25th November, 2024
19th July, 2020Island-Pop star Conkarah is quickly proving a worldwide summer sensation with his breakthrough hit single, Banana (feat. Shaggy) [DJ Fle - Minisiren Remix], available now via S-Curve Records/BMG/9122 Records at all DSPs and streaming services.
The track is a playful take on the traditional Jamaican folk song, Day-O (The Banana Boat Song), featuring Conkarah’s fellow Jamaican, 2x Grammy Award-winner Shaggy joined by a brand new companion video, filmed earlier this month in Kingston, Jamaica by director Jay Will (Major Lazer, Third World) and streaming now via YouTube.
“It brings joy to my soul when I can share impactful rhythmic sounds that can alleviate some chaos in the world right now,” says Conkarah. “This is why I live for music. It changes and evolves us no matter how trying the circumstances are.” Adds Shaggy“I make songs to put smiles on people’s faces and to make people happy,”
The release of a spectacular new Remix EP, featuring inventive flips of Banana by an array of international superstar DJs including Dave Audé, Dinaire+Bissen, Faustix, Lady Bee, James Anthony, and New Zealand’s DJ FLe, has already proven equally popular to the original version.
Indeed, Banana and its “DJ FLe - Minisiren Remix” now boast over 430 million combined global streams to date after five weeks (and counting) in the Spotify “Global Viral 50,” making Conkrah the 406th most listened to artist in the world on Spotify this month. What’s more, Banana (feat. Shaggy) [DJ Fle - Minisiren Remix] is accompanied by an official lyric video, now with over 10 million individual views at Conkarah’s official YouTube channel.
In India Banana is turning out to be one of the biggest international hits of 2020. Led by it's surge on video sharing app TikTok, where along with top Indian influencers, many Bollywood & TV personalities including Madhuri Dixit, Raveena Tandon, Remo Fernandes, Urvashi Rautela, Reshmi Desai took the popular #BANANADROP dance challenge. The song was #1 on TikTok's highly competitive `Hot Hits India' chart for multiple weeks, garnering millions of views in the form of user-generated videos. Banana also peaked at #1 on Shazam's `Top 200 India' and the `Discovery India' chart. The song is also one of the most requested tracks on International radio in India and has also entered International charts across streaming services.
Currently climbing iTunes’ Pop Chart in 16 countries around the world, Banana (feat. Shaggy) [DJ Fle - Minisiren Remix] is now impacting at multi-format radio outlets across America. The track is shaping up to be among the top songs of the summer, with over 430 million total streams across an array of platforms. The song has fast ascended content charts around the world, rising to #5 on Shazam’s “Top 200 Global” while reaching the top 10 in 25 countries. In addition, the single recently hit #12 on Spotify’s “Global Viral 50” and #73 on the “Global Top 200.”
As if that weren’t enough, Banana recently ranked as the #1 Sound on TikTok, featured in over 28 million user-generated videos thus far. Indeed, the track has charted in over 20 countries, fueled in part by the hugely popular #BANANADROP dance challenge, including videos by such celebrities and top influencers as Jason Derulo, Charli D’amelio, Nicole Scherzinger, Chiara Ferragni, and Neymar.
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