The list, compiled by Spotify’s editorial team of cross-disciplinary editors and curators, spans music from 2015 to today, ranking songs not purely by streams but by cultural impact, musicality, storytelling, and lasting influence. Three African hits cracked the top 100, proving the continent’s pop dominance.

• Number 8: “One Dance” – Drake, Wizkid & Kyla

Securing a spot in the top ten is no small feat, and the 2016 Afrobeats-infused collaboration “One Dance” earned its place. Drake, who had already experimented with Afrobeats via an unofficial remix of Wizkid’s “Ojuelegba,” broke fully into global pop with this track.

Blending Afrobeats and dancehall rhythms, “One Dance” not only gave Drake his first Billboard Hot 100 number one as a lead artist but also became the first song in Spotify history to reach one billion streams. Beyond the numbers, it proved that Afrobeats could anchor mainstream pop without losing its authenticity, opening doors for countless artists afterward.

• Number 29: “Calm Down” – Rema

Rema’s “Calm Down” had already been making waves before Selena Gomez jumped on the remix, but the collaboration elevated the track into a global phenomenon. The remix fused Rema’s playful energy with Gomez’s polished confidence, producing a song that transcended borders. “Calm Down” became the most successful Afrobeats single in Billboard history and the first African artist-led track to hit one billion streams on Spotify.

The track redefined what a global remix could achieve, amplifying rather than diluting the original sound.

Number 50: “Water” – Tyla

Tyla’s “Water” represents another landmark moment, introducing the South African genre Amapiano to a worldwide audience. Known for its log drum and hypnotic grooves, the track retained the genre’s distinctiveness while making waves globally.

The song won the inaugural Grammy for Best African Music Performance and made Tyla the first South African solo artist to appear on the Billboard Hot 100 in 55 years. Its placement at number 50 signals that Amapiano has officially arrived on the international pop stage.

Spotify’s staff picks highlight that African artists are no longer novelties on global pop lists. Afrobeats and Amapiano now sit comfortably alongside the likes of Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, and The Weeknd, demonstrating that Africa’s sounds are reshaping the very landscape of contemporary pop music.

Spotify’s staff ranks Top Pop Songs of the Streaming era:

#1 drivers license
#2 Pink Pony Club
#3 Cruel Summer
#4 Don’t Start Now
#5 Run Away With Me
#6 Sorry
#7 Green Light
#8 One Dance
#9 BIRDS OF A FEATHER
#10 no tears left to cry
#11 Good Luck, Babe!
#12 Can’t Feel My Face…

— chart data (@chartdata) February 24, 2026

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Nigerian music powerhouses Wizkid and Tems have once again etched their names into the annals of music history, setting new records for African artists globally.

In celebration of its 10th anniversary, Apple Music unveiled its official list of the most-streamed songs of all time, spotlighting tracks that have garnered the highest plays on the platform since its inception. Among the global chart-toppers, Wizkid and Tems stood tall as the top-performing African artists, cementing their legacy in the international music space.

Wizkid, through his 2016 global smash hit “One Dance” with Drake and Kyla, emerged as the highest-ranked African act on the all-time chart. The collaboration not only took over global charts upon release but has continued to enjoy immense streaming success almost a decade later, highlighting Wizkid’s enduring influence.

Tems, on the other hand, made history as the highest-ranked and only female African artist on the all-time list. Her Grammy-winning appearance on “Wait For U,” a collaboration with Future and Drake, catapulted her to new heights. The song, released in 2022, received widespread acclaim and reinforced her global appeal.

Beyond the streaming milestones, Tems has also been in the spotlight for her impactful contributions to women in music. Her recently launched initiative aims to empower and support female creatives across Africa’s music industry—adding a layer of purpose to her already impressive artistic journey.

With this achievement, Wizkid and Tems have once again elevated Afrobeats and African music to the global stage, reinforcing the continent’s growing dominance in mainstream music conversations.

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Guinness World Records (GWR) has revealed that Drake’s hit song ‘One Dance,’ featuring Nigerian superstar Wizkid and British singer Kyla, has achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first song to surpass one billion streams on Spotify.

The announcement, made through a tweet on X (formerly Twitter), has sparked widespread excitement among music fans worldwide. Released in 2016, ‘One Dance‘ was a global sensation, dominating charts and cementing its place as one of the most iconic tracks of the decade.

