They have set new precedents for all SA artists, being the only SA group to sell out the Sun City Superbowl and the Standard Bank Arena 6 times each.

This multi-platinum- selling band was the first to re-define live staging and production standards for SA acts; the first to command a million Rand sponsorship deal, and were the first and only group to remain at the top of the SA national sales charts for over a year.

Internationally, Mango Groove's unique and magical blend of South African marabi, kwela and pop influences, together with the voice and presence of Claire Johnston and the evocative penny whistle melodies of Mduduzi Magwaza, has captivated audiences around the world.

Highlights of their career include the direct satellite link- up to the Freddie Mercury tribute in London (to an estimated audience of a billion people); their performance in front of 200 000 people at the Paris "SOS Racism" concert; and their performance at the renowned Montreux Jazz festival where the band received 3 encores. From London to Hong Kong to Toronto to Sydney, the band has played to sell- out crowds…

Mango Groove was given the honour of being the only South African (indeed African) act to be invited to perform at the "Celebrate Hong Kong '97" Reunification Concert.  This historic event, part of the official celebrations commemorating the hand over of Hong Kong to China, was televised world wide and immortalised on a commemorative CD.
Mango Groove was also especially proud to have been associated with the ABC world- wide broadcast of Nelson Mandela's release where their music was used as the main theme. A few years later they headlined at his inauguration.

Mango Groove has long been aware of music's unique power to change people's hearts and minds, and through the years the band has raised hundreds of thousands of Rands for issues such as literacy, terminally ill children and conservation. They are a band that I have personally loved from the first time that I heard them on the radio, and I believe their music cannot be replicated by any group in the world. They truely are unique and gifted people with hearts of pure gold.