{"id":127106,"date":"2023-12-04T11:23:44","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T11:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/04\/black-sherif-becomes-most-streamed-gh-artiste-on-boomplay-for-2023\/"},"modified":"2023-12-04T11:23:44","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T11:23:44","slug":"black-sherif-becomes-most-streamed-gh-artiste-on-boomplay-for-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/04\/black-sherif-becomes-most-streamed-gh-artiste-on-boomplay-for-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Sherif becomes most streamed GH artiste on Boomplay for 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The 2023 most streamed musician in Ghana, according to Boomplay is none other than Black Sherif, the current VGMA Artiste of the Year.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-901\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-114\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Boomplay released its annual report on music consumption on the digital streaming platform, which includes streaming data from local music scenes over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-909\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The most popular acts on the charts were Black Sherif, followed by Sarkodie in second place and Stonebwoy in third.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-910\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-122\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Under the tag #BoomplayRecap2023 to represent the year under review, the report is divided into three sections to highlight nation, artist, and user insights for 2023.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-911\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><\/p>\n<p>With over 10 million artists and more than 7,500 content suppliers, the streaming platform reported growing its repertoire to 120 million songs in the year under review.<\/p>\n<p>The top musical genres on Boomplay for the year were gospel, Amapiano, Afrobeats, Afrofusion, Amapiano, Gengentone and hip-hop and rap.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-912\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-123\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_390143\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-390143\" style=\"width:1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ezlazyload wp-image-390143 size-full\" alt=\"Black beat Sarkodie and Stonebwoy on boomplay\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1701689024_677_Top-boom-4.jpeg 1080w,https:\/\/www.ghbase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Top-boom-4-150x150.jpeg 150w,https:\/\/www.ghbase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Top-boom-4-300x300.jpeg 300w,https:\/\/www.ghbase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Top-boom-4-696x696.jpeg 696w,https:\/\/www.ghbase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Top-boom-4-1068x1068.jpeg 1068w,https:\/\/www.ghbase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Top-boom-4-420x420.jpeg 420w\"  ezimgfmt=\"rs rscb1 src ng ngcb1 srcset\" data-ezsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1701689024_677_Top-boom-4.jpeg\"\/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-390143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Black beat Sarkodie and Stonebwoy<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"ezoic-autoinsert-video ezoic-under_second_paragraph\"\/><\/p>\n<h2><b>Black Sherif remarkable year in perspective<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Black Sherif, also known as Blacko, is truly deserving of all the attention he\u2019s been getting at just 21 years old. In 2023, for the second year in a row, he will shine brightly with his incredible achievements.<\/p>\n<p>He started the year with a bang by releasing a double single called \u2018YAYA\u2019 and \u2018SIMMER DOWN\u2019, both of which were amazing. And now, he\u2019s dropped another masterpiece called \u2018OH NO\u2019 that\u2019s making waves on various streaming platforms.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-913\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Since the release of his debut album, \u201cThe Villain I Never Was,\u201d last year, he has proven himself to be one of Africa\u2019s most influential creative voices.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-124\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>His music has been streamed globally in massive numbers, making him the most-streamed Ghanaian artist of 2022 on Spotify and the most-streamed Ghanaian artist of all time on Boomplay, a popular African streaming platform.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-914\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s truly remarkable how he has achieved all of this in such a short amount of time, contributing to the new sound emerging from Africa. He\u2019s also getting ready for his annual concert, \u2018Zaama Disco,\u2019 which will be held on December 21.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ezoic-autoinsert-video ezoic-mid_content\"\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2023 most streamed musician in Ghana, according to Boomplay is none other than Black Sherif, the current VGMA Artiste of the Year. Boomplay released its annual report on music consumption on the digital streaming platform, which includes streaming data from local music scenes over the weekend. 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