Ghanaian record breaking musician , Black Sherif, has achieved a milestone of being the first Ghanaian to ever hit the 300 million stream mark on boomsplay.
Black Sheriff’s debut album “The Villain I Never Was” received a tonne of attention both before and after it was released, making ripples in and across seas accumulating to his success.
He gained popularity in 2021 with his song “First Sermon” released in May and later followed up with the “Second Sermon” in July where his breakthrough came in March 2022 with his hit single “Kwaku the Traveller”, which reached Number One on the Ghanaian and Nigerian Apple Music charts.
The 14 listed track album, ”The Villain I Never Was” was released on October 5, 2022 which he only featured Nigerian’s finest Afrobeat sensation, Burnaboy, for the remix of “second sermon”.
Black Sherif bagged the numerous awards in the just ended Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) including Artists Of The Year, Best Music Video, M
Most Popular Song of the Year, Best Collaboration Of The Year.
In a related development, Afro-Dancehall and Reggae superstar Stonebwoy has also been awarded a Golden Club plaque by Africa’s premier music streaming and download platform, Boomplay.
The award is given to artists who have surpassed 100 million streams on the platform, and Stonebwoy is one of only a handful of African artists to have achieved this feat.
The ‘Therapy’ crooner’s 100 million streams milestone was buoyed by the performance of his new album, 5th Dimension, which has been streamed over 23.5 million times on Boomplay. The album’s lead single, “Into the Future,” has also been a major hit, peaking at number one on the Boomplay Ghana Charts.
In receiving the plaque, Stonebwoy expressed his gratitude to his fans and to Boomplay for their support. He said, “I am extremely grateful to my fans for playing a huge part in my story and also to Boomplay for being an enabler of this music space so that artists can realise their dreams.”
Boomplay General Manager Elizabeth Ntiamoah-Quarshie said, “On the occasion where we celebrate Stonebwoy’s Golden Club feat, I must say we are proud of his accomplishments because as much as we are always part of the success stories of artists, Stonebwoy is part of our success story here in Ghana.
GNA