Nigerian Afrobeats singer Ayodeji Balogun, known professionally as Wizkid, has set a new record as the first African artist to reach 11 billion streams on Spotify.
The milestone was announced on Tuesday by music data handle @ChaftsAfrica on X (formerly Twitter), which posted a sequential list showing Wizkid as the first African artist to achieve each billion-stream mark from one to 11 billion.
The record follows the release of his collaboration with DJ Tunez, titled State of Mind, on May 15. The track garnered more than 685,000 Spotify streams globally within its first day.
In January of this year, Wizkid became the first African artist to reach 10 billion streams on the platform.
Entertainment stakeholders and fans have described the latest achievement as another landmark moment for African music on the global stage.
