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Songs by two of Ghana’s dancehall giants, Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy have been ranked most popular songs by BBC.

The ranking is by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in its poll of the three most popular songs in Ghana last week.

According to the international media house, two songs from the self-proclaimed dancehall king, Charles Nii Armah Mensah aka Shatta Wale and one song from Livingstone Etse Satekla aka Stonebwoy, were the most popular songs in Ghana.

The songs from Shatta Wale, “Dem Confuse” and hit song, “Freedom” took the second and first place respectively in the most popular songs list.

Stonebwoy’s “Hero” took the third place of the most popular songs played in Ghana.

The ranking video was first discovered by experienced sports journalist, Gary Al-Smith.

Shatta Wale got word of it and shared it on his social media pages wall.

The dancehall artist on Facebooke captioned his post, “BBC No.1 song in Ghana!!! Discovered by yours truly SM sports presenter Gary Al- Smith.”

On Twitter however, he wrote; “BBC said it ooo not me”.

Both artistes really started this year on a good note.

Stonebwoy, who got married last year is expecting his wife to put to bed soon. His Epistles Of Mama album has been ranked the second best in the whole world.

Shatta on the other hand is doing well from both sides. His SM family is doing quite well in the entertainment industry with his Militants releasing their music videos on the same day. The videos are no doubts doing great in the industry already with Captan hitting over 1K views on Youtube.

https://twitter.com/shattawalegh/status/954869049980325888

Ghanaians have over the years, seen and enjoyed great and melodious songs from various artistes. The Ghana music industry also continues to witness a lot of great talents who are on daily bases making the nation proud.

Over the years, some popular household names such as Obrafour, Reggie Rockstone, Obour, Samini among others seem to be giving way for a new crop of generation.

Although this is a common practice in every industry, what is interesting is the overwhelming rate at which these young artistes have virtually taken over major radio and television stations across the country with their songs. Of course, it’s not so easy for on e to achieve this, and that one too as a new artiste.

These artistes though new in the system, one can easily conclude that they have succeeded in curving a unique niche for themselves with their level of consistency with their instant hit songs. In this week, we have identified top four young Ghanaian artistes who are breaking through the music industry and winning the hearts of music lovers with their banging songs.

Although this is debatable, what is quite evident is that the young musicians have completely hijacked our radio and television stations with their songs.

There’s no two ways about the fact that, no day passes by without us hearing songs, especially those listed below being played on any our TV or radio stations.

Below are the top four artistes that have hijacked our airwaves with their tracks and videos;

1. Kuami Eugene

Born Eugene Marfo, the upping musician who rose to fame was a participant of the music reality show, MTN Hitmaker- season 5 where he showcased his musical prowess to the world with outstanding performances.

The 19 year old singer and rapper has also joined the list of the multiple awards winning female dancehall act, MzVee under the management of Lynx Entertainment. His name has become one of the greatest household name with his constant release of hit tracks such as Boom Bang Bang, Fadama Boy, Haribaba and Angela.

Below is his video for Angela track;

2. Ebony Reigns

Born Priscilla Opoku- Kwarteng, but widely known as Ebony Reigns, she rose to fame with her hit song ‘Poison’. She is also known for her hit songs , ‘Kupe’, and ‘Date Your Father’.

Below is her ‘Date Your Father’ Video;

Kidi

Dennis Nana Dwamena, known by his stage name Kidi, is a young budding Ghanaian  R&B musician who won the MTN hitmaker 4 in 2015. He is known for his hit songs such as ‘Say You Love Me’, ‘Never Again’, ‘Odo’ etc.

Below is his video for ‘Odo’,

 

4. Fancy Gadam

Real name, Mujahid Ahmed Bello, he won the New Artist of the year award at the 2017 Ghana Music Awards. He released his first album titled ‘Kalipo’ in 2011 and has performed with great artistes like Davido, Wizkid among others. His recent song ‘Total Cheat’, which features Sarkodie is among the current songs that have hijacked our airwaves.

Below is the official video of his song ‘Total Cheat’.