Confirming the achievement, GWR tweeted: “The first song to reach one billion streams on Spotify was One Dance by Drake, Wizkid and Kyla.”

The achievement of ‘One Dance’ remains a major milestone for all the artists involved, reaffirming its timeless popularity eight years after its release.

The first song to reach one billion streams on Spotify was One Dance by Drake, Wizkid and Kyla #OTD in 2016.

— Guinness World Records (@GWR) December 16, 2024

Recall,the Weeknd has achieved yet another groundbreaking milestone, solidifying his dominance in the global music industry. The megastar now holds the record for the most songs with the most billion-stream songs on Spotify, with 24 tracks crossing the impressive benchmark.

The Weeknd’s latest accomplishment places him far ahead of fellow Canadian stars Justin Bieber and Drake, who each boast 15 tracks surpassing 1 billion streams.

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• Watch never-seen-before video of Drake recording ‘One Dance’ ft. Wizkid & Kyla

In a thrilling surprise for music enthusiasts, Drake has released a treasure trove of unreleased content, including a captivating behind-the-scenes look at the creation of his iconic hit “One Dance,” featuring Wizkid and Kyla.

The 100GB cache of unreleased gems, uploaded to the website 100GIGSFORYOURHEADTOP, offers a unique glimpse into Drake’s creative process.

Fans are reveling in the raw, unfiltered content, which includes unreleased songs, footage, and even a sneak peek at Drake’s unreleased collaboration with Rema.

The never-before-seen video of “One Dance” showcases Drake in the studio with producer 40, meticulously directing the production of Wizkid’s verse and the Kyla sample. This rare footage offers a fascinating insight into the craftsmanship behind one of Drake’s most beloved tracks.

Released in 2016, “One Dance” has achieved phenomenal success, earning diamond certification in the United States, 6x platinum in the United Kingdom, and a staggering 3 billion streams on Spotify.

The song’s impact on Afrobeats and rap cannot be overstated, and this exclusive look into its creation is a true treat for fans.

Drake’s choice to disclose this previously unseen footage has sent shockwaves of excitement across the music industry.

As fans continue to revel in the magic of “One Dance,” one thing is clear – this rare glimpse into music history is a gift that will be cherished for years to come.

Watch the video below:

Footage of Drake in the studio working on "One Dance" featuring Wizkid & Kyla pic.twitter.com/2p23udccKp

— Playlist Central (@Playlist_Centra) August 6, 2024

Recall, Drake and Wizkid have made streaming history as their collaborative single “One Dance” has surpassed three billion streams on Spotify.

The song, which is on Drake’s fourth studio album, “Views,”  was released in 2016, and in the same year, it created history as the most streamed song as it accrued over 880 million streams.

Since then it has been successful hitting the Billboard Hot 100 a few times and in 2023 was streamed over 1 billion times.

“One Dance” reached the 3 billion mark this month and continues to climb.

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Nigerian singer and rapper Erhiga Agarivbie, better known by his stage name Erigga, is set to make a triumphant comeback with a new album titled “Family Time” and officially release the tracklist for the project.

Known for his unique style of hip-hop that incorporates contemporary elements, Erigga, also known as Paperboi, has played a significant role in shaping the Nigerian hip-hop rap genre and has garnered a massive fan base.

The album “Family Time” is scheduled for release on October 27, 2023, and features 17 tracks.

It includes collaborations with prominent artists such as Victor AD, Zlatan, Ebii, Krista, Kyla, Yung6ix, and others. Notably, Erigga has previously worked with Zlatan and Victor AD on his 2019 album “Enigma II.”

The release of “Family Time” reflects Erigga’s determination to bring a fresh perspective to the music scene, showcasing his growth and evolution within the Nigerian music industry.

Furthermore, via social media platform X, Paperboi captioned the release of the album saying, “After a period of reflection, creativity, and reinvention, expect nothing less than a fusion of my signature style with fresh contemporary elements that reflect my growth and evolution over the years.

“This body of work, ‘Family Time’ is filled with every fibre of joy that affects us all. Get ready for some deep musical exploration. #FamilyTimeTheAlbum Oct 27th”.

