Lloyiso
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8 March 1999
- Vocals
- piano
Lloyiso | |
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| Born | Loyiso Gijana 8 March 1999 Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
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| Years active | 2015 – present |
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Loyiso Gijana (born 8 March 1999), professionally known as Lloyiso, is a South African singer. Born and raised in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, Lloyiso developed musical interest at the age of 12 and contested on Idols SA season 11 in 2015.
Following his exit from Idols SA, Lloyiso signed a recording deal with Ambitiouz Entertainment in 2018 and released "Nontsikelelo", "Intlizyo" featuring Langa Mavuso.[1]
Shortly after his departure with former label, Lloyiso signed recording deal with Universal Music Group South Africa and Republic Records in 2021.[2]
Towards the end of February 2023, Lloyiso announced his extended play Seasons and release date.[3]
The EP was released on 31 March 2023.[4] Seasons was entirely produced by Earwulf, Mr. Hudson, and Stargate. His extended play earned him 3 nominations at South African Music Awards and won Best Pop Album.[5]
In early May 2024, Lloyiso announced Elephant in the Room Tour, the tour includes 4 dates. The tour is scheduled to start at Pretoria, 8 June, other 3 dates will be announced later.[6][7]
In October 2025,Lloyiso announced his upcoming Never Thought I Could EP and European Tour.[8] EP and Tour dates to be announced.
As lead artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZA | |||||||
| "Nontsikelelo" | 2018 | — | Non-album singles | ||||
| "Intliziyo" (featuring Langa Mavuso) | 2019 | — | |||||
| "Madoda Sabelani" | 2020 | — | |||||
| "Dream About You" | 2021 | — | |||||
| "Seasons" | — | RiSA: Multi-Platinum [9] | Seasons | ||||
| "Love Runs Deeper" | — | Non-album singles | |||||
| "Easy On Me" | — | ||||||
| "Speak" | 2022 | — | RiSA: Platinum [9] | ||||
| "What Would I Say" | — | ||||||
| "Let Me Love You Now" | — | RiSA: Platinum [9] | Seasons | ||||
| "Run" | 2023 | — | RiSA: Gold [9] | ||||
| "Give A Little Kindess (Choir Version)" | — | Non-album singles | |||||
| "You're So You" | — | ||||||
| "Real Love" (with Martin Garrix) | — | ||||||
| "I Hate That I Care" | — | ||||||
| "High" | 2025 | — | High / Higher EP | ||||
| "Higher" | — | ||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||
