SAMA 22: Best Pop Album

This supreme platter of Mzansi's finest English-language pop features TRESOR—who had an alt-pop-inspired dance hit with “Zambezi”—and also includes the sounds of Idols winner Vincent Bones, whose disarming soul voice won the nation over. Plus, there's the swaggering urban pop of Lakota Silva, the acoustic rock of Loki Rothman, as well as the jazz-influenced breeze that is Can Skylark.