Satuday, 9 April, Fritz Klaaste announced on RSG that Die Heuwels Fantasties is the first Afrikaans rock group to reach Number 1 on SABC's Top 20 album sales chart. What makes this very special is that this chart has been going for forty years.
According to Klaaste, specialist broadcaster and producer from RSG, the Top 20 charts are forty years old and was pioneered by David Gresham on Springbok Radio. This is the official South African chart based on CD sales on a weekly basis.
The group beat Avril Lavigne (No. 4), Rihanna (No. 17) and Justin Bieber (No. 20) on this week's chart.
Die Heuwels Fantasties was announced at Number 4 on DKNT (KykyNET Top 10) this Saturday, as well. DKNT is a music programme that counts down the Top 10 Afrikaans CD sellers. Janine Opperman, producer of DKNT, commented that this is also the first time in DKNT's history that a rock group climbs so high on this chart - actually even appear on this chart! Congratulations!
The group is very delighted about these achievements. "To be so high on these charts is absolutely anbelievable. Again, our fans are to thank and I am just really pleased that people understand and enjoy the product that we worked on so hard," says Hunter Kennedy.
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| Pic: Sean Metelerkamp |
Die Heuwels Fantasties kicked off the year on a high note when they won four awards at the MK Awards in February for Best Group, Best Neon for Hyg Duiwel ft. Mr. X, Best SFX/Animation for Hyg Duiwel ft. Mr. X and Best Video for Hyg Duiwel ft. Mr. X.
The group's first self-titled album reached gold status in album sales last year. Supra Familias, the record label responsible for releases by Die Heuwels Fantasties and Jack Parow (amongst others), is owned by Pierre Greeff and Hunter Kennedy.
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