Gyedu-Blay Ambolley

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It is refreshing to know that the career of singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Gyedu-Blay Ambolley from Ghana appears to be on a roll. Reissues of his old albums, ongoing live-tours and new recordings are keeping the veteran - born in 1947 in Sekondi, Ghana, in the public eye. Ambolley is vocally masterful and an oustanding leader of his super tight Sekondi Band. Gyedu-Blay Ambolley is sometimes referred to as the ‘James Brown' of Ghana. And not without reason. With his deep and groovy Afrofunk sound, that he called Simigwa-do, he exploded on the Ghanaian music scene in 1973. His concoction of highlife, funk, jazz, soul and proto-rap was - and still is - exhilarating.

Genres

: afrobeat highlife champeta hiplife

Total plays

11.4 million

Updated on 2025-04-24

Date	Total plays
2025-04-24	11,388,272
2025-04-15	11,312,096
2025-04-07	11,253,418
2025-03-30	11,201,549
2025-03-21	11,143,981
2025-03-12	11,087,471
2025-03-04	11,027,970
2025-02-23	10,962,481
2025-02-14	12,467,439
2025-02-05	12,408,899
2025-01-26	12,341,555
2025-01-17	12,280,830
2025-01-08	12,217,042
2024-12-31	12,156,009
2024-12-22	12,093,078
2024-12-14	12,041,044
2024-11-25	11,926,187
2024-06-11	10,579,635
2024-05-31	10,472,218
2024-05-16	10,325,630
2024-04-29	10,176,625
2024-04-14	10,048,451
2024-03-30	9,935,100
2024-03-15	9,831,681
2024-02-29	9,730,939
2024-02-15	9,632,302
2023-11-29	9,146,958
2023-10-19	8,899,217
2023-10-03	8,801,914
2023-09-18	8,708,328
2023-08-29	8,541,130
2023-08-25	8,354,552
2023-08-21	8,136,267

