{{BLP sources|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Alick Macheso | image = Alick Macheso by Bayhaus.jpg | caption = Alick Macheso performing in 2012 | birth_name = Alick Silva Macheso | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1968|6|10}} | origin = Shamva, Zimbabwe | instrument = Bass guitar, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, vocals | genre = Sungura | alias = Extrabasso, Razorwire, Cheso-Power, Chikopokopo, Baba Shero Aleck, Aleck, Chesology, Mopao | occupation = Singer-songwriter, guitarist, dancer, choreographer | years_active = 1983–present | label = ZMC, Last Power, Alema Studios, Gramma Records }} '''Alick Macheso''' (born 10 June 1968), is a Zimbabwean musician.
His album, Simbaradzo, was and still is the best-selling album of all time in Zimbabwe with mega hits like "Mundikumbuke" and "Amai VaRubhi".{{citation needed|date=March 2023}} The success of ''Simbaradzo'' was followed up with his album ''Zvakanaka Zvakadaro'' sealing his place as the greatest sungura musician of all time. Macheso can dance, sing, and play the bass, rhythm and lead guitars. In 2011 he initiated the popular Zora Butter dance which has come to be known as Macheso's initiative.<ref>{{cite news|title=Macheso launches Zora Butter dance|url=http://www.thezimbabwean.co/articles/36540/macheso-launches-zora-butter-dance.html|accessdate=3 March 2015|publisher=The Zimbabwean|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402131843/http://www.thezimbabwean.co/articles/36540/macheso-launches-zora-butter-dance.html|archive-date=2015-04-02|url-status=dead}}</ref> On June 10, 2022 he released his 12th album ''Tasvitswa Nashe''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Herald|first=The|title=Macheso's early Xmas gift|url=https://www.herald.co.zw/machesos-early-xmas-gift/|access-date=2021-02-01|website=The Herald|language=en-GB}}</ref> 2 August 2024 he then launched his 13th Album titled Kupa Kuturika at the Alexandra Sports Club.
==''Discograph''y==
''Albums:'' *''Magariro'' (1998) *''Vakiridzo'' (1999) *''Simbaradzo'' (2000) *''Zvakanaka Zvakadaro'' (2001) *''Zvido Zvenyu Kunyanya'' (2003) *''Vapupuri Pupurai'' (2005) *''Ndezvashe-Eh'' (2007) *''Zvinoda Kutendwa'' (2010) *''Kwatakabva Mitunhu (Kure KweKure)'' (2012) *''Tsoka Dzerwendo (Ayayaa)'' (2016) *''Dzinosvitsa Kure'' (2018) *''Tinosvitswa Nashee'' (2022) *''Kupa Kuturika (Kupa Kunopa)'' (2024)
''Singles:'' *''Zuro Ndizuro'' (single, 2020)
''Complications:'' *''Collection'' (2006) *''Alick Macheso & Orchestra Mberikwazvo Greatest hits, Vol. 1 (Live In Johannesburg)'' (2007) *''Alick Macheso & Orchestra Mberikwazvo Greatest hits, Vol. 2 (Live In Johannesburg)'' (2007) *''Greatest Hits'' (2010)
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