Nigeria has been at the forefront of afrobeat in the past decade, producing chunks of amazing sounds that travel all over the world, most of the acceptable afrobeat sound are likely by Nigeria acts.
The Nigerian Music Industry has gone from CD eras to Streaming eras with streaming platforms like Apple Music, Spotify, Audiomack, Boomplay leading the way. Most Streamed Artistes from Africa come from Nigeria.
One of the biggest streaming platforms that Nigerian Artists have finally their place on is Spotify. The streaming platform though isn’t available to Nigerians unless you stay in countries that are accepted by the platform.
This has made it one of the exclusive platforms that are used to measure how big a Nigerian artist is outside Nigeria.
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Here we’ll be looking at the updated total Streams Across all Credits (features inclusive) for Most streamed Nigerian Artistes.
1. Wizkid
Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun popularly known as Wizkid rose to prominence in 2010 and attained global recognition in 2015 after collaborating with Canadian superstar Drake.
He’s the Most streamed African Artist of all-time on Spotify with total streams of 3,485,993,216 Billion streams across all credits.
2.Burna Boy
Another artist who made the list of most streamed Nigerian artistes is Burna Boy.
Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, he rose to prominence in 2012 after his single “Like to Party”. Over years he has impacted globally, as he bagged Grammy nominations twice with his 2 projects (African Giant & Twice as Tall) respectively.
He’s the second most-streamed Nigerian artiste of all-time on Spotify with a total of 1,836,385,624 Billion Streams Across all credits.
3. Mr Eazi
Oluwatosin Ajibade, popularly known as Mr Eazi, a Nigerian singer and songwriter, rose to prominence and gained international recognition after dropping his single “Skin tight” featuring Ghanaian star Efya.
He’s the 3rd most-streamed Nigerian Artist of all-time on Spotify with a total of 1,059,515,866 Billion Streams Across all credits.
4. Davido
David Adedeji Adeleke, also known as Davido, rose to prominence in 2012, after releasing “Dami Duro” a second single off his debut album, he got international recognition in 2017, after releasing his successful single “Fall”
He’s the fourth most-streamed Nigerian Artist of all-time on Spotify with a total of 629,862,493 Million streams Across all credits.
5.Maleek Berry
Maleek Shoyebi, popularly known as Maleek Berry is a Nigerian superstar singer, songwriter, and producer, also a British born, he came to the limelight in 2012, started as a producer, and later became fully independent as an artist.
He’s the fifth most-streamed Nigerian Artist of all-time on Spotify with a total of 442,738,299 Million streams Across all credits.
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6.Tekno
Augustine Miles Kelechi known as Tekno Miles or just Tekno is a Nigeria singer, songwriter, and producer, he rose to prominence in 2013, after his single “Dance”
He’s the sixth most streamed Nigerian Artist of all-time on Spotify with a total of 205,976,589 Million streams Across all credits.
7.Tiwa Savage
Tiwatope Savage, popularly known as Tiwa Savage is a Nigeria singer and songwriter, rose to prominence in 2013 with his popular single “Kele Kele love”
She’s the seventh most-streamed Nigerian Artiste of all-time on Spotify with a total of 179,123,712 Million streams Across all credits
8.P-square
The Music duo comprising of twin brothers, Paul and Peter Okoye came to the limelight as early as 2003 with a single “last nite”
They are the eighth most-streamed Nigerian Artist of all-time on Spotify with a total of 171,839,601 Million streams Across all credits.
9.Yemi Alade
Yemi Eberechi Alade also known as Yemi Alade is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and dancer, she rose to prominence commercially in 2014, after her hit single “Johnny”
She’s the ninth most-streamed Nigerian Artist of all-time on Spotify with a total of 146,942,395 Million streams Across all credits.
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10. Olamide
Olamide Adedeji popularly known as Olamide is a Nigerian rapper, singer and songwriter, he rose to prominence in 2011.
He’s the tenth most-streamed Nigerian Artiste of all-time on Spotify with a total of 141,684,604 Million streams Across all credits.
Top 10 Most Streamed Nigerian Artistes of all-time on Spotify
- Wizkid
- Burna Boy
- Mr Eazi
- Davido
- Maleek Berry
- Tekno
- Tiwa Savage
- P-square
- Yemi Alade
- Olamide