Global music star Wizkid has set a new landmark in African music history, becoming the first African artist to surpass 10 billion streams on Spotify.
The achievement was recorded across all his credits on the streaming platform, cementing the Nigerian singer’s status as one of Africa’s most influential exports in the global music industry.
Born Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, the Ojuelegba crooner reached the milestone through a catalogue that spans solo hits, chart-topping collaborations and critically acclaimed albums.
His most streamed track on Spotify remains a high-profile collaboration with Canadian superstar Drake and British singer Tyla, which has amassed close to four billion streams, making it his biggest song on the platform.
Wizkid’s most streamed body of work is Made in Lagos (Deluxe), the globally celebrated album that has crossed one billion streams, driven largely by its international appeal and genre-blending sound.
As a lead artist, his biggest Spotify hit is “Essence” featuring Tems, a record-breaking Afrobeats anthem that has generated over 333 million streams and played a major role in introducing the genre to a wider global audience.
The historic milestone places Wizkid in an elite global category and reinforces the growing dominance of Afrobeats on international streaming charts.
Meanwhile, on the global scene, Billie Eilish has also rewritten Spotify history. Her song “Birds of a Feather” has overtaken Tones and I’s “Dance Monkey” to become the most streamed solo song by a female artist on the platform.
“Birds of a Feather” recently crossed 3.37 billion streams, edging past “Dance Monkey,” which stands at approximately 3.3 billion streams.
