Yam (2021)

 Pina mini piibu 
+ List of awards and nominations received by ZaharaYearEventPrizeNominated workResult2014African Muzik Magazine AwardsBest Female Southern Africa20th Annual South African Music AwardsBest Selling AlbumPhendulaFemale Artist of the YearBest RnB, Soul and ReggaeMetro FM Music AwardsBest African Pop AlbumBest Female ArtistSong of the Year"Phendula"2013Nigeria Entertainment AwardsSouthern African Artist of the Year19th Annual South African Music AwardsBest Collaboration"Thetha Nami" (Riot featuring Zahara)"Hold On (Bambelela)" (Zahara featuring LeRoy Bell and the Soweto Gospel Choir)Best Live DVDThe Beginning LiveMTN SAMA Record of the Year"Umthwalo"Best Selling Ring-Back-Tone"Loliwe"2012Kora AwardsBest Female Artist from Southern AfricaChannel O Music Video AwardsBest Female Video18th Annual South African Music AwardsBest Smooth Urban Music AlbumLoliweBest Collaboration"Incwad' Encane" (Zahara featuring Georgie Munetsi)Best Selling AlbumLoliweNewcomer of the Year"Loliwe"Female Artist of the YearAlbum of the YearLoliweBest Selling Full-Track Download of the Year"Loliwe"Remix of the Year"Lengoma" (DJ Sbu featuring Zahara)The HeadiesAfrican Artist of the Year"Loliwe"2011Metro FM Music Awards Best Produced AlbumLoliweBest Female AlbumBest NewcomerSong of the Year"Loliwe"Hit Single of the Year "Lengoma" (DJ Sbu featuring Zahara)Feather AwardsMusician (Zakes Bantwini and Zahara)2017 South African Afro Music Awards Herself Best Afro Female ArtistCountry GirlBest Afro Album 2019Eastern Cape Music AwardsBest EC National Recognised ArtistHerself2020Africa Entertainment Awards USA 2020Best Female ArtistHerselfBest Female Artist2024South African Afro Music Awards Best Afro Album of Democracy  Best Female Afro Soul Artist of Democracy

Notes
A  The Metro FM Music Awards were not held in 2012 due to re-positioning. The award ceremony was held in 2013.

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Category:1987 births
Category:2023 deaths
Category:Deaths from liver disease
Category:Musicians from the Eastern Cape
Category:People from Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality
Category:People from East London, South Africa
Category:South African women guitarists
Category:South African singer-songwriters
Category:Xhosa-language singers of South Africa
Category:English-language singers from South Africa
Category:Xhosa people
Category:21st-century South African guitarists
Category:21st-century South African women singers
Category:21st-century women guitarists