Mp3bullet.ng presents Nigerian Songs that crossed the 100 Million Mark on Spotify.

When it comes to music streaming platforms, Spotify is a big name. Although it’s officially new in Nigeria, Nigerian Artists have managed to gain streams on the platform before its entry into Nigeria.

The continuous rise of AFrobeat and Afro-fusion music across the globe has seen a greater impact on the rise of streams on Nigerian songs on the platform.

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Here are the Nigerian Songs that crossed the 100 Million Mark on Spotify.

Love Nwantiti- Ckay

Love Nwantiti by CKay had gone viral on TikTok, a video production and sharing app, complete with a dance routine, catapulting him from a rising Nigerian star to a global sensation.

This ascent was made possible by the popularity of the video for the version with Kuami Eugene and Joeboy, and then the dance trend incorporating the song, which resulted in record-breaking figures for the song itself, with 15 billion views on the TikTok app and 400 million+ listens on Spotify.

The song is also the first Nigerian song to surpass 400 Million streams on Spotify.

Love Nwantiti remix- Ckay ft DJ Yo! & AX’EL

One of the most fascinating aspects of CKay’s global smash hit is that there are at least four different versions, all of which are performing insane numbers.

While Love Nwantiti was released in 2019, a slowed-down remix by Mauritius DJ Yo and AX’EL, which was uploaded on TikTok in 2021, was the first version of the song to go viral on the app.

It was, however, not only used by TikTokers on the app, but it also went on to become the most popular song in the globe, according to Shazam’s 2021 Global charts, with over 356 million streams on Spotify.

On the Low- Burna Boy

In 2019, Burna Boy was in his bag with his African Giant album that produced a lot of hits most especially “On the Low“. The song’s effects have remained new and evergreen to this day.

The sensations it produces from the time the beats start up and Burna Boy begins to croon over it have given the song a pathway to immense streams to the tune of 149 million-plus plays since it was released in 2019.

Ye- Burna Boy

Ye is the second Burna Boy song on the list, and he is the only African artist with two completely distinct songs with over 100 million Spotify streams, serving as a counter-argument to those who said the single only blew out because it shared the same name as a Kanye West song.

Ye, which was released in 2018, quickly become a cultural anthem due to its message and melodies. The Burna Boy song has 129 million views and counting.

Come Closer- Wizkid

Starboy Wizzy has been a global sensation for several years, but his single Come Closer, which featured Drake, cemented his status as a true global superstar, as he’d had a stellar run from Ojuelegba to the remix, and then the world-record-breaking One Dance, on which he’d been featured, before taking over the world with Come Closer. On Spotify, the smash tune has 120 million or more streams.

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Essence- Wizkid

“Essence” is the latest newcomer on this list recently crossing over the 100 Million mark on Spotify. The song which was released in 2020 as part of Wizkid’s “Made In Lagos” album blew up in 2021 thanks to social media.

The song gained so much prominence that a lot of International celebrities couldn’t help but dance and make videos with it. It gained more attention after Wizkid announced the remix featuring Justin Bieber.

With several international certifications, “Essence” has over 100 million streams on Spotify and the remix is currently at 73 Million streams.

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The Emo-Afrobeat artist Chukwuka Ekweani, better known by his stage name Ckay, has explained why he made the decision to depart from one of the Nigerian record labels, Chocolate City.

The singer made it known that he has parted ways with Chocolate City in an interview at Naija FM.

Recall, the afrobeat singer had a successful year in 2021 when his afro-fusion song “Love Nwantiti” became a worldwide smash hit.

Ckay’s “Love Nwantiti” has made the artist become Africa’s best-selling global artist surpassing Wizkid and Burna Boy with a whopping #2.6 Billion from his 2019/20 song.

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Speaking in an interview at Naija FM, the singer discussed how the song, which was released in 2019, became a global hit in 2021, thanking God and a Mauritius disc jockey called DJ Yo, whose version of the song drove it to fame.

Speaking further in the interview, the singer, who was signed as an artist and producer by Nigerian record label Chocolate City in 2016, said that his contract with the record label is terminated in 2020 and that he is now with Warner Music South Africa.

He added that his new deal with Warner Music South Africa has inspired him to do his music work better than ever before and that his record label makes musicians aware of their standards in the music industry.

The Africa’s no 1 boyfriend also revealed details about his upcoming album, which he plans to release this year with international collaborations.

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Nigerian singer-songwriter Chukwuka Ekweani better known as Ckay’s mega-hit “Love Nwantiti” has moved up 15 places to No. 35 on the Billboard 100.

This news was shared On October 10, 2021. One week earlier, the global hit sat at No. 50 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Recall, that the Warner South Africa act recorded his first Billboard Hot 100 record on September 27, 2021.

The song premiered at No. 23 on the Official UK Top 40 on September 21, 2021, and reached No. 4 a week later.

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Ckay’s ‘Love Nwantiti,‘  became the No. 1 song on Shazam’s global charts on September 11, 2021. The chart keeps track of the most popular songs around the world and ranks them.

The song premiered above global mega singles from prominent artists such as Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber’s collaboration titled ‘Stay,’ which is presently the Billboard Hot 100’s No. 1 song.

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Axel and DJ Yo’s remix of ‘Love Nwantiti’ also hit the top of the charts.

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CKay shows no signs of slowing down after his Tik Tok triumph and debut on the Billboard Global 200 list as he becomes the first African artist to reach 20 million Spotify listeners.

On his Spotify profile alone, the Afrobeat singer-songwriter has 24,175,109 million monthly listeners, making him the first on the continent to accomplish so.

