Wizkid becomes first African artist to hit 10 billion streams on spotify

Nigerian music superstar Ayodeji Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has made history by becoming the first African artist to surpass 10 billion streams on global music streaming platform Spotify.

The milestone comes as the Ojuelegba crooner’s total streams—including all his solo tracks and collaborations—recently crossed the 10 billion mark, cementing his status as one of Africa’s most influential musical talents on the international stage.

Wizkid’s most streamed song as lead is ‘Essence’ featuring Tems, which has amassed over 333 million streams.

Meanwhile, American singer Billie Eilish’s ‘Birds Of A Feather’ has surpassed Tones and I’s ‘Dance Monkey’ as the most streamed solo song by a female artist in Spotify history.

‘Birds Of A Feather’ recently hit 3.37 billion to surpass ‘Dance Monkey’, which has 3.3 billion streams.