Nigerian singer Ayodeji Balogun, widely known as Wizkid, has made history as the first African artist to exceed 10 billion streams on Spotify.
According to the latest figures as of January 2026, Wizkid leads the list of Africa’s most-streamed artists on the platform, with Burna Boy following closely at over 9.5 billion streams.
Rema ranks third with 5.6 billion streams, while Tems has surpassed 4.4 billion.
South African star Tyla has amassed 3.7 billion streams, and Nigerian singer Ayra Starr trails with 3.3 billion streams.
Wizkid reached the milestone after a decade of chart-topping hits, with Drake’s collaboration ‘One Dance’ contributing nearly 4 billion streams and ‘Essence’ adding over 334 million streams.
His third studio album, Made In Lagos Deluxe, stands as his most-streamed project on Spotify, accumulating over one billion streams. As a lead artist, his most-streamed track is ‘Essence’ featuring Tems, which has gathered more than 333 million streams.
Meanwhile, American singer Billie Eilish has also achieved a Spotify record. Her song ‘Birds Of A Feather’ has overtaken Tones and I’s ‘Dance Monkey’ to become the most-streamed solo song by a female artist in the platform’s history.
‘Birds Of A Feather’ recently reached 3.37 billion streams, surpassing ‘Dance Monkey’, which has 3.3 billion streams.
