Data updated on 2025-06-19 14:20:09 UTC
“My music describes my journey,” says Kwesi Arthur. Hailing from Tema a city on the West African Coast, his work chronicles his environment.
“I feel like my music is a journal sometimes,” he explains. “Everything I feel, everything I go through, everything I see, I express it through the music.”
It’s his lyrical talent and soaring ambition that makes him particularly great, because it’s not just music he’s making, it’s hope.
Since he first burst on the scene with his 2017 hit single “Grind Day,” he’s rapidly risen to become one of the brightest stars in Ghana’s burgeoning music scene where the rapper and singer occupies an inimitable space. “With my art, however I can get my feelings across, I’m gonna express it, whether it’s through rap or melodies.”
Sonically Arthur’s music knows no limits – his blend of Highlife, Afrobeats, R&B and staunch Hip-hop makes him the perfect microcosm of contemporary Ghanaian music. And the world is paying attention. Hits like “Baajo,” “Live from 233,” and “Celebrate” and collaborations with music’s elite Sarkodie, Vic Mensa, Stormzy, Mr Eazi, Nasty C, and more, have garnered him international recognition and accolades.
“I feel like my music is a journal sometimes,” he explains. “Everything I feel, everything I go through, everything I see, I express it through the music.”
It’s his lyrical talent and soaring ambition that makes him particularly great, because it’s not just music he’s making, it’s hope.
Since he first burst on the scene with his 2017 hit single “Grind Day,” he’s rapidly risen to become one of the brightest stars in Ghana’s burgeoning music scene where the rapper and singer occupies an inimitable space. “With my art, however I can get my feelings across, I’m gonna express it, whether it’s through rap or melodies.”
Sonically Arthur’s music knows no limits – his blend of Highlife, Afrobeats, R&B and staunch Hip-hop makes him the perfect microcosm of contemporary Ghanaian music. And the world is paying attention. Hits like “Baajo,” “Live from 233,” and “Celebrate” and collaborations with music’s elite Sarkodie, Vic Mensa, Stormzy, Mr Eazi, Nasty C, and more, have garnered him international recognition and accolades.
Total plays
135.6 million
Updated on 2025-06-19
Total plays for Kwesi Arthur
The total plays count is calculated based on all the tracks listed in the "Most popular tracks" section. Spotify does not provide this data, and it is quite tricky to compute in some cases. You should consider this as an estimation, more than an exact value. The data is not real time, but we try to update it as often as possible.
| Date | Total plays |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-19 | 135,574,842 |
| 2025-06-11 | 134,896,677 |
| 2025-06-03 | 134,231,742 |
| 2025-05-26 | 133,563,642 |
| 2025-05-17 | 132,795,054 |
| 2025-05-02 | 131,608,735 |
| 2025-04-23 | 130,906,821 |
| 2025-04-13 | 130,114,757 |
| 2025-04-06 | 129,571,466 |
| 2025-03-28 | 131,524,938 |
| 2025-03-20 | 128,093,799 |
| 2025-03-11 | 127,621,016 |
| 2025-03-02 | 126,834,857 |
| 2025-02-21 | 125,936,731 |
| 2025-02-12 | 124,609,738 |
| 2025-02-03 | 123,862,495 |
| 2025-01-24 | 122,957,381 |
| 2025-01-15 | 122,176,149 |
| 2025-01-07 | 121,441,780 |
| 2024-12-29 | 120,680,694 |
| 2024-12-21 | 120,022,206 |
| 2024-12-12 | 119,971,790 |
| 2024-11-20 | 118,288,118 |
| 2024-06-10 | 108,356,285 |
| 2024-05-28 | 107,532,961 |
| 2024-05-12 | 106,499,001 |
| 2024-04-25 | 105,438,780 |
| 2024-04-10 | 104,341,581 |
| 2024-03-27 | 103,198,159 |
| 2024-03-12 | 102,118,811 |
| 2024-02-26 | 101,155,919 |
| 2024-02-11 | 99,315,616 |
| 2023-11-25 | 94,959,750 |
| 2023-10-16 | 92,583,254 |
| 2023-09-30 | 91,733,949 |
| 2023-09-15 | 90,267,401 |
| 2023-08-29 | 90,618,295 |
| 2023-08-25 | 72,485,869 |
| 2023-08-20 | 71,128,058 |
Monthly listeners
288,572
Followers
427,107
Top Cities
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Accra89,405 listeners -
Lagos18,068 listeners -
Port Harcourt7,393 listeners
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Abuja12,367 listeners
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Kumasi13,059 listeners
Most popular tracks
| Track | Plays | Duration | Release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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17,114,623 | 2:32 | 2021-02-04 | |
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10,323,893 | 4:27 | 2021-03-04 | |
