{
  "slug": "osibisa",
  "name": "Osibisa",
  "description": "Osibisa appears 2 times in our Highlife and 1976 lists, placing as high as No. 7. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-30",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/osibisa/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 1976,
    "last": 1976
  },
  "highestPlacing": {
    "rank": 7,
    "list": "Highlife"
  },
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      "slug": "highlife",
      "name": "Highlife",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/highlife/",
      "entries": 1
    },
    {
      "kind": "curator",
      "slug": "nineteen-seventy-six",
      "name": "1976",
      "url": "https://waxonia.com/theme/nineteen-seventy-six/",
      "entries": 1
    }
  ],
  "tracks": [
    {
      "trackKey": "osibisa--sunshine-day",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/osibisa--sunshine-day/",
      "title": "Sunshine Day",
      "year": 1976,
      "label": "Bronze",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Ghanaian and Caribbean musicians in London, making highlife that charted in Britain without diluting the percussion. The diaspora version, and a very good one.",
      "alsoOn": [
        {
          "kind": "curator",
          "slug": "nineteen-seventy-six",
          "name": "1976",
          "url": "https://waxonia.com/theme/nineteen-seventy-six/"
        }
      ],
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        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Osibisa%20Sunshine%20Day",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=MeH3OdgGHso",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": 7,
      "on": {
        "kind": "genre",
        "slug": "highlife",
        "name": "Highlife",
        "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/highlife/"
      },
      "artist": "Osibisa"
    },
    {
      "trackKey": "osibisa--sunshine-day",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/osibisa--sunshine-day/",
      "title": "Sunshine Day",
      "year": 1976,
      "label": "Bronze",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Ghanaian musicians in London making a record that got played on daytime radio without softening what it was. Included because the traffic went both ways in 1976, and this is the year's best evidence of it.",
      "alsoOn": [
        {
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          "slug": "highlife",
          "name": "Highlife",
          "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/highlife/"
        }
      ],
      "links": {
        "spotify": {
          "url": "https://open.spotify.com/search/Osibisa%20Sunshine%20Day",
          "exact": false
        },
        "youtubeMusic": {
          "url": "https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=MeH3OdgGHso",
          "exact": true
        }
      },
      "rank": null,
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        "slug": "nineteen-seventy-six",
        "name": "1976",
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      },
      "artist": "Osibisa"
    }
  ],
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}