SA: Mi Casa’s Mamela goes gold

The Recording Industry of South Africa (RiSA) certifies singles and EPs with gold status after they have sold 10 000 units. RiSA equates 120 streams to one single. In the category 'Singles and EPs', RiSA certifies platinum status after more than 20 000 units are sold, double platinum after an additional 20 000 units are sold, and so on.

“My friends, I am beyond proud to let you know that ‘Mamela’ by Mi Casa is officially a gold-selling record,” Mi Casa singer J Something wrote on Facebook. “Words will never be able to capture what this moment means to me. I wrote this song in one of the hardest moments of my life. The opening lines were written in the ICU where tomorrow was not guaranteed and all we had was the moment to live in and hope to allow us to dream about a getaway when all the darkness would subside.”

“When I recorded this song, I laid it down in one take. I knew my heart and soul was in it and that we had managed to capture an emotion that was beautifully conveyed in the form of a song. I know a lot of you have found light in this song and many of you have gone on a little ‘getaway’ because of this song. I know it’s been a soundtrack to many special moments and that’s all I wanted to leave with you.”

The video for ‘Mamela’ was directed by Katya Abedian and produced by Allison Swank and Sazi Mbalekwa, with Jono Kyriakou and JP Turvey as camera operators. The song adds to Mi Casa's list of impressive achievements, including an international recording deal with Afroforce1 Records, a subsidiary of Universal Music Group Africa.