Boomplay Music Africa’s leading music streaming service has released the 2020 Music Facts Report for Ghanaian music and according to the 2020 report, dancehall act, Stonebwoy retains his spot as the number one ‘Top Streamed Ghanaian Male Artiste’
This is the third in a row for the dancehall artiste, with a previous bagging of the same in 2018 and 2019, as Wendy Shay leads the ladies group as the ‘Top Streamed Ghanaian Female Artiste’.
Stonebwoy also had the top streamed album, with his fourth studio album ‘Anloga Junction’ earning the highest streams of all Ghanaian albums released on the platform over the year.
Sarkodie’s 2019 album ‘Black Love’ tailgated that of Stoneboy by ‘feet landing’ the second position.
In addition to these albums, Boomplay also revealed reports for the ‘Top Streamed Ghanaian Songs’ in which King Promise, Black Sherif, and KiDi made appearances as the top three artists with the most streamed songs.
The service also highlighted categories such as the ‘Top Breakout Ghanaian Artists’ and the ‘Top Streamed Ghanaian Female Artists’, where the likes of Fameye, Darkovibes, Black Sherif, Wendy Shay, Joyce Blessing, and Diana Hamilton all topped their lists respectively.
The reports presented in the Music Facts reports are based on data from the music app, which has over 50 million and 11 million Monthly Active Users and Daily Active Users respectively as of November 2020, as well as music from 3.4 million artists from around the globe.
Boomplay also boasts of an expansive catalogue of over 44 million tracks, and the app is available on iOS, Android, and the web.
The Boomplay fact sheet is an annual report that showcases top music trends, genres, and artists of the year, amongst other relevant information. The categories include; Top streamed male artist and female artist (Ghana, Sub-Saharan Africa, and International), most engagements, breakout artistes, top streamed songs (Ghanaian and International), top streamed albums (Ghanaian and International) and top streamed genres.
The 2020 Music Facts report has all the data, and it’s the perfect way to know all the top artists, albums, songs, and more, that music lovers in Ghana enjoyed the most in 2020.
Boomplay is a music streaming and download service provided by Transsnet Music Limited and was first launched in Nigeria in 2015. The company has regional offices in Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, and Nigeria, as it focuses on African local and urban music content.
Boomplay Music released “Boomplay Music Version 2.1” in March 2016 introducing its Premium Subscription which featured paid subscription services. However, in March 2017, Boomplay Music released Version 3.0 which featured a new logo, redesigned User Interface and the introduction of a new “Buzz” feature that allows users access the entertainment news without leaving the app.
On 5th November 2018, Boomplay Music agreed on a deal with Universal Music Group to distribute content from Universal’s music labels. The agreement brings UMG’s extensive catalog of both local and global recording artists including Eminem, Tekno, Post Malone, Nicki Minaj, Lady Zamar, Lil Wayne, Bob Marley, J.Cole, Diana Ross, Maroon 5, Cina Soul, Ella Mai, Mr. Eazi and many others to its users.
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Additionally, it consistently ranks as the number one music app in Africa.
