Nigerian superstar, Ayodeji Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, don make history as the first African artist to cross 10 billion streams on global music streaming platform, Spotify.

 

The Ojuelegba crooner reach the milestone after all his songs across collaborations and solo projects recently hit the 10 billion-stream mark.

 

His collaboration with Canadian superstar Drake and British singer Tyla na his most streamed song, wey don gather almost 4 billion streams on the platform.

 

Wizkid’s third studio album, ‘Made In Lagos Deluxe’, dey his most streamed project on Spotify, with over 1 billion streams. As lead artist, his most streamed song na ‘Essence’ featuring Tems, wey don gather over 333 million streams.

 

Meanwhile, for female artists, American singer Billie Eilish don surpass Tones and I with her song ‘Birds Of A Feather’, wey recently hit 3.37 billion streams, making am the most streamed solo song by a female artist on Spotify, overtaking Dance Monkey wey get 3.3 billion streams.

 

Wizkid’s achievement mark another big milestone for African music globally, showing the continent’s growing influence on the international music stage.