BRIT Awards honours Wizkid for setting new Afrobeats record in UK

• Wizkid has continued to empower the wings of Afrobeats to soar higher as he sets new record.
• The music star was awarded the prestigious Brit Billion Award, a recognition given for amassing a staggering one billion streams in the United Kingdom.
• BRIT Awards made the announcement on Twitter, sparking excitements among Nigerians.

Afrobeats Singer and performer Ayodeji Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has been honoured by the British Phonographic Industry music award body for his latest achievement in United Kingdom.

The Brit Awards, on Monday, July 31, 2023, via twitter, announced that the Starboy crooner was awarded the prestigious Brit Billion Award for garnering a staggering one billion streams in the United Kingdom.

The tweet reads:

“It’s one billion UK streams for @wizkidayo, who was presented with his BRIT Billion Award while in London for his incredible show at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.”

SEE TWEET BELOW

It's one billion UK streams for @wizkidayo, who was presented with his BRIT Billion Award while in London for his incredible show at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. 🏆 pic.twitter.com/sqEj7xW2TB

— BRIT Awards (@BRITs) July 31, 2023

With the latest achievement, Wizkid is the first Afrobeats and Nigerian artiste to achieve this tremendous feat.

The recent recognition for Wizkid follows his groundbreaking performance at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, on July 29, where he became the first and only African artist to headline and perform.

His mesmerizing show at the 62,850-capacity venue further solidified his position as a global Afropop icon.

The Afrobeats icon provided his audience with an electrifying musical experience. Wizkid serenaded the audience with songs from “Ayo” and “Made in Lagos,”

A trending video emerged online of some Wizkid female fans grappling over his shirt at the just-concluded show.

A picture from the event showing the moment the Nigerian Star Boy posed for the camera with his manager and baby mama Jada Pollock’s dad also went viral.

In the picture, Wizkid, who flaunted his bare chest, was seen holding what seems to be a cigar, which has stirred mixed reactions from Nigerian netizens.