◆ Special · Ranking · Dominica bouyon top 20
Written by TIITII NBA, artist of the New Bouyon Wave collective.
Sources : the ranking is built from the monthly listener counts shown on official Spotify artist pages. Every artist links to their profile on the blog.
In short. This is the ranking of the most streamed bouyon artists from Dominica on Spotify, by monthly listeners, rebuilt every month. At the latest count, Mr Ridge leads, ahead of Pudaz and Little Boy. This is the island where bouyon was born in 1988: every name links to a full profile.
Bouyon was born here, in Roseau, in 1988. This ranking sorts Dominican bouyon artists by Spotify monthly listeners, and it says two things at once: who leads today, and what streaming kept from decades of scene. Click any artist to open their profile.
This month's ranking
Spotify count · September 2026.
- Mr Ridge236Kmonthly listeners
- Pudaz127Kmonthly listeners
- Little Boy65Kmonthly listeners
- Reo38Kmonthly listeners
- Asa Bantan38Kmonthly listeners
- Skinny Banton31Kmonthly listeners
- Khallion31Kmonthly listeners
- Trev Li26Kmonthly listeners
- Trilla-G23Kmonthly listeners
- Signal Band22Kmonthly listeners
- Keks Mafia19Kmonthly listeners
- Real Reel12Kmonthly listeners
- Trixzmigos11Kmonthly listeners
- Triple Kay International9Kmonthly listeners
- Shelly7Kmonthly listeners
- WCK6Kmonthly listeners
- Faithii3Kmonthly listeners
- Ebony Empress3Kmonthly listeners
- Deearr3Kmonthly listeners
- Carlyn XP1Kmonthly listeners
What this ranking does not say
A listener count measures distribution as much as music. On this island, the gap is brutal.
WCK founded bouyon in 1988 and sits near the bottom of the table. The group weighs forty times less than the leader. That is not a verdict on their importance, it is what happens when a 1988-2000 catalog never gets carried properly onto the platforms.
Suppa appears nowhere. The founder of Gaza Crew, who died in 2013, belonged to the SoundCloud era. No streaming service carries his work. A pillar of the genre's history, impossible to rank.
Five bands out of six are missing. All Star, Cross Vibes, Effects, Explosive, Legacy: no page at all. The Dominican scene was built on bands, on stage, at Carnival and at the World Creole Music Festival. Streaming does not see that half.
So read this ranking for what it is: a photograph of what plays online this month, not the hierarchy of Dominican bouyon.
How to read this ranking
The number is the monthly listener count shown on each artist's Spotify page: how many different people played them over the last 28 days.
Two caveats. First, this ranks artists, not tracks. Second, several Dominican artists have their catalog split across multiple Spotify pages, created automatically at each release: their real audience is higher than any single page shows. Where that happens, the main page is the one used here.
From Roseau to Les Abymes
Bouyon crossed the channel. What started in Dominica in 1988 is now also written in Guadeloupe, with its own voices. TIITII NBA is one of the eight of the New Bouyon Wave: the current release puts you in the present tense of the genre, on both sides of the water.
FAQ : common questions
Who is the most streamed bouyon artist in Dominica? At the latest count, Mr Ridge leads Dominican bouyon artists by Spotify monthly listeners, ahead of Pudaz and Little Boy. The ranking is rebuilt every month.
Where was bouyon born? In Roseau, Dominica, in 1988, with the group WCK (Windward Caribbean Kulture). The island remains the historic home of the genre, now carried on in Guadeloupe and Saint Martin too.
Why is WCK so low in the ranking? Because the ranking measures Spotify monthly listeners, meaning today's online listening. WCK's historic catalog, recorded from 1988 on, was never properly carried onto the streaming platforms.
Sources
Web sources
- Spotify, artist pages (monthly listeners). open.spotify.com · monthly listeners read off the official Spotify artist pages of Dominican bouyon artists; a measure of artist popularity, refreshed every month. - Internal editorial synthesis. TIITII NBA Bouyon blog. tiitii-nba.com/en/bouyon/ · links each artist to their profile and to the bouyon genre.
Going further
- Bouyon artists from Dominica · The whole Dominican scene, artist by artist. - Monthly bouyon top 20. Guadeloupe · The ranking for the genre's other home. - Bouyon Hub · The full guide: origin, BPM, history, artists. - Every chapter of the Bouyon blog · The complete documentary series.
Glossary
Bouyon. A music genre born in 1988 in Dominica, with WCK. Fast tempo (152 BPM classic, 160 BPM hardcore), carried today on both sides of the channel.
Monthly listeners. The number of different people who played an artist on Spotify over the last 28 days.
