Burna Boy Leads Billboard’s Most-streamed Artiste in Sub-Saharan Africa

Burna Boy, Nigerian Afrofusion star, has topped the list of Billboard’s Music most streamed artistes.

This is coming after the Self-acclaimed African Giant provoked outrage on social media over his thinly-veiled dig at Davido who declared himself and Wizkid as the “two greatest musicians” in the country.

Burna Boy, who recently released a song titled Odogwu— which means a great man in Igbo language — reacted to Davido’s declaration when he hinted that the singer’s achievements were largely influenced by his father’s wealth.

The data, recently released by Billboard, an American entertainment media brand featured artistes in the sub Sahara Africa, whose songs were streamed via the platform. Nigerian music stars dominated the list as well.

In the heavyweight list, Burna Boy takes the lead with 435.57 million streams, Tanzanian Diamond Platnumz comes in second with 291.98 million streams while Davido takes the third spot with 285.76 million.

The list also features Sinach, a Nigerian gospel singer who became the first African to top the Billboard USA Christian songwriters chart last month.

Joeyboy was another young artiste that made the list.The Empawa artiste has been on a steady rise since the release of his first album, Love and Light.

Check out the full list:

1. Burna Boy – 435.57M
2. Diamond Platnumz – 291.98M
3. Davido – 285.76M
4. Fally Ipupa – 186.5M
5. Wizkid – 176.23M
6. Innoss’B – 155.67M
7. TeknoMiles – 153.07M
8. Mr Eazi – 139.68M
9. Harmonize – 138.98M
10. Rayvanny – 133.69M
11. Flavour – 130.15M
12. Sinach – 120.73M
13. Eddy Kenzo – 109.73M
14. Yemi Alade – 109.55M
15. Joeboy – 106.08M