Tendaness is an upcoming songwriter, musician and DJ. He hails from Eswatini, previously Swaziland, with Tatenda Mandaze as his real names. This award-winning music star, producer, and DJ narrate how his passion for music began when he was a young child. During his teenage years, he would make music from his bedroom and his talent continued growing. To date, he’s a music star who has won several awards and released singles like Love Me, Call On Me, Solo, Tell Me, and Make Up Your Mind. Tendaness is popularly known for his music that is globally recognized for the wonderful messages it conveys. The 27-year-old’s love for music and keeping people entertained is noteworthy. In this article, meet Tendaness, the Swaziland award-winning musician making waves in the pop music world.
How did Tendaness start his music career?
Tendaness attributes a successful music career to his uncle since he was 8 years old. He was a sound engineer at the neighboring country, South Africa. His uncle would ensure that they go to music gigs and concerts together. As a result, Tendaness grew to like music at such a young age. He promised himself that he would one day become a hit musician and change the music industry, thanks to his uncle’s efforts. Owing to his uncle’s determination to introduce him to great music stars like Brenda Fassie, Tendaness knew he was destined for greatness. He worked smart to realize this dream. This successful music star is popular in the city of Mbabane for great music that he composes, for instance, Jika.
“Music was my girlfriend”
Tendaness devotion to music increased when he traveled overseas for education. While studying at Oklahoma, he made a firm decision that few young people would hardly make. To better concentrate on his music, Tendaness chose to make music his “girlfriend”. This would favor his goal of using at least 10,000 hours to master music production. Staying away from dating then, was a wise decision as this would help him give music 100% focus. All the efforts he made eventually bore fruits as his hit song “Jika” was air played in major South African channels like YFM. This was a great achievement for a young musician like him.
Tendaness is so happy that today he is well-known all over the world. His music does the talking for him. One of the greatest successes is his album dubbed “Tendaness” hitting number one on Apple Music Pop Charts. This proved to the world that indeed this musician is capable of even bigger things. The album also hit first place in Apple Music All Genres Chart after only 48 hours of release.
How his Music has grown
The hit singer music is doing marvelous globally. In particular, his hot songs “Jika” and “Love Me” have maintained a presence on the BBC playlist from 2017. Additionally, “Jika” appeared number 5 on Destination Africa in 2017. He also attributes the growth of his career to studying in the United States. While here, he received lots of music exposure including Electronic Dance Music (EDM). This exposure was good in refining his skill and coming home a better music star. Tendaness continues to receive recognition for his awesome music throughout the globe.
