On TIME’s latest list of the best 100 songs of 2021, Wizkid’s mega-hit song Essence featuring Tems and Justin Bieber is ranked second.
Wizkid’s Essence featuring Tems and Justin Bieber has taken the second spot on the recently released list by TIME of the best 100 songs for 2021.
The list was shared via their website on Sunday, the 5th of December 2021.
Big Wiz Essence featuring Tems was released as part of his Made in Lagos album, which will be unveiled in 2020.
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The song became a worldwide hit, drawing the attention of pop superstar, Justin Bieber who promptly requested to be featured on the remix.
Starboy Essence has now come in at second place on the Best Songs of 2021 list by TIME, beaten only by Pepas, a song by Puerto Rican singer, Farruko. In third place is Taylor Swift’s All Too Well.
The TIME writer Neil Jamieson writes: