Uncle Waffles Named One of Spotify’s Artists to Watch in 2024 With Hit Song, ‘Yahyuppiyah’

Uncle Waffles Named One of Spotify’s Artists to Watch in 2024 With Hit Song, ‘Yahyuppiyah’

  • Uncle Waffles was recognised as one of Spotify's artists to watch in 2024
  • The Amapiano sensation's song, Yahyuppiyah, is one of Spotify's essential tracks following its chart-topping success
  • Netizens showed love to Uncle Waffles and celebrated her Spotify recognition
Uncle Waffles made Spotify's Artists to Watch 2024 list
Spotify praised Uncle Waffles as one of its Artists to Watch in 2024 with 'Yahyuppiyah.' Images: unclewaffles_.
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Uncle Waffles is a big deal, and Spotify wanted to show her some love. The DJ's platinum-selling song, Yahyuppiyah, made her one of the streaming platform's artists to watch for in 2024. The song is also Waffles' most-streamed track on Spotify, and she received praise from her supporters.

Spotify shows love to Uncle Waffles

International streaming giant Spotify did a round-up of all the artists they believe will make waves in 2024.

With so many genres and musicians, the music service grouped the artists into various categories, from Country to Rock, and Uncle Waffles, made the cut in the dance category with her song, Yahyuppiyah.

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Waffles joins the likes of HoneyLuv, Argy, and fellow South African superstar DBN Gogo as the future of dance and one of the artists to watch for in 2024. She sent a shout-out to Spotify on her Twitter (X) page:

"Thank you, bae Spotify, for naming me one of the artists to watch in 2024! I’m super grateful to be able to start the year this way!"

Yahyuppiyah currently sits on over 18.4M streams, Waffles' most streamed song, followed by Tanzania (13.5M) and Peacock Revisit (9.6M), which dominated the 2023 TikTok dance challenges.

Her Spotify profile also sits in the millions, with over 1.2M monthly listeners.

Fans congratulate Uncle Waffles

Netizens showed love to Uncle Waffles and congratulated her on the Spotify credit:

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Jagermeister South Africa praised Uncle Waffles:

"@unclewaffffles, you are simply amazing! Prost!"

katlego_malome blessed Waffles:

"God bless you even more this year."

lunaslovestruc said:

"Love you, bae!"

adelesakey wrote:

"The future of dance, just the beginning!!"

Uncle Waffles stuns in rainbow-coloured hair.

In an earlier report, Briefly News shared online reactions to Uncle Waffles' new look, where she rocked a rainbow-coloured wig.

The edgy fashionista is known for her daring looks, making her a trendsetter whose style has been recreated by fans at a fraction of what she pays.

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Moroba Moroeng (Entertainment editor) Moroba Moroeng is an entertainment writer at Briefly News and a University of Johannesburg alumni (Public Relations and Communications, 2018). She was the content manager and, later, editor for HipHop Africa, where she honed her proofreading, leadership, and content management skills. Having begun her career as a content writer for Slikour OnLife, Moroba has over four years of experience as a writer specialising in music journalism and entertainment. She joined Briefly News in 2023 and passed a set of training courses by the Google News Initiative. Email: moroba.moroeng@briefly.co.za