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8,250,090 | 2:40 | 2020-12-04 | |
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6,592,505 | 2:41 | 2018-03-04 | |
|
3,567,821 | 2:28 | 2021-11-26 | |
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3,254,310 | 3:48 | 2018-09-21 | |
|
2,974,399 | 2:58 | 2021-06-18 | |
|
2,874,078 | 4:41 | 2018-10-16 | |
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2,851,830 | 3:05 | 2021-06-04 | |
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2,526,235 | 4:20 | 2018-12-07 | |
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2,372,456 | 2:26 | 2019-02-08 | |
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2,312,984 | 3:33 | 2019-04-26 | |
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2,081,091 | 3:15 | 2021-05-14 | |
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1,866,955 | 2:51 | 2020-04-03 | |
|
1,846,639 | 3:43 | 2018-12-07 | |
|
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1,812,339 | 2:44 | 2020-09-01 | |
|
1,782,565 | 4:01 | 2022-04-22 | |
|
1,727,778 | 2:48 | 2024-03-22 | |
|
1,626,891 | 4:02 | 2021-04-30 | |
|
1,555,276 | 3:22 | 2020-04-03 | |
|
1,507,086 | 2:24 | 2022-07-21 | |
|
1,400,846 | 3:19 | 2019-11-06 | |
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1,301,704 | 3:38 | 2021-08-20 | |
|
1,244,649 | 4:36 | 2018-05-04 | |
![Grind Day (Remix) [feat. Sarkodie & Medikal]](https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2730a7d388abfdd294b1d42298f)
|
1,232,675 | 4:03 | 2017-12-27 | |
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1,175,025 | 4:25 | 2017-04-23 | |
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1,109,363 | 2:44 | 2019-10-21 | |
|
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1,093,780 | 2:54 | 2022-04-22 | |
|
1,028,039 | 3:09 | 2019-02-04 | |
|
|
996,046 | 2:37 | 2022-04-22 | |
|
971,543 | 2:47 | 2023-10-26 | |
|
932,207 | 2:53 | 2018-06-01 | |
|
932,184 | 3:06 | 2019-05-31 | |
|
932,184 | 3:06 | 2019-01-30 | |
|
927,307 | 3:21 | 2019-07-19 | |
|
913,687 | 3:34 | 2019-11-21 | |
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894,608 | 4:07 | 2019-04-26 | |
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866,474 | 3:53 | 2018-06-26 | |
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848,604 | 3:16 | 2019-04-26 | |
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816,081 | 4:01 | 2019-04-26 | |
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814,514 | 4:00 | 2019-04-26 | |
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810,556 | 3:07 | 2019-05-17 | |
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806,599 | 5:18 | 2022-07-08 | |
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790,532 | 2:44 | 2022-04-22 | |
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788,813 | 3:16 | 2019-04-05 | |
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759,129 | 4:14 | 2019-04-26 | |
|
747,026 | 3:51 | 2019-04-19 | |
|
683,935 | 1:51 | 2021-10-29 | |
|
667,932 | 2:30 | 2017-10-20 | |
|
656,501 | 3:11 | 2018-04-16 | |
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637,459 | 4:01 | 2019-04-26 | |
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626,371 | 2:51 | 2022-04-22 | |
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614,895 | 2:24 | 2021-10-01 | |
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613,163 | 3:40 | 2019-11-18 | |
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613,160 | 2:38 | 2020-03-20 | |
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611,873 | 2:48 | 2022-04-22 | |
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593,669 | 2:45 | 2022-04-22 | |
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576,623 | 3:49 | 2017-04-23 | |
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564,514 | 3:04 | 2023-05-03 | |
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563,262 | 2:42 | 2023-03-03 | |
|
559,192 | 3:04 | 2022-08-10 | |
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539,705 | 2:59 | 2019-09-26 | |
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535,467 | 2:35 | 2017-04-23 | |
|
515,051 | 2:38 | 2023-02-24 | |
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496,286 | 2:20 | 2017-04-23 | |
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484,357 | 2:20 | 2022-04-22 | |
|
479,573 | 3:40 | 2018-11-29 | |
|
468,297 | 3:47 | 2018-01-01 | |
|
456,164 | 2:26 | 2017-11-15 | |
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451,179 | 2:57 | 2021-06-22 | |
