Nigerian singer Ayo Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid has surpassed Davido and Burna Boy to become the most streamed African artist on Spotify.
With a remarkable 8 billion streams, Wizkid has become one of Africa’s top musical exports.
Burna Boy secured second place with 7.5 billion streams, putting up a strong challenge but not quite reaching Wizkid’s impressive total.
Prompt News reports that Rema and Tems followed in third and fourth place with 4.37 billion and 3.24 billion streams, respectively.
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The success of the “Kese (Dance)” artist, who has been a prominent figure in the music scene for years, has continually expanded the limits of African music.
He explores new sounds and works with international artists, which has helped grow his global fan base.
Davido made it to the top 10 list, securing the seventh spot with 2.5 billion streams, but he fell short of the top two.
CKay came in eighth with 2.33 billion streams, followed by Ayra Starr with 2.2 billion, Omah Lay with 1.93 billion, and Asake with 1.9 billion streams.
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Read some comments below:
@Homiebishop “Davido 30bgs nah noise makers.”
@ib_fire “Wizkid always on top. Why?”
@Sagewesesouthah “Nigeria is killing it in the music industry well done to them.”
@edem_DemsLfc “Where is Shatta Wale?.”
@Airdropified “Nigeria is on top.”
@_Oroshiakose “That is remarkable.”
@annalexxb “Drake helped wizkid life with one dance.”
@Saculelohtis “Nigerian music is just trash bviously their artists are mostly streamed coz Nigeria is thee most populist country in Africa.”
@matsiko_1 “Nigeria, South Africa and Ghana should form their own continent.”
@mimiowner44 “Enough is enough no comparison of Big wiz and Frogido again. Enough is enough.”
@Ayomide_gl “If Wiz Sha don dey number 1, nothing no concern man with others list.”
@ _gloryy99 “Now do this same list for other streaming platforms make we check something. You go see say some artist wey claim say them big no actually big outside Spotify lol.”
@Pepto_24 “By the end of next year, Tyla will be most streamed even more than some American artists.”
@ 29rocketboy “Omah Lay just has one album out and he’s 10, Omah Lay is him.”
