Tyla (Tyla Laura Seethal) is a South African singer and songwriter from Johannesburg whose debut single "Water" (2023) became a global phenomenon, crossing genre boundaries to top charts in the United States, United Kingdom, and across Africa. She became the first artist to win the Grammy Award for Best African Music Performance at the 2024 Grammy Awards. Her self-titled debut album Tyla (2024), released on Epic Records, blends South African amapiano, Afrobeats, and R&B into a cohesive vision of contemporary African pop.