After a period of reflection, creativity, and reinvention, expect nothing less than a fusion of my signature style with fresh contemporary elements that reflect my growth and evolution over the years. This body of work, 'Family Time' is filled with every fibre of joy that affects… pic.twitter.com/NB8y0Ghg2P

— 𝙴𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚐𝚊.eth 🐐 (@erigganewmoney) October 12, 2023

Despite being overlooked in the recent Headies Award nominations, the anticipation for Erigga’s highly anticipated album is high within the Nigerian hip-hop community.

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A few years ago, getting featured in a song by popular foreign artistes and vice versa was a symbol of a thriving music career and success, and here are the top 5 award-winning international collaborations by Nigerian artistes

Lately, the partnership in music between foreign and African artists has become common especially in the Nigerian music industry.

Local and international award bodies have recognized some albums and singles, taking international music collaborations differently.

This article will discuss the Top 5 significant collaborations that got nominations and won awards.

Brown Skin Girl by Beyonce, Blue Ivy, and Wizkid

The song Brown Skin Girl is a track by American singer Beyonce from the 2019 Album ‘Lion King’:The Gift

The song, co-owned by Nigerian celebrity singer, Wizkid, Beyonce’s 9year old daughter, Blue Ivy, featuring Saint JHN [Guyanese Rapper], was released July 23, 2019.

The track broke the internet with the tag #BrownSkinGirl topping the trend list on all social platforms and winning the Soul Train’s music award for Ashford & Simpson Songwriter’s award

After the track’s success, Beyonce released ‘Brown Skin Girl music video on August 24, 2020.

 Twice As Tall by Burna Boy Featuring Cold Play’s Chris Martin, Youssou N’dour Stormzy, Sauti Sol, and others

August 14, 2020, acclaimed African giant Burna Boy released a 14 track album “Twice as Tall” featuring both local and international musicians Sauti Sol, Stormy, Chris Martin, and Youssou N’dour.

“Twice as Tall” album created an evolutionary version of African music.

Burna Boy was nominated during the 62nd annual Grammy awards 2019, but he lost to Angelique Kidjo.

After Twice As Tall was released, Burna Boy was nominated and won the 63rd Annual Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album of the Year.

The album hinged on representation for all Africans. At the end of the premiere, Burna Boy performed songs from the Twice as Tall album.

 Essence by Wizkid Feat Tems and Justin Bieber.

Released on October 30, 2021, the song Essence is from Grammy winner Wizkid Made In Lagos album and is the 11th track.

The song Essence is written by Wizkid and Tem, who featured on the track. A music video was released, April 9, 2021, and produced in Ghana.

The Afrobeat, R&B, and Afropop song, Essence is the first in Nigerian history to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard Global 200.

An interesting remix of the song by Canadian singer and songwriter Justin Bieber further increased the accolades from fans across the globe.

Wizkid’s Essence was recently nominated for best music collaborations at the Soul Train Music Awards.

“Made in Lagos” was named “song of the summer” after it slashed its way to number 1 in the US on Shazam.

Placing Wizkid above 10 artists in the US(Ed Sheeran, Doja Cat, etc) on August 30 2021.

You can call it a milestone, but between July and now, both the original and remixed version of Essence boasts 54million streams on Spotify.

 Blow My Mind by Davido Feat Chris Brown

Davido, son of Nigerian Billionaire Adedeji Adeleke, featuring American R&B star Chris Brown was released on July 26, 2019, as the fourth single from Davido’s album “A Good Time”.

The Afro-pop song ” Blow my mind” achieved a thrilling view of 10million in the first 3 weeks of its release.

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Selling over 40,000 copies at Platinum in South Africa, it peaked on Billboard’s Top Triller Global Chart on August 9, 2019, at no 3.

In 2020, Blow my mind was nominated for Best Collaboration at the African Entertainment Awards USA.Best Collaboration at the African Entertainment Awards USA.

Blow my mind by Davido featured Chris Brown. The track was nominated for Best Collaboration at the African Entertainment Awards USA.

One Dance By Drake Feat Wizkid and Kyla

Officially the biggest song on the planet in 2016, according to Global Music Report, Drake’s piece had the highest number of streams and the best selling album record of 2016.

Unsurprisingly a smashing hit in every country, “One Dance” featured Nigerian star boy, Wizkid and British singer Kyla.

