EDITORIAL
These are Spotify’s Most Streamed Afrobeats Songs So far in 2021
Afrobeats is a genre that has taken the world by storm and it seems it has come stay in the global music space forever. The giants Wizkid, Davido, and Burna Boy are the torch bearers of this beautiful worldwide expansion of African contemporary culture.
Although the music streaming market in Nigeria is still in it’s embryo, the massive support for the genre by Africans in diaspora and music lovers around the world has given the genre the desired stamina it requires to be recorgnised as a popular genre alongside hip hop and R&B. This support is demonstrated on the various music streaming platforms, and chief amongst these platforms is the streaming giant, Spotify.
Recently, Spotify released the list of the most streamed songs on their playlists, and all the artists listed where this year’s Nigerian top performers. Burna Boy, Arya Star, Joeboy and more, where listed to the delight of their fans. Here is the complete ranking below:
The streaming numbers for each artists is an obvious proof of the popularity of Afrobeats in the world today!
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