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Charts Archives


South African Rock Digest Song Charts
July 2000 onwards (by artist)
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South African Rock Digest Album Charts
August 2000 onwards (by artist)
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South African Charts 1969 - 1989 (by artist)
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South African All-Time Top 30 (1969 to 1989)
South African Number 1 Hits (1969 to 1989)


South African Top 20 Hits (by year) 1958 1959
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

March 1999
1.Fetish - Fetish (1)
2.Naked Lyric - Spellbound (3)
3.Battery 9 - Gris (4)
4.Blunt the Banned - Tha Kutz (6)
5.MIC - Superhuman (-)
6.Lithium - Zennon Supertroopers (5)
7.The Awakening - Risen (8)
8.MIC - Millenium - Gone and Beyond (11)
9.Jorge Carlos - Trip of Africa (17)
10.Gert Vlok Nel - Beaufort-Wes Se Beautiful Woorde (7)
11.Boo! - Boo! (-)
12.Rain - Legend of Veronica (9)
13.Gutted Remains - The Judas Goat (10)
14.Scabby Annie - Superhero 2000 (15)
15.JC Culture - Never Alone (12)
16.Piet Botha - 'n Suitcase Vol Winter (13)
17.Colorfields - Incidents (18)
18.Drain - Encounter (14)
19.Big Sky - Horizon (16)
20.Van der Want & Letcher - Low Riding (18)

January 1999
1 Fetish - Fetish
2 Jorge Carlos - Trip of Africa
3 Naked Lyric - Spellbound
4 Battery 9 - Gris
5 Lithium - Zennon Supertroopers
6 Blunt the Banned - Tha Kutz
7 Gert Vlok Nel - Beaufort-Wes Se Beautiful Woorde
8 The Awakening - Risen
9 Rain - Legend of Veronica
10 Gutted Remains - The Judas Goat
11 MIC- Millenium - Gone and Beyond
12 JC Culture - Never Alone
13 Piet Botha - 'n Suitcase Vol Winter
14 Drain - Encounter
15 Scabby Annie - Superhero 2000
16 Big Sky - Horizon
17 MIC - Superhuman
18 Van der Want & Letcher - Low Riding
19 Seed - Seed
20 Colorfields - Incidents
 
The Best of 1998

Best SA band – Springbok Nude Girls

Best SA album – (shared) Jorge Carlos – 'Trip Of Africa' and Colorfields – 'Incidents'

Best SA song of 1998 – Scabby Annie – 'Getting Better' (off 'Superhero 2000')

Best Kwaito album – Boomshaka – 'Words Of Wisdom'

Best Kwaito Artist - TKZee

Best African album – Wasis Diop – 'Toxu'

Brightest prospects for 1999 – Dantai, Jorge Carlos, Karma, Louise Carver

World domination in 1999 – Springbok Nude Girls, Soweto String Quartet, kwaito.

Best International album - Lucinda Williams – 'Car Wheels On A Gravel Road'

Best New SA record company - Fresh Records

Best SA album re-release – Die Naaimasjiene – 'Die Saai Lewe'

Best Concerts:

  • U2 at Green Point Stadium
  • Rodriguez at the Bellville Velodrome
  • Hootie and the Blowfish at the Bellville Velodrome
  • Massive Attack at the Three Arts, Plumstead
  • Springbok Nude Girls at the Summer Rock Festival
  • Trans.Sky at the launch for 'Killing Time'

Best Music Websites:

Top 20 South African albums for 1998:

  1. Jorge Carlos – Trip Of Africa
  2. Colorfields - Incidents
  3. Trans.Sky – Killing Time
  4. Boomshaka – Words Of Wisdom
  5. Springbok Nude Girls – Omni Sofa/Opti Mum
  6. Various Artists – Re Rooted
  7. Van der Want/Letcher – Low Riding
  8. Tony Cox and Cool Friction – Looking For Zim
  9. Ras Sheehama – Travelling
  10. Black Noise – Hip Hop Won't Stop
  11. Karma – One Day Soon
  12. Lennox T – Expensive Toys
  13. Sons Of Trout – Ticks On George
  14. Benguela – Sputnik
  15. M'Du – M'du Or Die
  16. TKZee – Halloween
  17. Damn The Icebergs – Dances With Snakes
  18. Louise Carver – Mirrors And Windows
  19. DJ Christos and Da Vinci – DJs At Work
  20. Various Artists – Kwaito Hits

These and any other SA CD can be ordered online at One World, the best SA CD store on the pla-Net.

Top 20 International Albums for 1998:

  1. Lucinda Williams – Car Wheels On A Gravel Road
  2. Gomez – Bring It On
  3. Olu Dara – Into The World
  4. Massive Attack – Mezzanine
  5. Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
  6. Beck – Mutations
  7. Rodriguez – Live Fact
  8. REM – Up
  9. Hole - Celebrity Skin
  10. Air – Moon Safari
  11. Beastie Boys – Hello Nasty
  12. Mercury Rev – Deserter's Songs
  13. Chris Stills – 100 Year Thing
  14. Hootie and the Blowfish – Musical Chairs
  15. Wasis Diop – Toxu
  16. Van Morrison – The Philosopher's Stone
  17. Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series Vol. 5&6 – Live in 1966
  18. Oasis – The Masterplan
  19. Leila – Like Weather
  20. Samite – Silina Musango


December 1998
1. M'Du Or Die – M'du
2. DJs At Work – VA-DJ Christos/Da Vinci
3. TKZee – Halloween
4. Armageddon – Soundtrack
5. Mechanical Animal – Marilyn Manon
6. Shoshaloza – Trompies
7. Words Of Wisdom – Boom Shaka
8. Top Dang – Thebe
9. Mamatilida – Chicco
10. Omni Sofa – Springbok Nude Girls
11. Up – REM
12. First Night – Monica
13. Dreams – Abashante
14. Canndance – Crowded Crew
15. Best Of 80-90 & B Sides – U2
16. Singles 86-98 – Depeche Mode
17. Mamaelani – Ringo
18. Ngoma – Baphikile
19. Danger Gevaar Ingozi – Dorp
20. Killing Time – Trans.Sky

November 1998
1. 'Shibobo' - TKZee and Benni
2. 'Words Of Wisdom' - Boomshaka
3. 'Genes And spirits' - Moses Taiwa Molelekwa
4. 'Omnisofa' - Springbok Nude Girls
5. 'Last Evening's Dreams' - The Led
6. 'Amadodla' - Magringo's
7. 'Anginandaba' - Crucial Zone
8. 'Request' - Awakening'
9. 'Canndance' - Crowded Crew
10.'Mamatilida' - Chicco

October 1998
1. 'Words Of Wisdom' - Boomshaka
2. 'Canndance' - Crowded Crew
3. 'Mamatilida' - Chicco
4. 'Omnisofa' - Springbok Nude Girls
5. 'Request' - Awakening
6. 'Amadodla' - Magringo's
7. 'Anginandaba' - Crucial Zone
8. 'Last Evening's Dreams' - The Led
9. 'Shibobo' - TKZee and Benni
10. 'Genes And Spirits' - Moses Taiwa Molelekwa

September  1998
1. Various Artists - 'Pump Up Di Gong'
2. Don Laka - 'Supernova'
3. TKZee and Benni - 'Shibobo'
4. Stitch - 'Are You Ready'
5. Boomshaka - 'Words Of Wisdom'
6. Rodriguez - 'Live Fact'
7. Brothers Of Peace - 'Mapodisa'
8 Makhendlas - 'Jammer'
9. ' Rebecca - 'Somlandela'
10. Ringo - 'Sondaleni'


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