The song had a long winning streak with 12.5million views.

One Dance song featured Afrobeat singer, Wizkid and British singer Kyla

Placed at number 1 in 15 countries and sitting on number 3 on Rob Sheffield’s list of “50 Best songs of 2015”, ” One Dance” featuring Nigerian celebrity Afrobeat star, Wizkid, won several awards 11 years after its release;

1. Billboard Music Award For Top R&B Collaboration(2017)
2. Echo Award Song of the Year(2017)
3. Billboard Music Award For Top R&B Song(2017)
4. Billboard Music Awards For Top Streaming Song (2017
5. iHeartRadio Music Award for Most Thumbed Up Song of the Year

In the wake of these awards, Wizkid released his album,’ Sounds From The Other Side.’ The ‘Come Closer’  track featuring Drake won the Headies Award for Viewers Choice and Best Music Video. It also got nominated for Headies Award Best Collabo.

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Since afrobeat became a globally recognized genre, Mp3bullet has compiled a list of the top 10 US-Nigerian music collaborations. The lists below are based on charts, streams, certifications, and effects.

 Drake Feat. Wizkid & Kyla – One Dance

One dance is a song by a Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter featuring Nigerian afrobeat heavyweight Wizkid and British singer Kyla.

It was released on April 5th, 2016, it was a total cultural reset for afrobeat worldwide, in fact, major reason afrobeat gained worldwide recognition, it is the most-streamed US-Nigerian music collaboration of all time on Spotify with a billion-plus stream.

It is also the most certified collaboration by a Nigerian, debuted number #1 at US Billboard Hot100, 8× Platinum in the US, 5x Platinum in the UK, a diamond in France, 6x Platinum in Australia, and so on.

 Beyonce Feat. Wizkid, Blue ivy & SAINt JHN – Brown Skin Girl

Brown Skin Girl is a song by an American singer and songwriter and Nigerian afrobeat artist Wizkid alongside Saint Jhn and Blue Ivy.

It was released on July 23, 2019, debuted #76 on US Billboard Hot100, #42 on UK official singles, #1 on Billboard world digital song sales, it’s also a gold-certified record in Canada.

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Justin Bieber Feat. Burna Boy – Loved By You

A year after the grab-bag album “Changes,” Justin Bieber has delivered a definitive new era on “Justice” and he also features the Grammy-award winner, Burna Boy in the song “Loved by You”

 Wale Feat. Major Lazer, WizKid, & Dua Lipa – My Love

My Love is a song by an American rapper and songwriter featuring Nigerian Wizkid alongside Major Lazer, and Dua Lipa.

It was released in 2017, it amassed a total of 100million on Spotify as of December 2019, and is eligible for gold certification in the US with over 500,000 units sales.

Chris Brown Feat. Davido – Lower Body 

Lower Body is a song by an American singer and songwriter featuring Nigerian afrobeat heavyweight Davido.

It was released on October 4th, 2019, of an extended version of Chris Brown album ‘Indigo’ it Peaked at #21 on US Billboard R&B Digital Song Sales.

 Metro Boomin Feat. Swae Lee & WizKid – Borrowed Love 

Borrowed Love is a song by an American record producer and songwriter featuring Swae Lee and Nigeria afrobeat superstar Wizkid.

It was released on November 2, 2018, off his album “Not all Heroes wear Capes’ it Peaked at #11 on US Billboard Bubbling under Hot100.

Khalid & Disclosure Feat. Davido, Tems – Know Your Worth 

Know your worth is a song by an American singer and songwriter featuring two Nigerian singers, Davido and Tems.

It was released on April 22, 2020, it features on former US President Barrack Obama summer Playlist of 2020.

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 Metro Boomin Feat. WizKid, Offset & J Balvin – Only You

Only You is a song by an American record producer and songwriter featuring Offset, J Balvin, and Nigeria afrobeat superstar Wizkid.

It was released on November 2, 2018, off his album “Not all Heroes wear Capes’ it was a great collaboration linking Americans, Latino, and Africa.

Russ Feat. Davido – All I Want

All I want is a song by an American rapper, singer, and songwriter featuring Nigerian Afrobeat star Davido, it was released in April 2019, a great collaboration for the culture.

