Shatta Wale Celebrates As His Album Ranks Number Two In Ghana On Apple Music Charts

Shatta Wale Celebrates As His Album Ranks Number Two In Ghana On Apple Music Charts

  • Shatta Wale has celebrated his recently released album SAFA, peaking at number two on Apple Music Charts Ghana
  • In a post on X, the dancehall icon bragged about the accomplishment, alluding that despite the backing of industry support, the project was doing well
  • The album fell behind one of his rivals, Kweku Smoke, whose Born In Hell album rains number one despite weeks into its release
  • Chris Tsormanah, in a conversation with YEN.com.gh, spoke on Shatta Wale's project and how it has performed

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Ghanaian dancehall musician Shatta Wale's latest album, SAFA, has peaked at number two on the Apple Music Charts in Ghana, marking another milestone for the project.

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Shatta Wale celebrates his project ranking on Apple Music charts. Photo source: shattawalegh
Source: Twitter

The news comes after Shatta Wale took to X (formerly Twitter) to celebrate the album's success and point out that it was achieved without the backing of major industry support.

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In his post, Shatta Wale highlighted the fact that SAFA had climbed the charts without the involvement of a distribution or record label, bragging about his ability to thrive independently. His fanbase, Shatta Movement, has also celebrated the achievement, sharing his excitement on social media.

While SAFA held the second spot, it was behind rival Kweku Smoke's Born in Hell album, which continued to reign at number one after several weeks. Despite this, Shatta Wale was happy about his album's performance.

Entertainment pundit analyses SAFA

Chris Tsormanah, in a conversation with YEN.com.gh, spoke on the performance on Shatta Wale's SAFA album and expressed that it is expected for the musician's project to perform better than it has given his reputation as one of the biggest artists in the country. He said:

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"The performance has not been bad; it has performed well on Audiomack, but for someone like Shatta Wale, you would expect him to do even better, given what he has done in the past with previous projects. All the same it is a decent performance."

Shatta Wale sparks reactions

YEN.com.gh gathered some reactions from social media users.

jnrfrenkie19 said:

"Kweku smoke sef Wey no get the fans u get sef enter number 1 as he dropped his album, make we think tsww"

Mr_Man_O commented:

Kweku smoke 💨 said:

"@kwekusmoke_leading and being at no. 1 and 4 position should tell you something"

BrightDelali4 commented:

"Second to an underground Rapper and you think you are the ONE ? 😂😂😂😂😂 joke"

Kevlar__Gh wrote:

"You 2nd to Kwaku smoke…the guy you said you will end his career 😂😂 you no shy sef?"

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Shatta Wale speaks on Mahama

Shatta Wale caused a stir again after some comments he passed about former president John Mahama.

In a report by YEN.com.gh, the musician said John Dramani Mahama was not given the chance to implement his policies during his tenure

The musician claimed that he profited greatly during the former president's term in office compared to the current government.

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Source: YEN.com.gh

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Geraldo Amartey (Entertainment Editor) Geraldo Amartey is an Entertainment Editor at YEN.com.gh. He pursued a degree in linguistics at the University of Ghana and graduated in 2020. He has over three years of experience in journalism. Geraldo's professional career in journalism started at the Ministry Of Information, where he worked as a writer. He has completed Google News Initiative News Lab courses in Advanced Digital Reporting and Fighting Misinformation. You can reach out to him at geraldo.amartey@yen.com.gh.

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