Ghanaian Dancehall King, Shatta Wale had a lot to celebrate yesterday, when American music giants Billboard released a list of the most watched home- grown artiste across Africa within the past 12 months. The statistics by Billboard Africa covered countries like Angola, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Algeria, Ghana, Mozambique, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania.
Billboard’s list was based on YouTube views accumulated by the various Top musicians on their channels. According to to Billboard, Shatta Wale dominated here in Ghana with a total view count of 13.62 million.
Here are my two reasons why i think Billboard Lied
1 . Billboard Lied about Shatta’s Age and Profession
According to Billboard, Shatta Wale who has been in the Ghanaian music Industry is 20 years of age. Shatta wale who has been in the music Industry for close to 15 years cannot be 20 years old and so it was hilarious for Billboard to lie about his age. Billboard also said that Shatta Wale was an actor which is also false. This is what Billboard wrote about Shatta on their website.
”Wale’s 2019 album is called Wonder Boy and the 20 year old singer song-writer and actor, seems determined to live up to that name. The countries two biggest political parties have used his songs in their campaigns. In 2018 his album Reign hit number 5 on Billboards World Top Album chart and he April he organized the online faith concert to cheer up fellow Ghanaians during Covid-19 pandemic.”
2 . Shatta Wale Posts every sort of content, Including his Facebook live rants on his YouTube Channel
Unlike the other musicians on this list like Sarkodie, Stonebwoy, Diana Hamilton and Kofi Kinaata, who upload only their music on their channels, Shatta Wale does quite the opposite. The dancehall hall King frequently goes live on Facebook to call out other musicians and celebrities in the Industry and post on his channel. But as far as Views per Music Videos and audio slides are concerned, Shatta Wale does not lead the pack.
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