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Black Sherif Becomes First Ghanaian Artist To Hit 10M Views On YouTube In Just 8 Months

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Second Sermon has hit over 10 million views on YouTube in less than 8 months after Ghanaian singer Black Sherif released the song. This is by far the fastest song from a Ghanaian artist to hit that milestone on the video streaming platform. Although Black Sherif is facing a lawsuit from his former manager and … Read more

Buy Views Again And It Will Be Over For You In Ghana – Fan Warns Stonebwoy

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Concerned fans of Ghanaian Dancehall musician Stonebwoy have warned him not to try and buy views again for his music videos on YouTube. Stonebwoy has been accused twice of buying views for his music videos on YouTube. The award winning musician reportedly bought views from India for his “Blessings” music video which features Grammy Nominated … Read more

Stonebwoy’s Song With Vic Mensa Hits 1.5Million Views On YouTube In 24hrs – Fans Say Its Fake

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Some critics are in disbelief that Ghanaian dancehall musician Stonebwoy’s Song Blessing which features Vic Mensa has hit over a million views on YouTube in 24 hours. Stonebwoy released “Blessing” on Friday April 16 as his second single for 2021 and the song is breaking records on streaming platforms. READ ALSO: Stonebwoy Set To Release … Read more

How Many Musicians Get 1.6m Views on their Songs in 4 Months? – Emelia Brobbey Slams Critics of her Musical Talent

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Actress and musician Emelia Brobbey is rubbing the faces of her critics in the mud after her ‘borla’ songs hit a milestone. In the words of the Fa Me Ko singer, “which mainstream artiste can boast of hitting over 1.6 million views on YouTube in just 4 months?” an achievement she has easily chalked. READ … Read more

Hajia4Real Hits Over 1 Million Views On YouTube With Her First Music Video “Badder Than”

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Hajia4Real just ventured into the music industry about a month ago and she has already hit targets some mainstream female artistes are struggling to achieve. Hajia4Real’s first single “Badder Than” has hit over a million views on video streaming platform YouTube, a big feat for an emerging act. READ ALSO: Stonebwoy Denies What Ghanaians Saw, … Read more

Should YouTube Views Be Used To Determine How Popular A Video Is In Ghana?

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After the 4th Syte Music Video Awards, controversial musician, Wanlov came out publicly to vent his spleen on the organisers of the annual awards.

Ever since the awards, I have been asking myself: What makes any video popular if not how many views the video gets on YouTube? I was one of the few people who shared Wanlov’s stand before he even came out strongly to register his displeasure on his sister’s behalf.

What was Wanlov’s problem with the organisers?

This is it and as simple as this. According to him even though Deborah Vanessa (his biological sister) released his ‘Uncle Obama’ music video on the same day EL released his ‘Kaalu’ video, she failed to get nominations in the award whiles the latter picked the Most Popular Music Video.

At the time of his rant, as many as 636,151 views have been recorded for the ‘Uncle Obama’ video as against 82,283 views for EL’s ‘Kaalu’ video. Even D-Black’s ‘Vera’ which was in the same category with EL has about 377,465.

By the above views, clearly EL’s ‘Kaalu’ video has no business being adjudged as the Most Popular Video in Ghana for 2012 unless the organisers had different criteria than the ‘mere’ views on YouTube.

You do not need to have a good or popular song to win a video award. The two songs don’t send any tangible or important message to the patrons out as they are just ordinary songs with meaningless lyrics.

There is honesty in Wanlov’s rants for the simple reason is that, when ‘Uncle Obama’ video was released, it went viral on the internet to the extent of many accusing the singer of being paid to compose the song for President Obama.

The popularity of the video offered her the opportunity to be interviewed and featured on CNN.

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