Song of the summer in Mzansi and global hit, the lead single off K.O’s ‘Skhanda Republic 3’ has been making massive strides since its release and is not showing any signs of stopping yet. The song has been breaking record after record and hitting milestone after milestone. The song just completed 9 weeks atop the South African radio airplay charts and K.O. took to Twitter to celebrate the latest milestone.
Izibusiso. 9 straight weeks that’s different @YOUNGSTUNNA_Z @blxckie__,” tweeted K.O.
Asides spending 9 weeks on top the radio chart the song’s video wasted no time in hitting ten million views, as it reached this feat in just one month.
‘The Blxckie and Young Stunna assists smash hit also joined “Jerusalema” as the first South African song in Spotify history to earn at least 300,000 streams per week for six weeks.
The single has also spent 64 days atop the South African Top Songs Spotify charts, according to Chart Base Africa. It has never exited the list since its debut in August 2022.
K.O’s comeback single also took it a step further in solidifying itself as K.O’s biggest solo song ever by occupying the number 1 spot in the UK on the BBC Radio 1Xtra. The rapper could not hold his excitement as he showered praises to his UK fans for showing massive support for his song. “UK fam,” he tweeted.