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Shatta Wale

Shatta Wale

AfrobeatsActive

Biography

Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jr., known as Shatta Wale, is a Ghanaian dancehall artist born in 1984 in Accra who rebranded himself in 2013 and quickly became one of Africa's biggest dancehall acts with his breakthrough hit "Dancehall King." He won Artiste of the Year at the 2014 Ghana Music Awards and earned international recognition when he featured on Beyoncé's "Already" from The Lion King: The Gift soundtrack in 2019.

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Discography (19)

The Interface (Shatta Music Genre)
The Interface (Shatta Music Genre)
album2026
8 tracks
A TASTE OF THE AFRICAN KING
A TASTE OF THE AFRICAN KING
album2026
12 tracks
SAFA
SAFA
album2024
14 tracks
Konekt
Konekt
album2024
8 tracks
Maali
Maali
album2023
10 tracks
CROSSROADS
CROSSROADS
album2022
10 tracks
The Manacles of a Shatta
The Manacles of a Shatta
album2020
7 tracks
Wonder Boy
Wonder Boy
album2019
13 tracks
Reign
Reign
album2018
17 tracks
After the Storm
After the Storm
album2016
22 tracks
Magical Year Mixtape
Magical Year Mixtape
album2015
28 tracks
Rasta Flex
Rasta Flex
album2015
16 tracks

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