Friday, January 9, 2026 - Nigerian singer Ayodeji Balogun, widely known as Wizkid, has made history by becoming the first African artist to surpass ten billion streams on Spotify.
The Ojuelegba crooner achieved the feat as his streams
across all credits on the platform recently hit the 10 billion-stream mark.
His collaborative hit with Canadian superstar Drake and
British singer, Tyla is his most streamed song on the platform with almost 4
billion streams.
His third studio album, ‘Made In Lagos Deluxe’ is his most
streamed project on Spotify with over a billion streams.
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.
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