{"id":42077,"date":"2025-11-17T16:43:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T16:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=42077"},"modified":"2025-11-17T16:43:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T16:43:04","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignberita-opens-up-about-notas-impact-on-her-sama-winning-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/17\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignberita-opens-up-about-notas-impact-on-her-sama-winning-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Berita opens up about Nota\u2019s impact on her SAMA-winning album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_166093\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166093\" class=\"wp-image-166093 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Berita-opens-up-about-Notas-impact-on-her-SAMA-winning-album.jpg?resize=600%2C435&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Berita-opens-up-about-Notas-impact-on-her-SAMA-winning-album.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Berita-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-166093\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Berita<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Berita has set social media alight after openly acknowledging the role her ex-husband, Nhlamulo \u201cNota\u201d Baloyi, played in the creation of her acclaimed album <em>Songs in the Key of Love<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The Afro-soul singer shared a deeply emotional clip on X, offering a rare glimpse into the demanding process behind the 2015 SAMA-winning project.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, Berita speaks candidly about how Nota, who served as executive producer at the time, pushed her and the team to keep going when exhaustion threatened to halt progress.<\/p>\n<p>With her voice filled with emotion, she said, \u201cHe pushed us\u2026 We were tired, but he kept saying, \u2018Finish it.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The moment felt intimate and unfiltered, with Berita dressed in a pink top against a plain white backdrop as she reflected on how Nota\u2019s determination and direction helped transform the album into a celebrated body of work that went on to win the Rest of Africa category at the SAMAs.<\/p>\n<p>Following the clip, fans flooded timelines with reactions. Many praised Nota for his drive and influence, crediting him for what they described as Berita\u2019s strongest era.<\/p>\n<p>Others pointed out how noticeably quiet the singer\u2019s career has been since their divorce, suggesting that his presence behind the scenes played a bigger role than previously acknowledged.<\/p>\n<p>The caption accompanying the clip summed up the general sentiment: \u201cWow, NOTA is truly him. He really is exactly who he thinks he is.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Berita shared how her then-husband, NOTA, pushed her and the team to complete the recording of her SAMA award-winning album \u2018Songs in the Key of Love\u2019, which he also executive-produced.\u2665\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Wow \u2014 NOTA is truly him. He really is exactly who he thinks he is.\ud83d\ude4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i1UzGSMoIl\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/i1UzGSMoIl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 YaseBlock B \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddff (@ThisIsColbert) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThisIsColbert\/status\/1990005282286829839?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">November 16, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Berita #opens #Notas #impact #SAMAwinning #album<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Berita Berita has set social media alight after openly acknowledging the role her ex-husband, Nhlamulo \u201cNota\u201d Baloyi, played in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42077"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42079,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42077\/revisions\/42079"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}