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Nigerian Afrobeats star Asake has reached another major career milestone as his hit song “Lonely At The Top” surpasses 200 million streams on Spotify.

According to data tracked by Complex Music and global music chart aggregators, the song becomes Rihanna’s eighth track to surpass 2 billion streams, making her the female artist with the most songs to reach the milestone.

July 2 (THEWILL) — Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Burna Boy, has set a new record for the highest monthly listeners by an African artiste on Spotify. The hitmaker reached 46.84 million monthly listeners, breaking the previous record of 46.58 million set...

May 01, (THEWILL) — Spotify is introducing a new “Verified by Spotify” badge to help users distinguish human artists from AI-generated content. A light green checkmark icon will appear next to artists who meet specific criteria, such as consistent...

February 23, (THEWILL) — Nigerian music star Asake has become the most-streamed artist on Spotify in Nigeria. The streaming platform shared the figures as it marked five years of operations in Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana. Since launching in Nigeria in...

June 12, (THEWILL) - Spotify, a global online music streaming platform, said it paid more than N25 billion to Nigerian artistes as royalties in 2023. Jocelyne Muhutu-Remy, Spotify’s Managing Director for Sub-Saharan Africa, said this was double what was recorded...

November 30, (THEWILL) - Spotify, global online streaming platform has announced Nigerian Afrobeats artistes, Ahmed Ololade, known professionally as Asake, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burnaboy and David Adedeji Adeleke, better known as Davido, as the most streamed musical...

November 26, (THEWILL) - South Africans on social media have called out Spotify for using Nigerian Afrobeats singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, as the cover for its Amapiano playlist on the streaming platform. Amapiano, which originated in South...

April 05, (THEWILL) - Spotify, an online streaming platform, has revealed that David Adeleke, aka Davido’s songs, are the most streamed in United Kingdom, Nigeria, Canada and France. Spotify’s Artiste and Label Partnerships Manager for West Africa, Victor Okpala, made...

December 04, (THEWILL) - Spotify, the popular music streaming platform, has revealed that Ebunoluwa Damini Ogulu, aka Burna Boy, is the most streamed Nigerian artiste of 2022. The feat was announced by Spotify’s Artist & Label Partnerships Manager, West Africa,...