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World Top 20 Dancehall Musicians List Released, Shatta Wale’s Name Popped Up As The Only African Artiste

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Posted by Georgina Amoasi on December 15, 2019. Updated: 3:02 pm

 It’s a historic moment as the release of the world renowned dancehall musicians  top 20 Dancehall Artistes been released.

It is very true that Dancehall is one of the genres that are really fast trending and being streamed or listened to across the globe.


Shatta Wale from Ghana is the only artiste who made it to the list.

World Top 20 Best Dancehall Artistes That Trending On Social Media, Yet to confirmed.

1. Vybz Kartel

Adidja Azim Palmer popularly known as Vybz Kartel , is a Jamaican dancehall artist. Adidja Palmer is been recognized as Worl Boss who has raised so many artists in the world like Popcaan,  Tommy Lee Spartan, Jah Vinci, Alkaline and serves as a mentor Dancehall’s most prolific and skilled lyricists.He is the brain behind the Gaza nation across the globe who’s very influential and powerful to the dancehall generations and also credited with further popularizing dancehall genre.

2. Sean Paul

Sean Paul Francis Henriques is a Jamaican rapper, singer and record producer. His hit singles “Get Busy” and “Temperature” topped the charts in the United States, and most of his albums have been nominated for the Grammy’s Best Reggae Album, with Dutty Rock winning the award.

3. Shaggy

Orville Richard Burrell, popularly known as Shaggy, is a Jamaican reggae musician, singer, DJ, and actor who scored hits with the songs “It Wasn’t Me”, “Boombastic”, “In The Summertime”, “Oh Carolina”, and “Angel”. He has been nominated for seven Grammy Awards, winning twice for Best Reggae Album.

4. Konshens

Garfield Spence also known as Konshens Konshens is steadily growing to of the finest international dancehall artists. He teamed up with some of the biggest producers this year including Major Lazer and also collaborated with Chris Brown. Konshens held great shows this year and released hits such as “Turn Me On” and “Right Back” which lit up the dancehall scene in 2018.

5. Beenie Man

Moses Anthony Davis popularly known as Beenie Man, is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall artiste. He is referred to as the world’s “King of Dancehall’’ by some. Some of his popular songs include; Romie”, “Who Am I”, and “Girls Dem Sugar”

6. Busy Signal

Reanno Devon Gordon who goes by the stage name Busy Signal, a Jamaican dancehall artiste. His hit singles include Come Shock Out, Tic Toc, step out. He is a very influential name when it comes to dancehall music.

7. Popcaan

Popcaan popularly known as Andrae Hugh Sutherland is a Jamaican dancehall artist, singer and songwriter from the parish of St. Thomas. His songs include; Only Man She Want, Everything Nice, Ova Dweet, El Chapo, and Family.

8. Sizzla Kalonji

Miguel Orlando Collins, popularly known by his stage name Sizzla Kalonji is a Jamaican reggae/dancehall musician. He is noted to be one of the most successful dancehall artistes in the world. Sizzla Kalonji has whooping 56 solo albums.

9. Alkaline

Earlan Bartley, professionally known as Alkaline, is a Jamaican dancehall musician. He is one of the most widely listened to dancehall artiste. His popular songs include Champion, Farewell Ft. Mavado and State A Emergency

10. Lady Shaw

Marion Hall popularly known Lady Saw is a Jamaican Dancehall artiste and song writer she is also referred to as the Queen of Dancehall music. She is the first female deejay to be certified as a triple-platinum artist.

11. Koffee

Mikayla Simpson, better known as Koffee, is a Jamaican Reggae/dancehall singer, songwriter and rapper. She is among one of the few female artistes exploring the genre. Some of her song include; Rapture, Throne and Blazin.