Normani X Calvin Harris Feat. WizKid – Checklist 

Checklist is a song by an American singer and dancer with an assist from Scottish producer Calvin Harris featuring Nigerian Superstar Wizkid.

It was released on October 22, 2019, the audio has surpassed 8Million views on youtube.

Quavo Feat. Normani & Davido – Swing

Swing is a song by an American rapper, singer, and songwriter featuring Nigerian Afrobeat star Davido, it was released on November 20, 2018, a great collaboration for the books also.

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Wizkid, Davido, and Burna Boy were the Nigerian key players and afrobeat superstars of the era based on career statistics records, achievements, and impacts.

Afrobeat was originated in Ghana in the early 1920s Before Nigeria joined the wave in the late 1960s, pioneered by Fela Kuti who explored different fashionable music at the time, he was at the forefront of the genre, popularizing the style both within and outside Nigeria.

Afrobeat was pushed by Femi Kuti, Seun Kuti in the 90s, a bit of juju music led by  I.K Dairo and J.O Araba even though it has been in existence pre-independence.

Drake was the first mainstream artiste who joined the afrobeat wave, jumping on Wizkid‘s Ojuelegba song and from then birthed his hit single ‘One Dance‘ featuring Wizkid and a British singer Kyla.

However, the first song introducing afrobeat to wider new generations around the world, as it is a combination of dancehall, afro beats, and Pop.

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Davido signed a record deal with Sony’s RCA Records in 2016, becoming the first Nigerian New generational afrobeat artiste to officially signed to an international label.

Davido released a single titled ‘Fall’ on June 2, 2017, it became the longest-charting Nigeria pop song in US Billboard Hot R&B Songs history.

In 2019 and 2020, Burna Boy’s studio albums were nominated in the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards and won 63rd Annual Grammy Awards (with African Giant & Twice as Tall) respectively, making him the first Nigerian to be nominated in two consecutive years at the Grammys.

Today, the formula is more potent than ever, Afrobeats is a way to stay connected, on the one hand, there is an enthusiastic Nigerian diaspora with disposable income that is keen on maintaining cultural ties with home, which they spend money on, stream, share, support, and promote the genre.

And a global reach is provided by the internet and innovations in music streaming.

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That means artists depend heavily on live music ticket sales, performances, and endorsements.

Their energies are not directed towards developing streaming numbers, selling recorded music, and building careers through labels.

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We have decided to remember this iconic studio album- (Views) from Drake and a couple of achievements it has bagged over the years!

As stated earlier, On April 29, 2016,  Cash Money Records, Republic Records, and Young Money Entertainment released this studio album as Drake’s fourth studio project.

It houses 20 amazing tracks and features the likes of PartyNextDoor, Pimp C, Dvsn, Wizkid, Kyla, and Rihanna.

Likewise, the album marks Drake’s first full foray into Jamaican dancehall music, while also featuring other genres such as R&B, trap, Afrobeat, UK funky, and pop.

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Few months after the release of the album, it became the first album ever to hit 1 billion streams on Apple Music.

On the 26th of September, 2016 it made it to the headlines about this achievement!

According to Billboard, Apple CEO Tim Cook, senior vice president of internet software and services Eddy Cue, and Apple Music’s head of content Larry Jackson met up with the Canadian rapper at the San Jose, Calif., stop of his Summer Sixteen tour to celebrate with him, as it is considered a win for both parties.

Another prominent achievement from the album is the number of Platinum certifications by RIAA it has achieved! As a matter of fact, from the 20 track album, 7 tracks have achieved the Platinum Certifications! They include;

• Grammys Platinum
• One dance
• 9
• U With Me
• With You
• Hype
• Fell No Ways

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Thirdly, the album as a whole has secured Drake 5 amazing Awards including two Grammy nominations!

Upon its release in 2016, it got nominations from three respectable awarding companies and bagged two wins! Likewise, in 2017, it won three awards including the Billboard Top Rap Album.

Fourthly, Views album has a record of spending 258weeks on the Billboard200!

Lastly, it spent a total 13 non-consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard 200, and also became Drake’s first number-one album on the UK Albums Chart.

