Emerging artists · LNKS Luanda Music Group
Rise.
The next voices of Angolan music, with the whole group behind them.
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The RISE Chart
RISE is where we put the artists who are moving. The RISE Chart is where you decide who moves fastest. Vote once a day, Monday to Friday. Each month is a new season: the first 10 artists to reach 25 votes enter the chart, and when it closes on Friday night the artist with the most votes is No. 1 on RISE.
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This week's race Top 6
This week Leaderboard
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The road to the chart
Everyone outside the Top 10. Vote to lift them into it.
- Duda Marcolino– votes 1
- Emily Ananás– votes 2
- Kleiny Estêvão– votes 3
- Marcia Bliss– votes 4
- Núria Nadiana– votes 5
- Txoboy Banzelo– votes 6
- Kelly Silva– votes 7
- Voto Gonçalves– votes 8
Connecting to the live chart…
How the chart works
- Sign in with Google to vote. We only see your name and email, never your password.
- Each person has one vote a day, for one artist, on the chart or on the artist's own page. You can change it until midnight. One account per phone per day.
- Days run on Luanda time. Voting runs Monday 00:00 to Friday 23:59.
- The chart runs in monthly seasons: every voting week that starts in that month.
- To enter the chart, an artist needs 25 votes in the season. The first 10 to get there stay on the chart for the whole season. Then the chart is full, and nobody new enters until the next season.
- Each week the artists on the chart compete for No. 1. Saturday and Sunday the chart is frozen. The artist with the most votes that week is No. 1 on RISE and joins the Hall of Fame. A tie goes to the artist who reached that total first. Monday a new week starts from zero.
- When the season ends, the artist with the most votes across the whole season is Season Champion. Then every artist starts again from zero.
- The arrows show how far each artist has moved since last week's final chart.
- LNKS may remove votes that break these rules.
No. 1 on RISE This week
Duda Marcolino
RISE Afrobeats · Kizomba
Singer and songwriter from Lubango, now based in Luanda. Afrobeats and kizomba, four releases since January 2025.
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Every weekly No. 1
Hall of Fame
The first RISE winner is crowned Friday at midnight, Luanda time.
What RISE is
RISE is our programme for new artists whose music is already moving: artists who release steadily, play live and are building an audience faster than their stage of career would suggest.
There are no auditions and no application form. Our team finds RISE artists on our own roster, through labels and managers who put their artists forward, and through music shared with #RISEbyLNKS, based on what each artist is already doing on their own.
Our team picks who joins RISE. You decide who is No. 1: every RISE artist can be voted for, the first 10 to reach 25 votes in a season enter the RISE Chart, and each week the fans' vote crowns the No. 1. Once chosen, an artist works with all four divisions of the group at the same time, so the person planning the release has heard the record and the person mixing it knows the date.
The whole group, from day one
LNKS Records
A release plan for every single, from the date to the campaign around it.
LNKS Studios
Studio time at LNKS Studios to record, produce and finish the music.
LNKS Publishing
Songs registered and protected, so the work keeps paying the writer.
LNKS Management
Live dates, partnerships and the day to day of a career that is starting to move.
The programme
A year on RISE
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Chosen
We meet the artist, listen to everything and build one plan for the year with all four divisions. The same week, fans can start voting for them.
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In the studio
Sessions at LNKS Studios to record, produce, mix and master the music.
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The release
A single released on every major platform with a campaign planned around it.
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The visuals
A photo shoot and a music video that give the release its own look.
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On stage
Live shows, and a seat on the RISE Podcast.
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Next level
A plan for what comes after RISE, with the whole group still behind them.
Coming to RISE
More is on the way
Listen
The RISE playlist
Every RISE artist in one place. Coming soon to Spotify and Apple Music.
Get involved
Three ways onto RISE
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Artists
Get found
RISE has no demo inbox and no application form. Post your music on Instagram or TikTok with the tag below. Our team listens to what is shared and reaches out to the artists we want to meet.
#RISEbyLNKS
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Labels and managers
Put an artist forward
Working with an artist who is ready to rise? Tell us who they are and why. If they are right for RISE, we build their plan together with you.
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Investors
Back RISE
RISE is how we find and develop the next voices of Angolan music. Investors and partners can help it reach more artists.
Investors
Questions about RISE are answered in our Help centre.
