FRESHLYGROUND

AGE: 5
OCCUPATION: South African Afro-Fusion band
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0

PRO: First South African musical act ever to receive the MTV award for Best African Act—at the annual MTV Europe Music Awards. The band's members, five whites and two blacks, come from Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

CON: Hugely popular in South Africa and gaining momentum in Europe, the group has still yet to find a large audience in the U.S.