When he first hit 12 Million listeners, he took to Instagram to share his excitement saying,

“Music does bring the world together. Love y’all, Let’s get to number 1!”

Since his 2019 debut, the futuristic Afrobeat aficionado has been doing us proud, with a slew of achievements under his belt.

The success of his breakthrough track “Love Nwantinti” and the several international remixes that followed helped him cement his position at the top. The track’s success on the social media video-sharing app Tik Tok also played a role.

The “Love Nwantiti” Dance Challenge drew Tik Tok users from all over the world, propelling the song even higher up the rankings.

The remix of the song featuring DJ Yo and Axel has been used in over 3 million videos on the app, with the song being the most Shazamed song as a result of the social media demand.

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Currently, CKay has over 24 Million monthly listeners on Spotify with the different remixes of “Love Nwantiti” amassing huge numbers of streams.

The original version of the song has about 84,915,673 million streams while the remix featuring DJ Yo and Axel has about 69,600,749 Million streams.

Ckay surpasses other Nigerian Music stars like Burna Boy and Tems who have over 10 Million monthly listeners respectively and Wizkid with over 9 Million Monthly listeners.

 

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Nigerian Afrobeat artist Chukwuka Ekeanin better known as CKay has now broken another record by surpassing 17.3 million monthly Spotify listeners.

The African’s Boyfriend has been progressively putting Nigeria on the map as an emerging musician. He had 15,107,384 monthly listeners at the start. He was believed to have 16,210,703 listeners last week. His most recent monthly listener count is 17,351,925.

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He is also the first African musician to have two tunes in the global top 20 on Spotify at the same time. “Love Nwantiti” is undoubtedly the most popular song on social media and among TikTokers currently.

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Recall, Mp3bullet.ng reported that the remix of CKay’s “Love Nwantiti” featuring Axel and DJ Yo became the most shazamed song in the United States.

In addition, The Warner South Africa artist, recorded his debut Billboard Hot 100 single on September 27, 2021.

‘Love Nwantiti,’ his viral breakthrough tune, peaked at No. 80 on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Ckay, a Nigerian singer and Warner South Africa artist, recorded his debut Billboard Hot 100 single on September 27, 2021.

‘Love Nwantiti,’ his viral breakthrough tune, peaked at No. 80 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Billboard Chart’s announced CKay’s Love Nwantiti making it to the no. 80 spot on this week’s Hot 100 Chart update. They wrote;

.@ckay_yo’s “Love Nwantiti (Ah Ah Ah)” debuts at No. 80 on this week’s #Hot100. It’s his first career entry on the chart.

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This will be CKay’s first entry on the Hot 100 chart.

It becomes the second Nigerian record to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2021 after Wizkid’s ‘Essence.’

This comes just one week after the song reached No. 23 on the Official UK Top 40 chart.

Recall, that Mp3bullet.ng reported that Ckay’s ‘Love Nwantiti‘ became the No. 1 song on Shazam’s global charts on September 11, 2021.

The chart keeps track of the most popular songs around the world and ranks them.

The version of ‘Love Nwantiti‘ that is now at the top of the charts features Axel and DJ Yo.

The song, which was first released on Ckay’s sophomore EP, Ckay The First, in 2019, went viral after a visual version featuring Joeboy and Kuami Eugene was released.

Ckay has remixed the song for mileage on various occasions after then. Winnie Harlow has danced to the song on her Instagram stories since then.

Since then, the artist has released another EP, left Chocolate City, and signed with South Africa’s Warner Music Group.

This follows Wizkid’s ‘Essence‘ becoming the most-Shazamed song in the United States, and Master KG’s ‘Jerusalema‘ becoming the most-Shazamed song in the globe in Q4 2020.

 

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The Billboard charts themselves announced the debut of certain songs on the World Digital Song Sales chart, of which CKay “Love Nwantiti” was one.

This was announced on their Twitter page on Tuesday, September 21st, 2021.

Love Nwantiti was originally released as a single on CKay’s sophomore EP, CKay the First.

The song was so well received that he decided to remix it with Joeboy and Ghanian star, Kuami Eugene.

Unsatisfied with that, CKay went on to create multiple versions of the song in order to further penetrate different markets.

Just last week, the remix of the song with Axel and DJ Yo topped the global Shazam chart.

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Love Nwantiti is CKay’s first Billboard appearance, debuting on the World Digital Song Sales chart. This was due in large part to his affiliation with Warner Music SA after leaving Chocolate City.

CKay has recently hinted that his debut album is also in the works.

 

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CKay, a Nigerian artist, is enjoying the fact that his hit tune, Love Nwantiti, has become the most searched song on the music app Shazam around the world.

On Saturday, September 11th, 2021, the singer announced it on his Instagram page.

Love Nwantiti was first released as a single on CKay’s sophomore EP, CKay the First.

The song was so well received that he decided to remix it with Joeboy and Kuami Eugene, a Ghanaian artist.

Not content with that, CKay went on to record many versions of the song in order to reach more people in different areas.

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This has now paid off for the artist, as CKay’s Love Nwantiti remix, which features Axel and DJ Yo, has topped the global Shazam chart. He announced it on his Instagram feed, writing:

“Number 1 Most Shazamed Song in the World- Love Nwantiti (ft Dj Yo & Ax’el) We literally global now! Emo-Afrobeat to the world”

In addition, the former Chocolate City vocalist was recently honoured by Youtube with a plaque for surpassing 100,000 followers on his channel.

 

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