|
443,774 | 3:23 | 2019-12-20 | |
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442,423 | 3:15 | 2017-04-23 | |
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438,146 | 2:32 | 2020-09-01 | |
|
400,544 | 2:03 | 2019-01-01 | |
|
400,440 | 4:06 | 2021-03-05 | |
|
392,525 | 3:06 | 2019-06-26 | |
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386,317 | 3:01 | 2019-04-26 | |
|
370,493 | 3:46 | 2018-02-21 | |
|
351,052 | 2:52 | 2021-10-15 | |
|
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344,648 | 2:54 | 2022-04-22 | |
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341,677 | 3:04 | 2019-01-01 | |
|
341,503 | 3:17 | 2018-10-05 | |
|
341,093 | 3:40 | 2021-07-13 | |
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|
339,699 | 2:19 | 2024-03-22 | |
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338,605 | 2:59 | 2022-04-22 | |
|
326,213 | 3:05 | 2024-02-14 | |
|
322,276 | 4:45 | 2019-11-25 | |
|
318,623 | 3:11 | 2022-11-22 | |
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|
303,281 | 2:54 | 2019-04-26 | |
|
300,960 | 4:00 | 2018-12-02 | |
|
300,871 | 3:37 | 2025-02-19 | |
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|
298,855 | 3:36 | 2022-04-22 | |
|
294,058 | 2:26 | 2022-07-01 | |
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280,649 | 3:14 | 2019-01-01 | |
|
280,361 | 3:26 | 2017-11-03 | |
|
279,397 | 3:11 | 2018-05-17 | |
|
265,272 | 3:37 | 2019-11-28 | |
|
263,975 | 3:36 | 2018-08-14 | |
|
263,254 | 3:36 | 2020-12-04 | |
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258,792 | 2:28 | 2024-03-22 | |
|
245,572 | 2:34 | 2021-08-26 | |
|
242,398 | 2:46 | 2018-08-03 | |
|
230,389 | 4:03 | 2019-06-14 | |
|
228,793 | 2:35 | 2018-11-27 | |
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224,156 | 3:07 | 2022-04-22 | |
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206,821 | 2:18 | 2024-03-22 | |
|
201,296 | 2:59 | 2018-07-19 | |
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199,428 | 3:52 | 2024-03-22 | |
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188,568 | 2:54 | 2019-12-13 | |
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162,369 | 4:04 | 2019-11-18 | |
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156,580 | 3:29 | 2021-07-02 | |
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155,589 | 4:00 | 2018-07-06 | |
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153,896 | 3:48 | 2018-11-15 | |
|
148,486 | 3:29 | 2020-05-01 | |
|
146,161 | 5:06 | 2021-04-30 | |
|
142,486 | 3:36 | 2019-11-01 | |
|
135,263 | 1:56 | 2024-04-19 | |
|
134,710 | 3:51 | 2020-06-30 | |
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132,127 | 3:07 | 2024-03-22 | |
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129,069 | 2:32 | 2024-03-22 | |
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122,515 | 2:40 | 2019-11-18 | |
|
121,966 | 3:10 | 2024-11-28 | |
|
118,931 | 3:13 | 2022-07-07 | |
|
114,662 | 3:06 | 2019-12-09 | |
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107,207 | 2:15 | 2020-03-06 | |
|
105,800 | 3:50 | 2023-11-17 | |
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101,751 | 3:07 | 2018-12-22 | |
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99,593 | 4:34 | 2019-12-13 | |
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92,261 | 3:21 | 2022-06-24 | |
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91,798 | 6:41 | 2023-04-28 | |
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91,501 | 2:10 | 2024-12-06 | |
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82,244 | 4:00 | 2018-01-01 | |
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80,208 | 2:56 | 2018-12-04 | |
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80,174 | 3:51 | 2017-12-16 | |
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77,856 | 3:01 | 2018-11-01 | |
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74,801 | 2:56 | 2021-03-12 | |
|
74,784 | 4:08 | 2023-03-17 | |
|
74,109 | 1:37 | 2025-02-19 | |
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72,133 | 3:04 | 2019-11-18 | |
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67,897 | 3:14 | 2023-10-13 | |
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67,470 | 3:47 | 2019-12-06 | |
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61,918 | 3:28 | 2022-08-12 | |
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61,016 | 3:03 | 2018-12-05 | |
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57,905 | 4:28 | 2019-11-08 | |
