Black Sherif debut at number 5 on Billboard’s Afrobeats Songs chart

Black Sherif is on another chart a day after making his solo debut on Billboard’s Top Triller Global Chart.

The rapper’s ‘Kwaku The Traveller’ debuted at number five on the new Billboard Afrobeat Songs Chart.

The song beat ‘Finesse’ (by Pheelz and Buju) and ‘Attention’ (by Omah Lay and Justin Beiber), all of which have been on the chart for four weeks, to claim the spot.

‘Kwaku The Traveller’ also follows Wizkid’s ‘Essense’ at number 3 and Tems’ ‘Free Mind’ at number four.

At number one is Ckay with ‘Love Nwantintin’.

Black Sherif debut at number 5 on Billboard’s Afrobeats Songs chart
‘Kwaku The Traveller’ is the third song to make the new Afrobeats Songs chart since its launch on March 29, 2020.

DJ Nektunez’s ‘Amenor Amapiano’, which debuted at number seven on March 29, is at the 13th spot, and Kelvyn Boy’s ‘Down Flat‘ holds the 33rd spot.

This comes after, on Tuesday, April 19, ‘Kweku The Traveller’ held the 12th spot on the Billboard Top Triller Global Chart.

This is not the first time the song is making waves beyond Ghana’s borders.

After its release, ‘ ‘Kwaku the Traveller’ became the first Ghanaian song to rise to number one on the Top 100 Apple Music Chart in Nigeria.

It was also number one in Ghana and Gambia. It also debuted on Apple Music’s Global Top 100 at number 73.

On AudioMack, Black Sherif was among the most streamed Hip-Hop artists. He was ahead of Kodak Black, Lil Durk and JUICEWRLD.

According to Shazam, ‘Kweku The Traveller’ became the most searched song in the week of April 9.

Currently, it is number two on YouTube’s trending music list, and the audio has garnered about 4.2 million views on the platform two weeks after its release.