12. Mavado

David Constantine Brooks widely known as Mavado is Jamaican dancehall artiste and songwriter. He is signed to We the Best Music Group, he was also previously signed to Cash Money Records. He has collaborated with the likes of Bounty Killer, Nicki Minaj, DJ Khaled, French Montana and Alkaline. His popular songs include; I’m Sanctify” – ft. Sean Paul, Ghetto Bible and many others

13. Charly Black

Desmond Méndez known as Charly Black, is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall artiste. He has a huge fanbase who daily listen to his music. He is best known for his hit track “Gyal You a Party Animal”

14. Bounty Killer

Rodney Basil Price aka Bounty Killer is a veteran dancehall artist who is acknowledged as a very influential dancehall musician. Bounty Killer contributed to the careers of several big dancehall artists such as Vybz Kartel, Busy Signal, and Mavado

15. Mr Vegas

Clifford Smith better known as Mr. Vegas, is a Jamaican dancehall musician. He began making music career in 1997 when he was 23 years old. Smith released albums such as Sweet Jamaica and Reggae Max. He has several hit tracks like Yu Sure, Latest News, and Jack It Up. He considered one of the best dancehall musicians.

16. Yellowman

Winston Foster, better known by the stage name Yellowman, is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall artistes. He is also known as King Yellowman.
He had success in 1987 with a version of “Blueberry Hill”, that topped the charts for several weeks in Jamaica.
By the mid-1990s, Yellowman released socially conscious material, rising to international fame along with singers such as Buju Banton. Yellowman became the island’s most popular deejay. During the early 1980s, Yellowman had over 40 singles and produced up to five albums per year.
He re-invented himself with his 1994 album Prayer, which stepped away from the slackness that gave him his initial fame. His latest albums are New York (2003) and Round 1 (2005). Yellowman was also a featured guest vocalist on the Run-DMC track “Roots Rap Reggae”.
Yellowman continues to perform internationally with his Sagittarius Band, and has toured through places such as Nigeria where he retains a following of fans, as well as Spain, Peru, Sweden, Italy, Germany, Britain, France, Kenya, the United States and Canada.

17. Squash

Dancehall Artiste Squash is a member of the G City crew based in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Squash came into the spotlight with the 6IX movement Squash. Since then, Squash has taken the dancehall industry with a bang with hits such as “Trending “and “Money Fever”. He has collaborated with other prolific dancehall artists such as Vybz Kartel, Chronic Law, Jahvillani, and Bobby Six. He has great videos for jams such as “Beat Dem Bad “and “Cyah be the Same”.

18. Masicka

Masicka is a multi-talented Dancehall artiste and songwriter in the Jamaican dancehall svene. Masicka is being touted as the next big thing in dancehall music. His music is steadily gaining international prominence. His music include; King inna earth, blessing, they don’t know.

19. Spice

Grace Latoya Hamilton known professionally as Spice, is a Jamaican dancehall recording artist, singer and songwriter. Her hit tracks include Romping Shop, complain and right there.
In 2018, Spice joined the cast of VH1’s reality TV show Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta. That year, she revealed that she is in a legal dispute with VP Records over the release of her debut album.


Spice eventually released a mixtape titled Captured, which is her first full-length release, on 2 November 2018, under her own record label Spice Official Entertainment. The same day, she released the music video for her single “Under Fire”, which is featured on the mixtape. Captured debuted at number one on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart.


Its lead single “Black Hypocrisy”, which addresses the issue of colorism, also debuted at number one on the Reggae Digital Song Sales chart. Other singles from the mixtape such as “Romantic Mood”, “Cool It” and “Genie”, were released with accompanying music videos

20. Shatta Wale

Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr popularly known as Shatta Wale is a Ghanaian Afro Dancehall artiste. He was formerly known as Bandana before he re-branded to become Shatta Wale. The Dancehall artiste is also known as the African dancehall king who has recently got his Afro pop features with Beyonce, he has also  features Jamaican dancehall musicians like Alkaline, Konshens, Tommy Lee Spartans, and many others so he  is considered as the Dancehall king in Africa.  He is Five (5)times International Reggae And World Music Award winner, have several awards both local and international. The most decorated artiste in Ghana.


In 2014, he peaked number 38 on E.tv’s “Top 100 Most Influential Ghanaian” Awards chart. He has since appeared on the chart each year. He was ranked “Most Influential Musician” on social media in 2017. He won 8 awards at the 3music awards in 2019 and also the most awarded dance hall artist in Africa.
He released his third album, Reign, on October 13 at the Fantasy Dome in Accra. The album achieved a record for a Ghanaian act by appearing on the Billboard Top World Albums Chart, placing sixth

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Source:(Adepa News)

The Top 20 best dancehall artistes have been released and it’s trending on social media.

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