{"id":203247,"date":"2025-01-11T11:28:47","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T11:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/?p=203247"},"modified":"2025-01-11T11:28:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T11:28:47","slug":"wizkid-becomes-most-streamed-african-artiste-beats-burna-boy-davido-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/01\/11\/wizkid-becomes-most-streamed-african-artiste-beats-burna-boy-davido-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Wizkid becomes most streamed African artiste, beats Burna Boy, Davido, others"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><strong>Nigerian superstar Wizkid becomes the most streamed African artiste on Spotify, amassing 8 billion streams.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><strong>Burna Boy secures the second spot with 7.5 billion streams, following closely behind Wizkid.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><strong>Other Notable Artistes: Rema: 4.37 billion streams (3rd place), Tems: 3.24 billion streams (4th place), Davido: 2.5 billion streams (7th place), CKay, Ayra Starr, Omah Lay, and Asake also made the top 10<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Nigerian music superstar Ayo Balogun, popularly known as <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/tag\/wizkid\">Wizkid<\/a><\/strong>, has emerged as the most streamed African artiste on Spotify.<\/p>\n<p>With an astounding 8 billion streams, Wizkid has surpassed his contemporaries, including Burna Boy and Davido, in the global streaming arena.<\/p>\n<p>Burna Boy claimed the second spot with an impressive 7.5 billion streams, narrowly missing out on the top position.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_203258\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-203258\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-203258\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/images-72.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/images-72.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/images-72-245x300.jpeg 245w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-203258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wizkid.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rising stars Rema and Tems followed in third and fourth place, with 4.37 billion and 3.24 billion streams respectively,<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, Davido secured the seventh position with 2.5 billion streams, while other notable artistes on the list included CKay (2.33 billion), Ayra Starr (2.2 billion), Omah Lay (1.93 billion), and Asake (1.9 billion).<\/p>\n<p>See below;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-203254\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_20250111-121450.png\" alt=\"Wizkid becomes Spotify\u2019s most streamed artiste\" width=\"500\" height=\"774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_20250111-121450.png 711w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_20250111-121450-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_20250111-121450-662x1024.png 662w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-203255\" src=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_20250111-121513.png\" alt=\"Wizkid becomes Spotify\u2019s most streamed artiste\" width=\"500\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_20250111-121513.png 707w, https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/01\/Screenshot_20250111-121513-265x300.png 265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In other news, Nigerian music stars, Wizkid, Burna Boy, and Tems have been nominated for the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/01\/08\/burna-boy-wizkid-tems-nominated-for-2025-naacp-awards\/\">2025 NAACP Awards.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Other Nigerian stars honored at this year\u2019s award include Actress Ayo Edebiri.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The 56th edition of the NAACP Awards event which is scheduled for February 22, will be held at the Pasadena Civic Centre, California.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Wizkid who bagged two nominations for his song \u2018Piece of My Heart\u2019 featuring Brent Faiyaz, include Outstanding Duo or Collaboration and Outstanding International Song.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Burna Boy and Usher were nominated for Best Collaboration for their song \u2018Coming Home\u2019. While Tems\u2019 \u2018Love Me JeJe\u2019 secured her nomination for the \u2018Outstanding International Song\u2019 category for her song \u2018Love Me JeJe\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Actress Ayo Edebiri was nominated in five categories including Outstanding Voiceover, and Outstanding Actress in Comedy Series<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">While South Africa singer, Tyla is up for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/entertainment\/2025\/01\/08\/burna-boy-wizkid-tems-nominated-for-2025-naacp-awards\/\">Outstanding New Artiste.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian superstar Wizkid becomes the most streamed African artiste on Spotify, amassing 8 billion streams. Burna Boy secures the second spot with 7.5 billion streams, following closely behind Wizkid. 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