Cape Town – First they made waves on popular reality competition show, America's Got Talent and now the Ndlovu Youth Choir have made South Africa proud again by winning an award with flautist Wouter Kellerman won the Best Independent Music Video for their Zulu version of Ed Sheeran's Shape of You.
The ceremony for Hollywood Music in Media Awards took place at The Avalon in Hollywood, California, on 20 November.
The choir recently performed at The Eat Out Awards and have an album coming out soon via Sony Music.
Some of the other big winners were Cynthia Erivo and Joshuah Brian Campbell who co-wrote the song for the film, Harriet in which Erivo stars as the titular character (see the full list here).
The choir from Limpopo and Wouter shared the news on social media.
Wouter said: "We just heard we won the HMMA (Hollywood Music in Media Award) with Ndlovu Youth Choir for 'Best Independent Music Video' for our Zulu version of Ed Sheeran's Shape of You."
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Compiled by Alex Isaacs (Sources: Billboard).