Afropop star, Ayodeji Balogun popularly known as Wizkid, has become the first African artiste to hit eight million monthly streams on Spotify, the online streaming platform.
The streaming records revealed Wizkid’s popularity on the platform on Monday.
The previous record was held by Congolese rapper and singer, Maitre Gims. He had seven million monthly listeners.
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 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.
