Shatta Wale is a Ghanaian Dancehall artiste
Music catalogue sales are steadily gaining attention among Ghanaian artistes, with musician Shatta Wale revealing that he has earned $3 million from selling his catalogue.
During a TikTok live on January 15, 2026, the SM boss said he had sold about three hundred songs to an external party and earned $3 million from the deal.
According to him, he used part of the money to buy houses and also invest in his online ride-hailing company.
Shatta Wale also took a jab at a colleague who had argued that no Ghanaian music catalogue was worth that amount.
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“I have over 11,000 songs online that my team is still trying to gather. I sold 300 of my songs for $3million, used the money to buy houses, do whatever I want to do with it, put some in my Shaxi business and other businesses. Your same artiste went to say there’s nobody in Ghana that has a catalogue worth that much,” Wale said.
Stonebwoy had earlier shared on DJ Slim’s Loud Lounge in September 2025, that he does not believe any Ghanaian music catalogue was valued at $3–4 million.
“I don’t believe that any catalogue in Ghana currently is going to earn a mention at around $3–4 million,” Stonebwoy said.
The debate over music catalogue sales and value has been ongoing since 2025 when MOG Beatz publicly claimed Shatta Wale had not paid him for production work on two albums, a matter that has since been resolved.
Watch the video below:
“I sold 300 of my songs for $3 million. I have over 11,000 songs online that my team is still trying to gather.” – Shatta Wale pic.twitter.com/HaaVYwGd0E
— EDHUB🌍ℹ (@eddie_wrt) January 15, 2026
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