Black Sherif sets record on Boomplay, becomes first Ghanaian Artist to hit 100M streams

Black Sherif sets record on Boomplay, becomes first Ghanaian Artist to hit 100M streams

Black Sherif has been the first Ghanaian artist to reach 100 million plays on Boomplay, Africa’s most comprehensive music streaming and download platform.

This remarkable achievement puts the “Kwaku the Traveller” singer on par with A-list African artists like as Burna Boy, Wizkid, Davido, Diamond Platinumz, Fireboy DML, Joeboy, Omah Lay, and Rayvanny, who have all reached and beyond that mark.

“It’s a significant thing to me to reach 100 million streams on Boomplay in such a short period and to be the first Ghanaian artist to do so,” Black Sherif posted on social media as he shared this great achievement with his followers.

The 20-year-old artiste, born Mohammed Ismail Shariff, gained mainstream recognition following the release of his hit songs “First Sermon” and “Second Sermon” in 2021.

This was after he had churned out songs like Money, Adea Kye, Ankonam, Cry For Me and Destiny which received little attention in 2020.

A remix of his “Second Sermon” featuring Burna Boy gave him further reach across Africa and beyond.

Black Sherif won the four awards at the 2022 3Music Awards, held in March 2022, including the Boomplay Breakthrough Act of the Year.

At the same event, he debuted a spectacular performance of his latest single, “Kwaku the Traveller”. The song skyrocketed him to African stardom and peaked at NO.1 on both Boomplay Ghana and Nigeria charts.

Black Sherif sets record on Boomplay, becomes first Ghanaian Artist to hit 100M streams.