Spotify Wrapped: Nigerians Dominate in Ghana's 2021 Most Streamed Artists List
- Spotify Wrapped list had only three Ghanaian acts in its list and four Nigerian acts were featured in it
- Sarkodie topped the chart as Ghana's most streamed act ahead of Drake and Nigeria's Burna Boy
- King Promise completed the Top 10 as one of three Ghanaian artists who grabbed a spot in the list
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Multinational music streaming platform, Spotify Music has wrapped up its list of most-streamed artists in Ghana and Nigerian artists dominated the list with four spots and Ghanaian acts and American acts tying with 3 spots.
Ghanaian rapper Sarkodie topped the chart of Ghana's most streamed act ahead of Drake and Nigeria's Burna Boy.
The other Ghanaian artists that made the list were Kwesi Authur and King promise who took the fourth and tenth positions respectively on the list.
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Hot Hits Ghana — featuring tracks from Black Sherif, Kuami Eugene, and Wendy Shay among others — also emerged as the most-streamed playlist in Ghana.
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Although Nigerian artists were the most on the Ghanaian list, it would not be fair to say we do not support our own bearing in mind Sarkodie was the number one artist on the list.
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- Sarkodie
- Drake
- Burna Boy
- Kwesi Arthur
- WizKid
- Joeboy
- Davido
- Justin Bieber
- Kanye West
- King Promise
Rap, Afropop, Afro dancehall and Azontobeats were the genres that ruled as nightclubs revived and people got dancing shoes on in Ghana.
Talking of rap music, Sarkodie got the most album plays with “No Pressure” — knocking WizKid’s “Made in Lagos” and Justin Bieber’s “Justice” down to second and third in the process.
Wizkid snags two major categories at 2021 MOBO Awards
Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the 2021 MOBO Awards went down over the weekend and several stakeholders in the entertainment industry were in attendance.
Nigerian singer Wizkid was among the big winners of the night as he emerged as the winner of the Best African Act category and Best International Act category.
Female superstar Tiwa Savage was also in attendance and she presented an award category to a fellow colleague at the event.
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