Ariel Sheney: His tribute to Nadiya Sabeh enters directly at No. 3 on YouTube Côte d’Ivoire
The song "What God Has Done," dedicated by Ariel Sheney to his wife Nadiya Sabeh, marks a notable entry in the weekly YouTube chart in Côte d’Ivoire.
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Ariel Sheney turns his grief into music and the Ivorian public responds enthusiastically. His song “What God Has Done,” released on August 28, 2026, in tribute to his wife Nadiya Sabeh, debuted directly at third place on the weekly YouTube chart in Côte d’Ivoire for the week ending September 3.
According to the YouTube Côte d’Ivoire ranking compiled by Kworb, the track accumulated 740,232 plays during this period, behind “CASSE TES REINS” by Dydy Yeman and “MATATA” by Tazeboy. A notable performance for a song released just a few days before the ranking closed.
The song holds a special place in the singer’s recent journey. Ariel Sheney had publicly expressed his immense grief following the passing of Nadiya Sabeh, who died on December 3, 2025. The artist had then explained that he had lost much more than a wife.
With “What God Has Done,” Ariel Sheney chooses this time to put words and images to this ordeal. Pulse Côte d’Ivoire presents the track as one of his most personal pieces, conceived as a tribute to the one who shared his life and as a step in his journey since the tragedy.
A video that combines memory and artificial intelligence
The video accompanies this emotional charge with an unusual visual approach. The direction notably relies on artificial intelligence to recreate sequences and images centered on the couple, a choice that symbolically extends Nadiya Sabeh’s presence within the world of the piece.
The story of Ariel Sheney and Nadiya Sabeh had long been followed by the Ivorian public. The couple had officially married in December 2024, after several years of a relationship intermittently exposed on social media and in the celebrity press.
The disappearance of Nadiya Sabeh, confirmed in December 2025 by the Ivorian Press Agency, had caused a strong emotional response within the Ivorian cultural community. Eight months later, the rapid success of “What God Has Done” shows that this tribute resonates far beyond the singer’s close circle.
This direct entry into the weekly YouTube Top 3 in Côte d’Ivoire thus offers Ariel Sheney a highly notable musical comeback, driven less by buzz and more by an intimate story made public.
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