"Kwaku the Traveller" is a song by Ghanaian drill musician Black Sherif. It was released on 31 March 2022, through Blacko, and Empire. "Kwaku the Traveller" was written by Black Sherif, and produced by Joker Nharnah. It debuted at number 1 in Nigeria TurnTable Top 50 chart, number 5 on the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs Chart and number 2 on the UK Afrobeats Singles Chart. On 11 July 2022, following the launch of TurnTable Top 100, an expansion of the Top 50 chart, "Kwaku the Traveller" debut at number 22. On 14 July 2022, "Kwaku the Traveller" debut at number 2 on the newly launched Nigeria Top Hip-Hop/Rap Songs chart.
Composition Reviewing for The Fader, David Renshaw wrote, "Kwaku The Traveller" finds Sherif in full grind mode but able to acknowledge the bumps in the road he encounters on his way to making the money in his sights. As he puts it in his distinctive vocals: "Of course I fucked up. Who never fuck up hands in the air, no hands? I was young what you expect from me? It is what it is".
Commercial performance "Kwaku the Traveller" debuted at number 1 in Nigeria TurnTable Top 50 chart, number 5 on the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs and number 2 on the UK Afrobeats Singles Chart. On 19 April, it debuted at number 12 on Billboard Top Triller Global. On 3 April 2022, it became the first Ghana record to top the Nigeria Apple Music Top 100, at number one, and Nigeria Turntable charts on 11 April 2022. "Kwaku the Traveller" became the most streamed song in Spotify Nigeria Charts, on 12 April 2022. "Kwaku the Traveller" is Black Sherif's second most popular record with over 2.5 million Spotify streams, and his most popular record with over 14.6 million Boomplay streams as of 20 April 2022.
Accolades +Awards and nominations for "Kwaku the Traveller"YearOrganizationAwardResult2022African Entertainment Awards, USASong of the Year 2023Soundcity MVP Awards FestivalBest Hip-Hop
Charts Weekly charts Chart (2022) Peakposition Nigeria Top 50 (TurnTable) 1 Nigeria Top 100 (TurnTable) 22 Nigeria Top Hip-Hop/Rap Songs (TurnTable) 2 US Afrobeats Songs (Billboard) 5 Top Triller Global (Billboard) 12
Year-end charts + 2022 year-end chart performance for "Kwaku the Traveller" Chart (2022) Position US Afrobeats Songs (Billboard) 18
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Release history + Release history for "Kwaku the Traveller" Region Date Format Label Various 31 March 2022
See also TurnTable End of the Year Top 100 of 2022
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