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Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, rose to prominence in 2012 and became a global force around 2018, arguably the biggest Afrobeat Artiste of the new generation

Burna Boy has now join Wizkid as the only Nigerian artistes to ever score a Billboard Hot 100 entry with a collaborative effort for Justin Bieber‘s ‘Loved by you’

According to Wikipedia ‘the Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales, radio play, and online streaming in the United States.

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Significantly Nigerian afrobeat artists have begun to rival any other African as the industry is gradually becoming a big deal in all the crucial market across the world.

laudable applaud has continued to fall in from various angles as regards Burna Boy’s recent great feat attained, from wining Grammys award to debuting on Billboard Hot 100.

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Burna Boy earns his first career entry on the #Hot100 following his feature on Justin Bieber’s “Loved By You” which debuted at #87.

Justin Bieber featured Burna Boy on his recently released album titled Justice which landed 13 songs on Hot 100 and simultaneously earns Justin Bieber #1 on both billboard 200 album and Billboard Hot 100 chart.

However, Burna becomes the second artistes from Nigerian to score an entry on Billboard Hot 100.

Wizkid first entry was in 2016 with Drake‘s summer smash hit titled ‘One dance’ alongside British Kyla and made his second appearance in 2019 with his collaborative effort on Beyonce Brown Skin Girl alongside Blue Ivy and Saint John at #76.

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In this post, we’ll analyze the global recognition of afrobeat and the eligibility for Grammy award category inclusions and other global billboard charts level.

Out of 84 Grammy categories, afrobeat is only attached to the best ‘global music album‘ category which is reticent to non-European and indigenous traditions for a genre that is older than the ceremony itself, that’s quite unfair for a genre associated to the most region of Africa with over 16 countries.

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Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti also known as Fela Anikulapo Kuti is considered the pioneer and forefront of the genre, although afrobeat started in Ghana in the early 1920s, Fela launch the movement in the 1960s with his band as a combination of traditional Yoruba music, highlife, jazz, salsa, funk, and calypso.

Fela Anikulapo Kuti made the genre familiar with the world as early as in the 70s, producing about 29 albums from 1969 to the 90s with sold-out concerts in the US, UK, and other parts of the world, yet it received less attention and deaf-ear regardless.

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in 1999 universal music France remastered Fela’s album with a global license, in 2005 UMG of the American operations licensed its world-music to the united kingdom based record.

All of the above happened before the introduction of digital streaming platforms and the emergence of the new generational afrobeat musicians on the main space now, now let’s talk about the impact of the new generation of afrobeat on the world level.

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in the 2010s to date, we’ve witnessed a stupendous bridge between other genres and afrobeat, such as hip hop, reggae, electronic music, punk, funk, Latin music, soul music/R&B music, only K-pop is yet to be listed among which will still happen sooner or later, all the aforementioned have their own category in grammy except for afrobeat and newly launched K-pop.

Back in the 2000s, American artists started exploring the genre as they discovered the importance, sampling the beats and other components from the genre.

In 2011, Dbanj was the first afrobeat artiste to established a related connection to an American mainstream act, after signing a contract to ‘Good Music record label‘ owned by Kanye West, it was a cultural reset to an extent, the same year he recorded a song with Snoop Dog, a remix to his hit single ‘Mr Endowed Remix‘ with a visual treatment to the song.

In 2015, Drake was the first mainstream artiste who jumped on the wave, remixing Wizkid‘s Ojuelegba song and from then established a relationship that birthed his hit single ‘One Dance‘ featuring Wizkid and a British singer Kyla, the song is a combination of dancehall, afrobeats, and Pop,  it was a worldwide hit and first drake song to reach number #1 in 15 countries including UK, US, Canada, France, New Zealand, Switzerland, Ireland, Netherland, and Australia, topping US Billboard Hot100 for 10 weeks.

Since then the genre became more familiar to the US new generation artists, bridging the gap, influencing churns of record across the world, all these happened in the last decade with other notable activities on afrobeat.

in 2019, Beyonce produced a musical directed film that was curated into a visual album ‘The Gift‘ featuring about seven afrobeat music stars including Wizkid, Yemi Alade, Tiwa Savage, Mr Eazi, Shatta Wale, and Tekno.

All these events that revolve around afrobeat are enough for grammy category inclusion and not just attachment to a World Music category.

