Fifth Grammy gong for SA jazz legends Ladysmith Black Mambazo
New York — Legendary South African choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo has won its fifth Grammy award. At Sunday’s ceremony in New York, the group was honoured for the album, Shaka Zulu Revisited: 30th Anniversary Collection, which won for best world music album. Ladysmith Black Mambazo has been nominated 19 times — including for children’s album at this year’s awards, which it did not win. The original Shaka Zulu album was released in 1987, a year after the group shot to global fame with their collaboration with Paul Simon on his Graceland album. The group celebrated the world album victory on Twitter. The big winner of the night was R&B artist Bruno Mars, who won six Grammys, including the top prize, in another victory for pop-driven music over rap. Mars’s six Grammys included song of the year for his hit single, That’s What I Like, and both record and album of the year for 24K Magic. His win denied rappers Kendrick Lamar and Jay-Z the honour of becoming the first hip-hop artist ...
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