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57,516 | 3:53 | 2018-11-02 | |
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54,120 | 3:20 | 2017-08-05 | |
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48,248 | 3:21 | 2019-07-19 | |
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45,870 | 1:55 | 2022-01-14 | |
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42,868 | 3:14 | 2019-07-15 | |
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41,879 | 5:00 | 2019-06-01 | |
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40,557 | 3:58 | 2017-09-22 | |
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36,832 | 2:32 | 2023-02-24 | |
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36,527 | 2:46 | 2022-11-16 | |
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33,685 | 3:07 | 2022-03-19 | |
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30,886 | 3:25 | 2018-08-31 | |
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28,822 | 3:22 | 2019-12-06 | |
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28,168 | 3:07 | 2018-06-01 | |
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23,451 | 1:21 | 2021-04-16 | |
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21,353 | 5:22 | 2018-06-19 | |
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19,034 | 3:29 | 2018-01-03 | |
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17,740 | 2:45 | 2016-09-10 | |
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17,580 | 5:08 | 2018-11-15 | |
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15,822 | 2:34 | 2020-05-01 | |
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14,662 | 5:46 | 2018-05-03 | |
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14,469 | 3:16 | 2021-01-29 | |
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13,988 | 3:07 | 2020-10-12 | |
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13,749 | 3:23 | 2017-11-04 | |
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13,716 | 2:41 | 2023-11-03 | |
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13,431 | 3:38 | 2018-12-05 | |
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12,350 | 4:19 | 2020-08-20 | |
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12,306 | 3:00 | 2025-02-27 | |
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11,972 | 3:05 | 2018-02-23 | |
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11,362 | 3:42 | 2022-09-16 | |
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11,194 | 2:52 | 2017-07-01 | |
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10,685 | 2:03 | 2017-01-06 | |
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10,475 | 3:21 | 2020-04-03 | |
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9,844 | 2:10 | 2024-04-19 | |
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9,510 | 4:04 | 2023-03-31 | |
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9,225 | 5:56 | 2019-01-16 | |
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9,193 | 2:30 | 2025-04-25 | |
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9,081 | 3:48 | 2017-10-03 | |
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7,341 | 1:46 | 2024-04-19 | |
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7,338 | 3:44 | 2017-10-16 | |
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7,184 | 3:11 | 2019-02-27 | |
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7,058 | 2:33 | 2020-04-03 | |
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4,844 | 3:21 | 2021-10-22 | |
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4,600 | 2:39 | 2024-04-19 | |
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4,467 | 3:15 | 2019-01-16 | |
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3,904 | 4:08 | 2020-12-06 | |
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3,861 | 3:25 | 2017-07-01 | |
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3,621 | 3:10 | 2024-08-09 | |
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2,507 | 3:47 | 2020-05-01 | |
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2,370 | 2:32 | 2023-02-24 | |
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1,919 | 3:52 | 2019-04-23 | |
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1,310 | 3:17 | 2022-12-16 | |
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1,268 | 3:53 | 2018-11-02 | |
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< 1000 | 2:57 | 2021-10-15 |
