Kartel has always boasted about his streaming ability with his catchy phrase “numbers don’t lie” when it comes to his numerous Billboard plaques, which are also issued based on streaming and album sales numbers. The artist defended his streaming record – “All when dem a fight n freeze …we dweet wid ease.” Kartel’s listenerships include fans in Kingston, New York, Nairobi, Kenya, Georgetown, Guyana, Toronto, Canada, and Panama City. The screenshot showed the singer having 407 million views from January to November 2021. The dancehall legend later took to Instagram, where he shared a screenshot from his analytics page on his YouTube ‘Vybz Kartel’ page. Vybz Kartel has not shared his Spotify numbers, but one thing is for sure, he does not like second place. Kartel later posted on his Instagram account calling for Jamaicans to support local music and stop “worry unuh farin mind” and start supporting local music more. Vybz Kartel was not thrilled about the news as he shared that a Jamaican should be in the lead. Meanwhile, one of the artistes who was not listed among Spotify’s top 10 most listened songs was Vybz Kartel, who it appears is losing his grip on fans.ĭrake was recently announced as the most-streamed artist in Jamaica on Spotify, with Alkaline and Vybz Kartel following behind.
We will do 100 million in 2022 bung bang bung! I am such a troll,” he said with laughing emojis. On Instagram, the controversial artist promised to set a big target for the upcoming year.
So far, other artists who have shared theirs are Mr. “Tru mi and my gun dem always a steam I might not be the favourite inna di stream but still give a thanks fans and folks no jokes” he captioned a screenshot of the streams. On Instagram, Bounty Killer shared he was nevertheless thankful to fans. However, Beenie Man’s musical rival Bounty Killer did not perform so well on the app as he nevertheless shared that he received 8.5 million streams from 1.6 million listeners from 174 countries. While Spotify only this year began allowing subscriptions in the Jamaican market, some artists have proven that their star power will continue to draw the loyal support of fans, and this support will translate into streams and streams means more dollars.Īmong those who performed well this year is Beenie Man who shared his year in review stats as 64.2 million streams by 11,367,000 listeners from 177 countries. The news of Spotify Wrapped and individual artists’ performances has piqued fans’ interest as they compare and contrast their favorite artists streaming data.