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Mp3bullet brings you the list of the top 10 US-Nigerian music collaboration since afrobeat became a worldwide accepted genre, lists below are derived from charts, streams, certifications and impact.

1. Drake Feat. Wizkid & Kyla – One Dance

One dance is a song by a Canadian rapper, singer and songwriter featuring Nigerian afrobeat heavyweight Wizkid and British singer Kyla, it was released on April 5th 2016, it was a total cultural reset for afrobeat worldwide, in fact, major reason afrobeat gained worldwide recognition, it is the most-streamed US-Nigerian music collaboration of all-time on Spotify with a billion-plus stream, it is also most certified collaboration by a Nigerian, debuted number #1 at US Billboard Hot100, 8× Platinum in the US, 5x Platinum in the UK, a diamond in France, 6x Platinum in Australia and so on.

2. Beyonce Feat. Wizkid, Blue ivy & SAINt JHN – Brown Skin Girl

Brown Skin Girl is a song by an American singer and songwriter and Nigerian afrobeat artist Wizkid alongside Saint Jhn and Blue Ivy, it was released on July 23 2019, debuted #76 on US Billboard Hot100, #42 on UK official singles, #1 on Billboard world digital song sales, it’s also gold-certified record in Canada.

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3. Wale Feat. Major Lazer, WizKid, & Dua Lipa – My Love

My Love is a song by an American rapper and songwriter featuring Nigerian Wizkid alongside Major Lazer, and Dua Lipa, it was released in 2017, it amassed a total of 100million on Spotify as of December 2019, and eligible for gold certification in the US with over 500,000 units sales.

4. Chris Brown Feat. Davido – Lower Body 

Lower Body is a song by an American singer and songwriter featuring Nigerian afrobeat heavyweight Davido, it was released on October 4th 2019, off an extended version of Chris Brown album ‘Indigo’ it Peaked at #21 on US Billboard R&B Digital Song Sales.

5. Metro Boomin Feat. Swae Lee & WizKid – Borrowed Love 

Borrowed Love is a song by an American record producer and songwriter featuring Swae Lee and Nigeria afrobeat superstar Wizkid, it was released on November 2, 2018, off his album “Not all Heroes wear Capes’ it Peaked at #11 on US Billboard Bubbling under Hot100.

6. Khalid & Disclosure Feat. Davido, Tems – Know Your Worth 

Know your worth is a song by an American singer and songwriter featuring two Nigerian singers, Davido and Tems, it was released on April 22 2020, it features on former US President Barrack Obama summer Playlist of 2020.

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7. Metro Boomin Feat. WizKid, Offset & J Balvin – Only You

Only You is a song by an American record producer and songwriter featuring Offset, J Balvin and Nigeria afrobeat superstar Wizkid, it was released on November 2, 2018, off his album “Not all Heroes wear Capes’ it was a great collaboration linking American, Latino and Africa.

8. Russ Feat. Davido – All I Want

All I want is a song by an American rapper, singer and songwriter featuring Nigerian Afrobeat star Davido, it was released in April 2019, a great collaboration for the culture.

9. Normani X Calvin Harris Feat. WizKid – Checklist 

Checklist is a song by an American singer and dancer with an assist from Scottish producer Calvin Harris featuring Nigerian Superstar Wizkid, it was released on October 22 2019, the audio has surpassed 8Million views on youtube.

10. Quavo Feat. Normani & Davido – Swing

Swing is a song by an American rapper, singer and songwriter featuring Nigerian Afrobeat star Davido, it was released on November 20 2018, a great collaboration for the books also.

Top 10 US-Nigerian Music Collaboration

1. Drake Feat. Wizkid & Kyla – One Dance

2. Beyonce Feat. Wizkid, Blue ivy & SAINt JHN – Brown Skin Girl

3.Wale Feat. Major Lazer, WizKid, & Dua Lipa – My Love

4. Chris Brown Feat. Davido – Lower Body by 

5. Metro Boomin Feat. Swae Lee & WizKid – Borrowed Love

6. Khalid & Disclosure Feat. Davido, Tems – Know Your Worth

7. Metro Boomin Feat. WizKid, Offset & J Balvin – Only You

8. Russ Feat. Davido – All I Want

9. Normani X Calvin Harris Feat. WizKid – Checklist 

10. Quavo Feat. Normani & Davido – Swing

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