O’Kenneth’s Came of Age: Deluxe Edition went straight to the top in Ghana. Within hours of its release on Friday, 13 November, the 13-track project sits at No. 1 on Apple Music’s Top Albums chart for Ghana, with the original Came of Age at No. 3 and only Kweku Smoke’s No Days Off between them, according to Apple Music’s own chart data on Friday evening.
The songs chart tells an even bigger story. All 13 new tracks are in Apple Music Ghana’s top 20 songs, and seven of them sit in the top 10. “Repair” leads at No. 1, followed by “Me Nsan” at No. 2, with “Kɔkɔsakyi”, “Julius Caesar”, “Save Me”, “Clarity Stones” and “Wounded Lion (Wasn’t Gifted)” also in the top 10.
A deluxe that plays like a new album
Rather than tack a few bonus songs onto the original, the Kumasi rapper has released the deluxe as a separate 13-track set. JT700 and SRT Gwalla join him on “Clarity Stones”, and Terrist Carter features on the closing track, “Damaged Soul”. Other titles include “Times Like This”, “Beauty in the Struggle”, “Reap What You Sow”, “Ahomakye” and “If You Say”. The release is credited to YGA O’Kenneth Management, according to its Apple Music listing.
The original Came of Age, an 18-track album, came out on 1 May 2026, so its return to the top three six months later shows how strongly fans have stuck with it. O’Kenneth first announced the deluxe for 13 November on his official X account, as we reported earlier this month.
Fans react
On X, fans spent the day sharing chart screenshots and favourite lines from the new songs. O’Kenneth reposted a stream of those reactions, including posts celebrating “Repair” reaching No. 1.
The run puts him firmly back at the front of the Asakaa conversation, going head to head with Kweku Smoke, whose No Days Off sits at No. 2 on the albums chart.
Is Came of Age: Deluxe Edition better than the original? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
