Top Five (5) Most Viewed Northern Based Ghanaian Artistes On YouTube .

 

YouTube is an American online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States. Accessible worldwide, it was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google and is the second-most visited website after Google Search. YouTube has more than 2.5 billion monthly users, who collectively watch more than one billion hours of videos each day as described by Wikipedia  

            Many musicians have used YouTube as a method for music distribution and been able to support themselves. Based on the volume of their channel's viewers, YouTube rewards artists. 

Below is the top five most viewed Northern based Ghanaian artists on YouTube.

1. Fancy Gadam

Number one is none other than Ahmed Mujahid Bello, known by his stage name Fancy Gadam, a Ghanaian afropop, dancehall, and reggae musician. He’s also known as One Don. Fancy Gadam has been in the music industry for more than a decade as we speak. Fancy Gadam is one of the most successful and decorated artists in the Northern part of Ghana. In 2017, Fancy Gadam won the New Artist Of Year award over some famous artists, including AMG Medikal, at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA), and a year later he won the Most Popular Song Of The Year award with his song, which featured Sarkodie, titled Total Cheat over Patapa’s One Corner, which was a worldwide hit. Fancy Gadam has 13,096,456 total views on YouTube with 126 videos and 97,400 plus subscribers on his channel.

2. Maccasio 

The second in the list of the most viewed Northern-based Ghanaian artists on YouTube is Sherif Abdul Majeed, known by his stage name Maccasio, a Ghanaian hip-hop, hip-life, and Afropop recording Artist and Entrepreneur. He is from the Kingdom of Dagbon, in the Northern Region of Ghana. Maccasio, as a musician, is one of the most famous and decorated artists in the history of Northern Ghana. In 2017, Maccasio won the Social Media personality award at a prestigious awards scheme called the People’s Celebrity Awards over some big celebrities, including Shatta Wale, Sarkodie, Stonebwoy, Fancy Gadam, Amg Medikal, Nana AMA McBrown, Hajia 4Real, Moesha, and Lydia Forson. In 2019, he won Raggea Dancehall song of the year with his song Dagomba Girl featuring Mugeez Of R2Bees at the Ghana Music Awards in the UK. Maccasio has 4,489,640 total views on YouTube, with 151 videos and 51,600 plus subscribers.

3. De Donzy 

Striker De Donzy is the next name on the list. One of the most popular musicians in the North East is Striker De Donzy. He sings in Mamprusi, which is his native tongue. One of the very few performers who performed well in the 5,000-seat Bokum Boxing Arena was Striker De Donzy. No artist below him has been able to exceed him, despite the fact that he remained quiet for three months after releasing his most recent song , Lag'fu. De Donzy has over 18,500 subscribers and 2,092,716 views on YouTube across 55 videos.

4. IsRahim

Israhim comes next on the list. The fourth most popular Ghanaian artist on YouTube with a northern base is Abdallah Abdul Rahim, better known by his stage name IsRahim. One of the most gifted and popular musicians in the northern region of Ghana is IsRahim. IsRahim is one of the very few performers who have enjoyed success in the 20,000-seat Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium. IsRahim has 19,000 subscribers and 1,512,374 total views across 62 videos.

5. Fad Lan

Fad Lan is listed after that, fifth most watched Ghanaian musician on YouTube is Fad Lan, who is from the North. Rapper Fad Lan is from Ghana and is based in Tamale, the northern's capital. He sings and raps in his Dagbanli native tongue, Fad Lan raps and sings. Right present in the northern region of Ghana, Fad Lan music genre is different from the other musicians. Fad Lan is responsible for many young people falling in love with music. He is one of the select few performers at the 20,000-seat Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium who have a successful performance. On YouTube, Fad Lan has received 1,310,613 total views for 28 different videos and 23,200 subscribers.