Shatta Wale’s goal of being global took a leap forward on Wednesday (Oct. 24), when Billboard announced that the Shatta Movement boss had landed World album chart.
The Reign by the multiple award winning dancehall singer debuted at number six on the World Music chart behind acts including Deva Premal, BTS and NCT 127.
Released on October 13 in scintillating atmosphere at a fully packed Fantasy Dome, Accra International Trade Fair Center, the undisputed Ghanaian dancehall act, Charles Nii Armah Mensah, known in showbiz as ”Shatta Wale” stepped up the stage to deliver a rendition of his third studio album.
Social Media reacted and we captured a few highlights!
Ghanaians have their own version of billboards chart now pic.twitter.com/4BcSUMm9Xi
— Katiboom (@kwawkese) October 23, 2018
On a more serious note Chaley Congrats @shattawalegh not easy to achieve such a height
— JOURNEY OF JUDAH (@gurunkz) October 23, 2018
Congrats to .@shattawalegh GH’s No 1 dancehall artist. #TheReignAlbum is clearly reigning. https://t.co/ZO6wdt3Qxp
— (((Jon Benjamin))) (@JonBenjamin19) October 23, 2018
Billboard @shattawalegh !! Congratulations
— NewMixtapeIn16Days (@mreazi) October 24, 2018
Another win for Ghana. Congrats @shattawalegh let’s not sleep on this too chale. If we push this and more Ghana will win https://t.co/5dRpqtNxVs
— Trigmatic (@trigmaticrocks) October 24, 2018