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SEO title (58 chars): Tyla 2026: Grammy, Toy Story 5 & the A*Pop Album Countdown
Meta description (154 chars): Tyla's 2026: a second Grammy for "Push 2 Start", a Pixar voice role, a World Cup stage — and A*Pop, her sophomore album, landing 24 July. Here's the full run.
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Publish window: Now through 24 July 2026 (album release). Refresh on 25 July with first-week chart numbers.
Suggested featured image alt text: "Tyla holding her Best African Music Performance Grammy at the 68th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, February 2026"
Tyla in 2026: A Second Grammy, a Pixar Role, and the Album That Could Change African Pop Forever
Picture this: a 24-year-old from Johannesburg wins her second Grammy in February, voices a Pixar character in June, performs at a World Cup opening ceremony the same week, and drops her sophomore album in July. That's not a career highlight reel — that's just the first seven months of Tyla's 2026.
And the biggest moment is still ahead of her. On 24 July 2026, Tyla releases A*Pop, the 14-track follow-up to the debut that made her the highest-charting African female soloist in Billboard 200 history. If you've been sleeping on her run, now is the moment to catch up — because the next eleven days will tell us whether South Africa's biggest pop export is a breakout or a fixture.
The Grammy That Made History (Again)
At the 68th Grammy Awards on 1 February 2026, Tyla won Best African Music Performance for "Push 2 Start" — beating a stacked field that included Burna Boy's "Love", Davido and Omah Lay's "With You", Ayra Starr and Wizkid's "Gimme Dat", and Eddy Kenzo with Mehran Matin.
Here's the part most write-ups undersell: this was her second win in the category, making her the first artist ever to take it twice. She won the inaugural award in 2024 with "Water"; Tems took it in 2025 with "Love Me Jeje". The category has now gone to a woman three years running.
"Push 2 Start" was never the obvious contender. Released in October 2024 on the deluxe edition TYLA+, it's a reggae-tinged, amapiano-leaning pop record that has since passed 440 million Spotify streams. Tyla wasn't even on stage to collect the trophy — red carpet interviews ran long and she missed the premiere ceremony. She told reporters backstage she was proud to be African, and then, almost casually, announced her next album.
