Boomplay Recap 2023: Black Sherif, Sarkodie, Wendy Shay, Diana Hamilton & More Are Top Artistes

From the captivating music releases in the year accompanied with trending sounds and viral dance challenges to the rave exploits of Ghanaian artistes, 2023 has been another great year for Ghanaian music.

As the year draws to its end, Africa’s premier music streaming and download platform, Boomplay, unveils its yearly report of music consumption on the platform that reflects music streaming data of local music scenes.

Tagged #BoomplayRecap2023 to signify the year under review, the report is segmented into three to focus on country, artiste and user insights of 2023.

The streaming platform recorded an increase in its catalogue to 120 million songs with over 10 million plus artists and 7500 plus content providers in the year under review.

The most popular music genres on Boomplay in 2023 include Afrofusion, Afrobeats, Amapiano, Gospel, Gengentone and HipHop & Rap.

According to the Boomplay Recap 2023 for Ghana, these are some of the categories of top artistes and most streamed songs of 2023:

Top Male Artiste

1. Black Sherif

2. Sarkodie

3. Stonebwoy

Top Female Artiste

1. Wendy Shay

2. Diana Hamilton

3. Gyakie

Top Rising Artiste

Banzy Banero

OlivetheBoy

Skyface SDW

Most Streamed Songs

1. Country Side - Sarkodie ft. Black Sherif

2. Konongo Zongo - Black Sherif

3. Oh Paradise - Black Sherif

Most Streamed Albums

1. The Villain I Never Was - Black Sherif

2. Jamz - Sarkodie

3. 5th Dimension - Stonebwoy