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Davido’s most streamed song on ‘Timeless’ album is ……
Spotify, a global online streaming platform, has named Davido’s Unavailable as the most streamed song from his recently released album, Timeless.
This was announced in a statement released on Tuesday in Lagos by Spotify’s managing director for Sub-Saharan Africa, Jocelyne Muhutu-Remy.
According to Muhutu-Remy, the single Unavailable continues to be the most exported by listeners aged 18 to 24.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Davido’s fourth album, the 17-track Timeless, was released on March 31 and has since broken multiple streaming records.
She claimed that Spotify made the decision to make the data public in honour of performers like Davido, Tiwa Savage, Tyla, and Bruce Melodie who gave outstanding performances at the inaugural Giants of Africa Festival on August 19 in Kigali, Rwanda.
According to her, Spotify partnered with Giants of Africa for the inaugural festival, in celebration of the non-profit’s 20 years anniversary.
“Unavailable is Davido’s most streamed song on Timeless, and the most exported track among 18 to 24-year-olds, soundtracking many dance videos.
“Davido’s audience is spread out all across the continent, from Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya and Zambia.
“It was a pleasure to partner with Giants of Africa particularly for the closing concert where the audience got to experience some of Africa’s top tier talent.
“Africa’s youth are the future, and we are excited to continue to support them, through partnerships such as this one,” she said.
Muhutu-Remy noted that Savage, known as the queen of Afrobeats, also has a pan-African audience as her Spotify listeners are mostly from Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Ghana and Uganda.
She said Koroba was her most streamed song on Spotify, followed by Ma Lo, while Stamina remained her top exported track among 18 to 35-year-olds.
“Tiwa’s performance at the Giant of Africa festival showed why she is still the undisputed queen of Afrobeats,” she said.
Muhutu-Remy claims that the majority of Rwanda’s Melodie’s Spotify listeners are in East Africa, with Kenya being the country that streams his music the most frequently, followed by Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Burundi.
She noted that South African Tyla, a Spotify Africa RADAR artiste, had her most streamed track as Getting Late, followed by Girl Next Door.
She said that, according to Spotify data, Nigeria streams Tyla’s music more frequently than any other country, followed by Kenya, Ghana, and Tanzania, then her own country.