Wizkid becomes first African artiste to hit 8 million streams on Spotify

Nigerian Afropop star, Wizkid, has become the first African artiste to hit eight million listeners on Spotify’s monthly streams.

Spotify is an online, music streaming platform that pays royalties based on the number of artists’ streams as a proportion of total songs streamed.

The previous record was held by Congolese rapper and singer, Maitre Gims. He had seven million monthly listeners on Spotify.

This win follows Wizkid’s recent collaboration with DJ Spinall and Tiwa Savage on ‘Dis Love’.

The singer also featured on ‘Like,’ a new single by British-Ghanaian rapper and singer, Kojo Funds.

The music star is also the first African artist to walk the runway at a Dolce and Gabbana fashion show while his music `Soco’ played at the background.

In 2018, he became the first African artiste to sell out Skyway Theatre. The only other artiste who has achieved the same feat in Minnesota is Beyonce.

The ‘Sweet Love’ singer recently made Billboard entry for his collaboration with Beyonce on her ‘Lion King’-inspired album.