{"id":441431,"date":"2017-11-26T21:00:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-26T21:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/26\/shatta-wale-is-the-highest-earning-ghanaian-musician-on-youtube-survey\/"},"modified":"2017-11-26T21:00:24","modified_gmt":"2017-11-26T21:00:24","slug":"shatta-wale-is-the-highest-earning-ghanaian-musician-on-youtube-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/26\/shatta-wale-is-the-highest-earning-ghanaian-musician-on-youtube-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Shatta Wale is the highest-earning Ghanaian musician on YouTube &#8211; Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Sunday, 26 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>yen.com.gh<\/p>\n<p>2017-11-26<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/59606264.295.jpg\" alt=\"Paid Youtube\" title=\"Paid Youtube\" width=\"295\" height=\"221\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Problems like piracy and non-payment of copyright royalties have combined to deny artistes their muc<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813995117\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813995117\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1511730023_781_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghanaian music artistes have always had the problem not earning enough from their craft. <\/p>\n<p>Problems like piracy and non-payment of copyright royalties have combined to deny artistes their much deserved revenue.<\/p>\n<p>But for those who know their way around social media, they tend to leverage the influence to make bring in some extra revenue especially through their YouTube channels. <\/p>\n<p>A Ghanaian digital marketer, Samuel Barimah, has conducted a research into the YouTube earnings of Ghanaian artistes. <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nUsing statistics from socialblade.com including the subscription counts and views of these celebrities he has put together a list of the highest-earning Ghanaian musicians on YouTube. <\/p>\n<p>According to Barimah&#8217;s survey Dancehall King, Shatta Wale topped the list followed by Sarkodie, StoneBwoy, Bisa K&#8217;Dei and Becca. <br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nBelow is the list as published on ghanacelebrities.com: <\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>1 Shatta Wale:<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/99208212.jpg\" \/><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSocial blade rank rank &#8211; 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