Shazam has launched its new playlist East Africa Risers on Apple Music, featuring the songs trending on Shazam in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda right now from the latest artists releases to the music featured in movies and TV shows, or going viral on social platforms.

East Africa Risers compiles songs by the region’s fast-emerging artists trending across the Shazam Charts. It offers a select mix of sounds that show what music aficionados have been actively discovering on Shazam, and reflect the energy and boundless spirit of East Africa, from Afrobeats and Bongo Flava through to Afro-Pop and Hip-Hop.

The playlist includes the likes of breakthrough artists Zuchu and Nandy, and East African superstars Ravnanny and Harmonize. 

"I’m so excited to be one of the first artists on the new Shazam East Africa Risers playlist. It’s a blessing and I just want to thank my team and fans for the endless pushing and support, and Shazam which has been key in helping users discover my music by a press of the button.” - Nandy

The Shazam East Africa Risers playlist is updated with new music each week and is exclusively available to stream on Apple Music at  http://apple.co/EastAfricaRisers

Shazam is one of the world’s most popular and highly-rated music apps, and lets users identify songs simply by listening to the music playing around them or on their device. With pioneering innovation in music identification, Shazam helps people discover, interact with and share video or audio content across devices and mediums.