AustraliaSampa the Great is the #16,860 most-subscribed YouTube creator worldwide and #197 in Australia, with 216K subscribers and 45.6M total views across 79 videos. Sampa the Great is known as author, composer and musician.
Biography
Sampa Tembo, known professionally as Sampa the Great, is a Zambian singer, rapper, and songwriter. Between 2014 and 2020, she was based in Australia. Her debut solo album, The Return, peaked at No. 12 on the ARIA Albums Chart. At the 2019 ARIA Music Awards she won Best Hip Hop Release for her second single, "Final Form". In the following year she won the same category for The Return, as well as Best Female Artist and Best Independent Release. In March 2020 Sampa became the first artist to win the Australian Music Prize twice: for Birds and the Bee9 and The Return. The artist was based back in Zambia from late 2020, where she issued her second studio album, As Above, So Below.
Channel description
“I’m coming back with the confidence of knowing who I am.” As the profile of Sampa The Great has soared internationally in recent years, the woman behind the musical force was on a journey all her own. For Sampa Tembo, the fusion of her artistry and the perception of the public was one that forced her to face the anxieties and the identity challenges that only moving back home has managed to heal.
This recent sense of liberation and rediscovery has seen Sampa The Great engage in some of her most revealing and creatively stimulating music yet. Where her catalogue-defining earlier work still exists as legacy building pieces that she remains fiercely proud of, Sampa now finds herself creative from a place of pure happiness and peace.
“There’s no fear in standing in my identity, for fear that I wouldn’t be claimed at home. That’s finished. The two years have really healed that bit of me that was unsure, or felt like I didn't belong. That’s gone.”
Latest videos Channel ↗
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our song CAN'T HOLD US is officially featured in the FORTNITE trailer. #fortnite #trailer #Zamrock
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Brought you into the world of Nu Zamrock ⚫️🎸❤️Can’t hold us Behind the Scenes. #nuzamrock
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This song is Inyanced w/ @mwanje8035 ⚫️🎸🇧🇼🇿🇲 #newmusic #music #nuzamrock
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Nu Year. Nu Music. Nu Zamrock ⚫️🎸🤘🏾 2026 got us feeling like this! #newmusic@mwanje8035
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It’s bigger than the music. It’s a movement. #nuzamrock #newmusic #altmusic
Frequently asked
- How many subscribers does Sampa The Great have?
- 216K subscribers — #16,860 worldwide, #197 in Australia.
- What is Sampa The Great's real name?
- Sampa The Great's real name is Sampa the Great, born 1993.
- When did Sampa The Great start on YouTube?
- The channel was created in Sep 2015.
- What awards has Sampa The Great won?
- Recognitions include Australian Music Prize.