This is a curated post of Nigerian artists with the most monthly listeners on Spotify at the moment.
African music has been rapidly gaining ground across the world for the past years now, and the impact of the monthly listeners on Spotify to foster visibility will always be reckoned
Spotify is a Swedish streaming and media service provider with digitally restricted copyrights podcasts and music including more than 71 million songs from labels and other media outlets.
Spotify is regarded as one of the biggest music streaming platforms in the world, so thereby automatically validating artists with a huge number of monthly listeners.
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Below are African artists with the most monthly listeners on Spotify at the moment;
Wizkid
Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun popularly known as Wizkid is a Nigerian singer and songwriter who rose to prominence in 2011 after releasing his smash hit single “Holla at Your Boy”
Wizkid has 9.8 million Spotify monthly listeners at the time of this post, highest by any afrobeat artists at the moment.
Burna Boy
Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and rapper, He gained prominence in 2012 after releasing his hit single “Like to Party”
Burna Boy has 9.2 million Spotify monthly listeners at the time of this post
Tems
Temilade Openiyi better known as Tems,[1] is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record producer.
She is known for featuring on fellow Nigerian artist Wizkid’s single, “Essence
Tems has 7 million Spotify monthly listeners at the time of this post, the highest female act with monthly listeners.
Mr Eazi
Oluwatosin Ajibade popularly known as Mr Eazi is a Nigerian Singer and Music executive.
Mr Eazi has 5.5 million Spotify monthly listeners at the time of this post.
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Davido
David Adedeji Adeleke popularly known as Davido is a Nigerian-American singer, songwriter, and record producer who gained prominence in 2012 after releasing “Dami Duro”
Davido has 3.27 million Spotify monthly listeners at the time of this post
Rema
Divine Ikubor popularly known as Rema is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and rapper, He gained prominence in 2019 with the release of the song “Iron Man”
Rema has 3.3 million Spotify monthly listeners at the time of this post