Tyla Announces Sophomore Album ‘A-POP’ After Second Grammy Win

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Tyla made her 2026 Grammys night a double milestone, winning her second consecutive Best African Music Performance trophy for ‘Push 2 Start’ and revealing backstage that her sophomore album, A-POP, arrives this summer. The 24-year-old South African singer, whose breakthrough ‘Water’ won the same category in 2024, missed the Premiere ceremony at the Peacock Theatre because red-carpet demands ran long. Still, ‘Push 2 Start’, a sleek amapiano-driven cut with over 440 million Spotify streams and huge YouTube numbers, easily beat Burna Boy’s ‘Love’, Davido and Omah Lay’s ‘With You’, Eddy Kenzo and Mehran Matin’s ‘Hope & Love’, and Ayra Starr and Wizkid’s ‘Gimme Dat’.

​Tyla’s sound, pop and R&B threaded through amapiano’s log drum bounce and often called “popiano”, has already drawn Rihanna and Ariana Grande comparisons. She’s embraced the “African popstar” label. A-POP, she says, captures where she is now: older, sharper, with new stories to tell. Attentive listeners noticed the title flashing across the screen in her ‘Chanel’ video at 52 seconds and in other spots months before the official reveal.

​She also confirmed a tour will follow the release and promised fresh singles soon. On the carpet, Tyla wore a reworked Dsquared2 Fall/Winter 2013 dress styled by Ronnie Hart. Feathers spilled into a long train. Gold accents caught the light along a deep neckline.

​Tyla shared: “I just want to announce something. I want to announce that my sophomore album drops this summer and it’s called ‘A-POP’.” She added, “It’s going to be very different. It’s a new Tyla – not really a new Tyla, just me now. I just grew up. I was 21, 22, now I’m 24. I feel like a woman. I have other things to say. I have other vibes that I want to give… I’m so excited. It’s going to be crazy.”

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