{"id":12129,"date":"2026-08-05T09:26:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T09:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/dj-zinhle-drops-zinhle-ep-after-historic-spotify-milestone\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T02:26:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T02:26:19","slug":"dj-zinhle-drops-zinhle-ep-after-historic-spotify-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/dj-zinhle-drops-zinhle-ep-after-historic-spotify-milestone\/","title":{"rendered":"DJ Zinhle Drops &#8216;ZINHLE&#8217; EP After Historic Spotify Milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South African DJ and producer <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DJ_Zinhle\"><strong>DJ Zinhle<\/strong><\/a> has released her self-titled EP, <strong>\u201cZINHLE\u201d<\/strong>, after the project became the first by a solo South African female DJ to surpass 10 million streams on <strong>Spotify<\/strong> before its official launch.<\/p>\n<h2>Pre-Release Streaming Record<\/h2>\n<p>The eight-track EP crossed the 10 million stream threshold on Spotify prior to its release, driven by singles such as \u201cBaba Yilwa,\u201d \u201cEzothando,\u201d and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/fr\/dj-zinhle-sort-le-single-njengemali-avant-lep-zinhle\/\">Njengemali<\/a>.\u201d This marks the first time a solo South African female DJ has reached that milestone before an album or EP became available.<\/p>\n<h2>Tracklist and Collaborators<\/h2>\n<p>The project features contributions from Thobani White, <a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/es\/funk-tone-prepara-un-ep-en-solitario-tras-el-exito-de-su-colaboracion-con-dj-zinhle\/\">FunkTone<\/a>, DJ Lace, Msindo\u2019listo, and Nayvee Womoyo. 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