ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Shatta Wale Beats Sarkodie And Stonebwoy To Become Billboard’s Most-Watched Homegrown Artiste
Popular Ghanaian Reggae and dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale has according to Billboard emerged top among the most-watched local artiste among the top 5 most popular artistes in Ghana.
dubbed ”Local Heroes”, the list takes into cognizance the Youtube views accrued by individual artistes over the year.
Shatta Wale topped the five most-watched homegrown artiste in Ghana chart with an overwhelming 13.26M streams.
He has ranked ahead of his former best friend, BET award-winning rapper and singer – Sarkodie, Nickelodeon & BET Winner, 3-Time Best Reggae/Dancehall African Act – Stonebwoy, award-winning Gospel Star – Diana Hamilton, and Rapper/Singer – Kofi Kinaata who accrued 11.72M, 7.86M, 6.42M, and 4.63M YouTube views respectively.
Profiling the artiste, Billboard wrote;
”Wale's 2019 album is called Wonder Boy, and the 20-year-old singer-songwriter and actor seems determined to live up to that name. The country's two biggest political parties have used his songs in campaigns; his 2018 album, Reign, hit No. 6 on Billboard's Top World Albums chart; and in April, he organized the online Faith Concert to cheer up fellow Ghanaians during the COVID-19 pandemic”.
See the full list on Billboard's platform HERE
What do you make of the list?
