Ghanaian gospel musician Celestine Donkor has revealed that Togo leads the list of African countries streaming her music the most.

Speaking on Hitz FM, she said, “Yes, Ghana is number three. Togo followed by Benin, then Ghana, and this happens with most of my songs.”

Celestine further clarified that the trend shifts whenever she releases songs entirely in Twi.

“I’ve noticed that when I do completely Twi songs, Ghana tops. But the moment you introduce some Ewe, then the conversation changes,” she explained.

In 2023, young Ghanaian drill musician, Mohammed Ismail Sherif, also known as Black Sherif chalked another success with his latest song ‘Soja’ on the digital streaming platform, Audiomack.

As you may remember, Black Sherif just released “Soja,” another banger on September 22, 2022, and the single has already made great waves across the country.

The song’s release date was confirmed by Black Sherif, who was just nominated for a BET Award in the Best International Flow category.

Since the release of the single, it has recorded a series of achievements and frankly we are not surprised.

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The song recently peaked at number one on Ghana’s Apple music defeating Asake’s ‘Terminator’ after leading the charts for a couple of weeks.

Black Sherif also celebrated after his ‘Soja’ surpassed 1 million views in 3 days on YouTube.

Well, Blacko has reached another milestone with the song as it becomes the most streamed song on Audiomack this week.

The list was posted on the digital streaming platform, Audiomack’s social media pages on September 27, 2022.

The award-winning singer, who has dominated the field in his brief time in the music business, earlier revealed his upcoming album ‘THE VILLAIN I NEVER WAS’ will be available for purchase and streaming on all digital music platforms on Thursday, October 6, 2022, according to the details he shared via his official Apple Music account.

The album, ‘The Villain I Never Was’, contains 14 tracks which include the ‘Second Sermon’ remix featuring Burna boy, ‘Kweku The Traveller’, and ‘Soja’.

Black Sherif, has been on fire with his unmatched talent since breaking into the Ghana music industry in 2021 and is arguably the hottest artist in Ghana right now.

The Empire Records signee has solidified his name by dropping some bangers that are leaving rent-free in our heads, with the likes of First Sermon, Second Sermon, Second Sermon remix, and Kwaku The Traveller, among others.

The Barbie film has achieved remarkable success, emerging as the biggest film of the year so far in the US and Canada, according to distributor Warner Bros.

It raked in an estimated $155 million (£120 million) during its opening weekend.

In the same weekend, another new release, "Oppenheimer," distributed by Universal Pictures, made $93.7 million (£72 million) in the US.

These film successes are particularly noteworthy as cinemas have been facing challenges due to competition from streaming platforms.

However, in the UK, both films created a surge in cinema attendance, with Vue reporting its busiest weekend in four years.

The cinema chain, which operates in the UK and Ireland, saw a record number of admissions, with around half a million people flocking to Vue screens to catch the movies. "Barbie," directed by Greta Gerwig, seems to be on track to become the biggest film of 2023 in the region, surpassing "Super Mario Bros."

Vue experienced 4,000 sold-out viewings for "Barbie" across the UK and Ireland, further highlighting the film's popularity and success.

On Twitter, one user said that it had been years since she had felt like going to the theatres to re-watch a movie, but Barbie had achieved that for her. She said it would "remain a timeless masterpiece over the years - ideas really are forever".

Before the films' release, Odeon in the UK said more than 200,000 advance tickets had been bought and some 10,000 filmgoers were expected to see both the Barbie and Oppenheimer films during the opening weekend.

Meanwhile, Vue cinema in the UK reported on Friday that Barbie's pre-sale purchases were "higher than any other blockbuster released this year". Admissions on Friday were the highest for any Friday since the pandemic - and the chain's third biggest Friday ever.

Oppenheimer, distributed by Universal Pictures, has performed exceptionally well in the UK and Ireland, grossing £8.05 million since its release on Friday.

The film is expected to surpass the opening three-day earnings of Christopher Nolan's other blockbuster films, including Interstellar, Dunkirk, and Inception.

However, the premiere of Oppenheimer faced some challenges in July when strike action led stars to leave early due to grievances, including concerns about the increasing influence of artificial intelligence in the filmmaking and writing process in Hollywood.

Internationally, Oppenheimer also achieved success, making $93.7 million (£75 million) in other markets, contributing to a global total of $174.2 million (£135 million), according to Universal Pictures' reports.