A new list with names of Nigerian artists whose songs have gotten to one billion streams worldwide. According to the post there are four male artists and one female artist on the list. The male artists are Burna boy, Rema, Ckay and Wizkid.
The female artist happens to be the only lady mentioned in the list. She also emerged as the first female singer to achieve one billion streams worldwide.
That lady happens to be Oyinkansola Aderibigbe professionally known as Ayra Starr, her song ‘Rush’ is the sole track that contributed to her total streams. The top songs include Burna Boy’s ‘Last Last’, Wizkid’s ‘Essence’, Ckay’s ‘Love Nwantiti’ and Rema’s ‘calm down’. Rema recently had a concert in Benin, making his song ‘Calm Down’ hit one billion streams.
In 2022 Ayra Starr achieved mainstream international recognition with the release of the song ‘Rush’. The song charted in several territories, including Switzerland, Ireland and the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number 24. It earned the singer a nomination at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards for Best African Music Performance.
Burna on the other hand rose to stardom in 2012 after releasing ‘Like to Party’ the lead single from his debut studio album L.I.F.E (2013). As at 2017, Burna Boy signed with Atlantic Records in the United States to release his third studio album, Outside in the year 2018.
Wizkid began his music recording and career at the age of 11 and released a collaborative album with the Glorious Five, a group he and a couple of his church friends formed. He signed a record deal with Banky W’s Empire Mates Entertainment (E.M.E) in 2019. He rose to the limelight after releasing “Holla at Your Boy”, the lead single from his debut studio album, Superstar in 2011.
Fans on seeing the list of the Nigerian artists posted, questioned why Davido was not included in it.
