Nigerian recording artiste, Damini Ogulu, who is better known as Burna Boy, has broken the record for most monthly listeners by an African artist in Spotify history.
The ‘African Giant’ crooner recently hit 46.84 million monthly listeners on Spotify, surpassing the previous African record of 46.58 million set by South African singer Tyla.
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Burna Boy currently has 47.3 million monthly listeners on Spotify, and he is poised to become the first African artist to hit 50 million monthly listeners on Spotify.
The surge in streams is primarily led by his World Cup song with Shakira, ‘Dai Dai.’
The song recently peaked at number one on Spotify Global Top Songs chart, making Burna Boy the first African artist to top the chart since Wizkid debuted on it through his collaboration with Drake on ‘One Dance’ in 2016.
Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, known professionally as Burna Boy, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record producer. He gained recognition in 2012 after releasing “Like to Party”, the lead single from his debut studio album L.I.F.E.
The Nigerian recording artiste is celebrating his 35th birthday today, Thursday, July 3.
