Afrobeats global icon, Ayodeji Balogun, widely known as Wizkid, has made history as the first African artist to surpass 9 billion streams across all credits on Spotify.
This landmark achievement solidifies Wizkid’s status as one of the most influential and commercially successful African musicians worldwide.
His most streamed track remains the 2016 hit “One Dance” — a collaboration with Drake and Kyla — which alone boasts 3.7 billion streams, ranking among Spotify’s top 10 most-streamed songs ever. It also earned a Guinness World Record as the first track to hit 1 billion streams on the platform.
As a lead artist, Wizkid’s biggest solo success is the Grammy-nominated “Essence” featuring Tems, with over 303 million streams, a cultural phenomenon that helped push Afrobeats deeper into global music spaces.
While Taylor Swift remains Spotify’s most-streamed artist with over 1.5 billion monthly plays, Wizkid’s new record is a monumental win for African music’s presence on the world stage.l