{"id":401724,"date":"2025-09-06T04:21:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T04:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/401724\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T04:21:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T04:21:13","slug":"black-sherifs-iron-boy-stretches-record-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/401724\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Sherif&#8217;s &#8216;Iron Boy&#8217; stretches record run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/entertainment\/Black-Sherif-s-Iron-Boy-stretches-record-run-1999382?gallery=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/80648737.295.jpg\" alt=\"Celebrated Ghanaian musician, Black Sherif\" title=\"Celebrated Ghanaian musician, Black Sherif\" width=\"295\" height=\"231\" \/> <\/a>Celebrated Ghanaian musician, Black Sherif<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">&#8216;High-flying&#8217; Ghanaian artiste, Black Sherif, born Mohammed Ismail Sharrif, continues to make history with his debut album, &#8216;Iron Boy&#8217;, with its record-breaking streak on digital streaming platforms since its debut on Thursday, April 3, 2025. <\/p>\n<p>The album, since its inception, has occupied top spots on both the Apple Music Ghana Top Album and Apple Music Top 100 Ghana charts, respectively, with the standout track &#8216;Sacrifice&#8217; currently occupying the #1 spot on the Top 100 songs chart.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his Apple Music feat, &#8216;Iron Boy&#8217; also shattered records on Spotify, debuting at #6 on the Spotify Top Debut Albums UK chart and #10 on the Billboard World Albums Chart. <\/p>\n<p>Iron Boy holds the record for the most-streamed Ghanaian album in a single day, racking up over 2 million streams within 24 hours of release.<\/p>\n<p>The Sacrifice crooner secured a nomination at the 2025 BET Awards, earning a coveted spot in the Best International Act category. <\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old has also been nominated for Best Male West Africa, Songwriter of the Year, Best African Act Reggae &amp; Dancehall, and Best African Video of the Year at the African Muzik Magazine Awards (AFRIMMA 2025). <\/p>\n<p>These accolades highlight not just his immense talent but also the rising global influence of African music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celebrated Ghanaian musician, Black Sherif &#8216;High-flying&#8217; Ghanaian artiste, Black Sherif, born Mohammed Ismail Sharrif, continues to make history&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,77,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-401724","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115155441715812818","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}