{"id":752413,"date":"2019-11-26T13:57:19","date_gmt":"2019-11-26T13:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/26\/ghanaian-artistes-miss-out-on-cnns-africas-biggest-music-stars\/"},"modified":"2019-11-26T13:57:19","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T13:57:19","slug":"ghanaian-artistes-miss-out-on-cnns-africas-biggest-music-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/26\/ghanaian-artistes-miss-out-on-cnns-africas-biggest-music-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaian artistes miss out on CNN’s Africa\u2019s biggest music stars \u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Television channel giant CNN has released a list of African biggest music stars and surprisingly no Ghanaian artiste made it to the list.<\/p>\n

Many people in the country especially music lovers would have wished at list one of our A-list artiste namely Sarkodie, Shatta Wale, and Stonebwoy.<\/p>\n

CNN on November 22, 2019, published a compilation of 10 Africa\u2019s biggest stars in the music industry.<\/p>\n

The list which included 5 Nigerian musicians(Burna Boy, Yemi Alade, Tiwa Savage, Wizkid and Mr. Eazi) saw no Ghanaian artists included.<\/p>\n

Recent Grammy Award nominee, Burna Boy topped the list over his recent exploits.<\/p>\n

See the full list below:<\/p>\n

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  1. Burna Boy (Nigeria)<\/li>\n
  2. Angelique Kidjo (Benin)<\/li>\n
  3. Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania)<\/li>\n
  4. Yemi Alade (Nigeria)<\/li>\n
  5. Tiwa Savage (Nigeria)<\/li>\n
  6. Wizkid (Nigeria)<\/li>\n
  7. Mr.Eazi (Nigeria)<\/li>\n
  8. Sho Madjozi (South Africa)<\/li>\n
  9. Busiswa Gqulu (South Africa)<\/li>\n
  10. Mwila Musonda (Zambia)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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