'Mdundo': East African tunes for the mobile generation
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Mdundo's top 10 artists - 1. Sauti Sol – Kenya-based afro pop group Sauti Sol, which is made up of Bien-Aime Baraza, Willis Austin Chimano, Savara Mudigi and Polycarp Otieno, tops the list of Mdundo's most downloaded artists.
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2. JUX – R'n'B singer Jux grew up in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and has been making music since 2005. His first R'nB single was produced by Manecky, and it goes by the name "Nimedata."
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3. Elani – This group takes its name from a word in a Kenyan dialect meaning "light." Bryan Chweya, Maureen Kunga and Wambui Ngugi met in 2008 and wrote a few songs for fun -- and have been performing all over Nairobi since then.
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4. Size 8 – Kenyan artist Size 8 recently moved into gospel music -- but despite the change she is still topping the charts with her current hit song "TamTam remix." She is married to top Gospel Deejay MO.
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10 most downloaded artists on Mdundo.com – Another gospel artist from Kenya, Bahati's musical journey started in 2013 with the release of his first single and video titled "Siki Ya Kwanza." Now he has a total of seven awards, including include Best Male Artist at the Coast Awards 2013.
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6. H Art the band – Wachira Gatama, Kenneth Muya- Kenchez and Mordecai Mwini make up H Art the Band. They bring vocal talent, poetry, spoken word, rap drama and dance into their work.
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10 most downloaded artists on Mdundo.com – Jaguar, a.k.a. Charles Njagua Kanyi, is a popular Kenyan musician. The video for his latest single, "Kioo," was filmed in one of Kenya's largest correctional facilities, the Industrial Area Remand Prison.
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8. Rabbit Kaka Sungura – Rabbit, a Kenyan artist who released his debut album in 2008, blends hip-hop sounds with African folk music to create his distinctive tunes.
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9. Nameless – Nameless, who is also known as David Matheng,e won a Kenyan music contest in 1999 and shot to fame. Since then he has had a number one single, toured East Africa and is an Architecture graduate, according to MTV Base.
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10. Songa – Songelaeli Joseph Mwagala, better known as Songa, was born in Singida and raised in Dar es Salaam.
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