◆ Special · Ranking · Monthly 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, cited at the foot of this article. Every artist links to their profile on the blog.
You can contribute: a Guadeloupe bouyon artist missing from the ranking? Flag it in the comments and it goes into the next count.
Position 0 — This is the ranking of the most streamed bouyon artists from Guadeloupe on Spotify, by monthly listeners, rebuilt every month. At the latest count, MiiMii KDS leads, ahead of DJ Skycee and 1T1. It measures artist popularity, not individual tracks: every name links to a full profile, with releases and listening links.
Want to know who Guadeloupe is actually listening to right now, with the numbers to back it? This ranking sorts Gwada bouyon artists by Spotify monthly listeners. It moves every month: one release catches on, and a name climbs several places. Click any artist to open their profile.
This month's ranking
Spotify count · August 2026.
- MiiMii KDS1.7Mmonthly listeners
- DJ Skycee1.2Mmonthly listeners
- 1T1978Kmonthly listeners
- LeJuh837Kmonthly listeners
- Theomaa708Kmonthly listeners
- Lestef KJF Boyz501Kmonthly listeners
- YSN303Kmonthly listeners
- Lewismelo247Kmonthly listeners
- DCAMP238Kmonthly listeners
- Aknose204Kmonthly listeners
- HollyG187Kmonthly listeners
- Team Bwè Tou Sa173Kmonthly listeners
- Arendi144Kmonthly listeners
- Luky Lukee141Kmonthly listeners
- Pinpin OSP125Kmonthly listeners
- Lünik76Kmonthly listeners
- JIXELS69Kmonthly listeners
- TIITII NBA68Kmonthly listeners
- DJ LEGUSTE61Kmonthly listeners
- FLW48Kmonthly listeners
The outsiders: three names knocking at the door
The ranking stops at 20, but the race carries on right below it. These three sit a few thousand listeners away from breaking in: one release that lands in the parties, and the top 20 changes shape next month.
- Shanika45Kmonthly listeners
- Kevni43Kmonthly listeners
- Ricky Bishop41Kmonthly listeners
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. It is the most honest marker of current popularity, because it counts real listeners rather than cumulative plays that a single fan can inflate.
Two things worth keeping in mind. First, this ranks artists, not tracks: an artist can sit high on the strength of a whole catalog, not necessarily one release. Second, it moves fast: a release that lands in the parties and on TikTok can lift a name ten places in a month. That is why it gets rebuilt at every count.
Catching the scene before it tips
A ranking is a photograph taken at one moment. What it does not show is the next name about to break, the one sitting 15th this month who ends the year in the top 3. TIITII NBA is one of the eight voices of the New Bouyon Wave, the collective pushing the Gwada scene forward: the current release puts you in the present tense of the genre, not in yesterday's ranking. The best moment to follow an artist is before everyone else does.
FAQ — common questions about the bouyon top 20
Who is the most streamed bouyon artist in Guadeloupe? At the latest count, MiiMii KDS leads Guadeloupe's bouyon artists by Spotify monthly listeners, ahead of DJ Skycee and 1T1. The ranking moves every month.
How is this bouyon ranking built? It ranks Guadeloupe's bouyon artists by their Spotify monthly listeners, read off their official artist pages. It measures artist popularity, not individual tracks, and it is refreshed every month.
How often is the bouyon top 20 updated? Every month. Spotify monthly listeners move continuously, so the ranking changes: one single that catches on can move an artist several places from one month to the next.
Sources
Web sources
- Spotify — artist pages (monthly listeners) — open.spotify.com · monthly listeners read off the official Spotify artist pages of Guadeloupe's 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
- The best bouyon artists to listen to in 2026 — The editorial pick, family by family. - Bouyon artists from Guadeloupe — The whole Gwada scene, artist by artist. - New Bouyon Wave — the collective — The eight voices carrying the scene since 2023. - Bouyon: origin, BPM and the history of the genre — The full bouyon guide on the blog. - Every chapter of the Bouyon blog — The complete documentary series.
Glossary
Bouyon — A music genre born in 1988 in Roseau, Dominica, with WCK. Fast tempo (152 BPM classic, 160 BPM hardcore), carried today in Guadeloupe by the New Bouyon Wave.
Monthly listeners — The number of different people who played an artist on Spotify over the last 28 days. It measures recent popularity, and it is more honest than cumulative plays.