Social media links

Monthly listeners

63,383

Followers

18,227

Top Cities

Amsterdam

1,832 listeners
Barranquilla

3,265 listeners
Bogotá

2,505 listeners
Medellín

1,988 listeners
Accra

1,297 listeners

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Most popular tracks

Track	Plays	Duration	Release date
Afrika Yie	1,505,168	6:54	2017-05-12
Teacher	1,228,259	6:56	2017-05-12
Highlife	1,075,680	4:60	1982-01-01
Akoko Ba	997,577	5:10	2018-08-01
Abrentsie	549,365	6:13	2013-09-10
Simigwa-Do	533,215	4:18	2017-03-24
Simigwa Soca	421,201	3:43	2018-08-01
Burkina Faso	318,879	3:50	2018-08-01
Reincarnation	313,272	3:00	2023-04-28
Simigwa	298,344	2:03	1982-01-01
Black Woman	282,232	5:31	2019-10-18
I Get Myself To Blame	275,577	7:16	2017-05-12
Walk 4 Ground	267,326	7:38	2017-05-12
Ketan	188,289	5:57	2017-05-12
I Don't Know Why	177,172	7:18	2017-05-12
Yekor Ye A Yeaba	169,866	5:06	2022-09-14
Childish Things	151,366	3:02	2024-07-12
The Message	123,404	7:47	2018-08-01
Ma Play	123,084	8:35	2017-05-12
Minus Me	108,488	4:17	2020-11-04
I No Dey Talk I Do Dey Lie	108,348	6:47	2019-11-22
Mango Woman - Sono Rhizmo' Remix	101,907	3:50	2023-07-28
Let's Be Happy - Disco Mix	101,236	6:59	2022-04-08
Watch Nobody	89,933	3:04	2020-10-30
All Day All Night (feat. Kofi Kinaata and Gyedu-Blay Ambolley)	85,401	3:00	2021-03-12
Agya	82,655	4:35	2024-04-05
No Way - Poirier Remix	81,443	4:27	2022-10-28
Sunkwa	79,763	3:42	2019-11-22
Bend Down Low	67,981	4:25	2013-09-10
Chop Chop	66,794	4:30	2024-11-01
No Way	66,126	4:12	2022-02-28
Mango Woman - 7inch Mix	65,307	3:59	2023-07-28
It's Alright	64,759	7:02	2017-05-12
Who Made Your Body Like Dat	61,070	5:37	2019-11-22
Who Go Pay	55,994	3:32	2019-11-22
Brokos	55,227	3:23	2019-11-22
Highlife	53,352	4:60	2019-02-15
Mango Woman	51,823	4:51	2023-10-20
Abena Repatriation	47,885	3:21	2019-02-22
Round Midnite	46,067	5:04	2022-08-25
The Simigwa	42,424	4:39	1975-01-01
Odo Ye Wu	41,525	7:36	2013-09-10
Woman Treatment	40,051	3:58	2019-11-22
Afrika Yie - Remix	36,859	6:44	2020-05-04
A Love Supreme	33,854	6:10	2022-10-07
Walking Down the Street	32,495	5:31	1982-01-01
Little Small Girl	28,856	5:39	2019-11-22
Abrantie	28,669	8:58	2013-09-10
Adwoa Ammisah	25,430	8:48	2013-09-10
Ignorance	25,235	7:28	2019-11-22
Sankumagye-Love Life	23,949	4:01	2022-10-07
No Way - Village Cuts Remix	23,580	3:48	2022-12-09
All Blues	22,604	6:29	2022-10-07
'Cause I Love You	22,262	4:55	1982-01-01
Frafranta	19,957	4:58	1982-01-01
Kwaakwa	17,030	5:20	1975-01-01
Enyidado	17,007	5:12	2022-10-07
Highlife - Alan Dixon Edit	16,964	5:50	2023-08-11
Footprints	15,098	5:33	2022-10-07
Fa Na Dem Ara	14,837	4:39	1975-01-01
Cut Your Coat	14,557	5:18	1982-01-01
Asamansudo Groove	13,282	5:37	2022-10-07
Wake Up Afrika	11,588	5:01	2025-02-28
Simigwa Soca	10,730	3:35	2013-09-10
Adwoa Amissah	10,597	7:58	2013-09-10
Adwoa	10,259	4:09	1982-01-01
Simigwa-Do	10,063	4:60	2013-09-10
Apple	9,933	6:05	2024-05-10
Ochoko Bila	8,362	3:15	2025-04-11
Woye De Adofo	8,213	7:37	1980-01-01
Don't Go	8,092	5:59	1980-01-01
Control	8,063	7:11	1980-01-01
The Message - God Is Love	7,638	7:48	1980-01-01
Su Nkwa	7,477	6:04	2013-09-10
Take Am So	6,756	5:48	1980-01-01
Ehuruwa	6,677	4:51	2013-09-10
Toffe	6,532	6:52	1975-01-01
Blay's Special	6,349	8:34	2022-10-07
Apple	6,285	6:03	2013-09-10
Mercy Kae Dabi	6,033	3:56	1980-01-01
African Woman	5,776	11:09	2013-09-10
Anoma A	5,681	5:04	2013-09-10
Ejuma	5,579	7:23	2013-09-10
Akoko Ba	5,491	8:30	2013-09-10
Akoko Ba	5,221	5:27	1975-01-01
San Bra-All Blues	4,794	10:01	2013-09-10
Akoko Ba	4,643	5:09	2013-09-10
Malika (Intro)	4,623	1:59	2013-09-10
Black Man's Redenption	4,594	5:09	2013-09-10
This Hustling World	4,290	4:16	1975-01-01
No Peace	4,220	4:56	2013-09-10
Adwoa	4,158	4:11	1975-01-01
The Best Things in Life are Free (Live)	4,021	7:09	1975-01-01
Adure	3,981	12:17	2013-09-10
Cut Your Coat	3,916	5:48	2013-09-10
Tutu Bo Vi	3,821	3:43	2013-09-10
Get Your Ass Up	3,582	4:21	2013-09-10
Sika Pe (Live)	3,526	8:59	1975-01-01
Nsamanfo	3,272	4:49	2013-09-10
Hi-Life Medley	3,239	8:45	2013-09-10
Woman's B	2,969	4:33	2013-09-10
Edey Walk	2,940	8:34	2024-12-16
Si Abotar	2,889	7:16	2024-12-16
Corruption	2,800	5:43	2013-09-10
Bolga Besea	2,596	3:56	1975-01-01
W'aba Wo Kon Ho	2,589	3:23	2013-09-10
Secondi Brass Band	2,568	10:21	2013-09-10
Teacher	2,457	7:35	2024-12-16
Atwe Wo Tsir	2,321	6:34	2013-09-10
This is My Point of View (Live)	2,240	5:47	1975-01-01
Cut Your Coat	2,191	5:22	2013-09-10
Africa	2,188	3:17	2013-09-10
No Place Like Asamansudu (Live)	2,155	4:51	1975-01-01
Conscious	1,943	5:54	2013-09-10
Adeesa	1,894	5:29	2013-09-10
Chapel Dan Mu	1,808	7:01	2013-09-10
Democracy/Democrazy	1,803	5:58	2013-09-10
Secondi Classic	1,726	4:11	2013-09-10
Round Midnite	1,673	8:45	2013-09-10
Ehuru A Hwehwe Baadi Koto	1,587	6:05	1975-01-01
Mental Slavery	1,550	2:52	2013-09-10
Amponsah	1,550	6:45	2024-12-16
Kwaakwaa - Remastered	1,223	5:18	1975-03-21
Edwuma	1,090	5:46	2013-09-10
This Hustling World - Remastered	1,049	4:14	1975-03-21
Akoka Ba - Remastered	1,038	5:25	1975-03-21
4 & 6 (Zion-Zakia)	< 1000	0:13	2013-09-10
God Is Love	< 1000	14:03	2013-09-16
Toffie - Remastered	< 1000	6:50	1975-03-21
Adwoa - Remastered	< 1000	4:09	1975-03-21
Fa No Dem Ara - Remastered	< 1000	4:37	1975-03-21