Nigerian African Giant Burna Boy becomes the first Nigerian artist to reach a billion views on Youtube.
The Nigerian Afro-Fusion musician Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, known professionally as Burna Boy, has amassed total streams of 1 billion views, which includes views on all of his music videos on Youtube.
Burna Boy benefited significantly from the influence of two Grammy-nominated albums, one of which earned him his first Grammy. The two albums produced a steady stream of successes, with their videos performing well on his YouTube channel.
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He became the first Nigerian artist to reach a billion views on Youtube, thanks to videos like On The Low, which received 225 million views. Burna Boy’s single Ye, dubbed “international breakout material” by many, has 159 million views
The African Giant is followed by Davido, who has 963 million views on his own channel, and Wizkid, who has 960 million views on his own channel.
Recall Mp3bullet.ng reported that Burna Boy is coming through with new music which would feature American Rapper, Polo G titled “Want It All”.