Wizkid, Olamide, Burna Boy, others are among the list of Afrobeats shazamed Afrobeats artists of all time.
Mp3bullet.ng will be looking at the updated total shazamed Afrobeats artists of all time, including Wizkid, Burna Boy, Davido, Fuse ODG, Patoranking, Rema, Olamide, and others.
Shazam is an application that can identify music, movies, advertising, and television shows, based on a short sample played and using the microphone on the device.
It was created by London-based Shazam Entertainment and has been owned by Apple Inc. since 2018.
Wizkid
Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun popularly known as Wizkid rose to prominence in 2010 and attained global recognition in 2015.
He’s the most shazamed Afrobeats artist of all time with 41.6Million.
in 2020, Wizkid dropped his fourth studio (and second major label) album, It features guest appearances from British artists Skepta and Ella Mai, American R&B singer H.E.R., Jamaican artists Projexx and Damian Marley, and Nigerian artists Burna Boy, Tay Iwar, Terri, and Tems, the latter of whom features on the international-charting song “Essence”
Burna Boy
Another artist who made the list of most shazamed Afrobeats artists is Burna Boy.
Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, rose to prominence in 2012 after his single “Like to Party”.
He’s the second most shazamed Afrobeats artiste of all time with a total 25.9Million.
Burna Boy released his fifth studio album It was released on August 14, 2020, by Spaceship Entertainment, Atlantic Records, and Warner Music.
The Grammy award-winning album features guest appearances from Youssou N’Dour, Naughty by Nature, Sauti Sol, Chris Martin, and Stormzy.
Burna Boy also dropped his second single this year featuring Don Jazzy titled Question
Davido
David Adedeji Adeleke, also known as Davido, rose to prominence in 2012, after releasing “Dami Duro” a second single off his debut album.
Davido got international recognition in 2017, after releasing his successful single “Fall”
He’s the third most shazamed Afrobeats artiste of all time with a total of 19.6 Million.
In 2020, Davido dropped his third studio album titled A Better Time, it features Nicki Minaj, Nas, Young Thug, Mayorkun, Chris Brown, Tiwa Savage, Mugeez, CKAY, Lil Baby, Hit-Boy, Sho Madjozi, Bella Shmurda, and Sauti Sol.
Fuse ODG
Nana Richard Abiona was better known by his stage name Fuse ODG, is a British-Ghanaian recording artist.
He is best known for his singles “Antenna” and “Dangerous Love”, and for featuring on Major Lazer’s “Light It Up (Remix)”
He’s the fourth most shazamed Afrobeats artiste of all time with a total of 14.3Million
his breakout singles song peaked at number 30 on the UK Singles Chart and at number 38 on the Scottish Singles Chart. The song has also been charted in the Netherlands.
The song was written by Nana Richard Abiona and Tiffany Hayden.
Mr Eazi
Oluwatosin Ajibade, popularly known as Mr Eazi, a Nigerian singer and songwriter, rose to prominence and gained international recognition after dropping his single “Skintight” featuring Ghanaian star Efya.
He’s the fifth most shazamed Afrobeats artiste of all time with a total of 11.5Million
In January 2021, Mr. Eazi announced his upcoming EP titled Something Else, set for and released on 19 February.
Patoranking
Patrick Nnaemeka Okorie better known by his stage name Patoranking is a Nigerian reggae-dancehall singer and songwriter.
Born and raised in Ijegun-Egba Satellite Town, Patoranking hails from Onicha, Ebonyi State.
He started his music career doing underground collaborations with artists such as XProject, Konga, Slam, and Reggie Rockstone.
He’s the sixth most shazamed Afrobeats artiste of all time with a total of 9.6Million
In 2020, Patoranking Released his commercially acclaimed hit song titled ‘Abule’ produced by Telz
Olamide
Olamide Gbenga Adedeji known professionally as Olamide (and also Olamide Baddo, BaddoSneh, or simply Baddo) is a Nigerian hip-hop recording artist.
He records in Yoruba and English.
He’s the 7th most shazamed Afrobeats artiste of all time with a total of 6.8Million
On June 18, 2021, Olamide released UY Scuti, the twelfth studio album, It follows his 2020 album Carpe Diem.
Rema
Divine Ikubor known professionally as Rema, is a Nigerian singer and rapper.
He rose to prominence with the release of the song “Iron Man”, which appeared on Barack Obama’s 2019 summer playlist.
In 2019, he signed a record deal with Jonzing World, a subsidiary of Mavin Records.
He’s the 8th most shazamed Afrobeats artiste of all time with a total of 6.3Million.
Rema dropped what seems to be the single ‘Soundgasm’ off his forthcoming album titled Roses and Ravers
Joeboy
Joseph Akinwale Akinfenwa-Donus, known professionally as Joeboy, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter.
Mr. Eazi of the record label “emPawa Africa” discovered him in 2017. His genre of music is that of Afro-pop and R&B.
He’s the 9th most shazamed Afrobeats artiste of all time with a total of 6.1Million.
Joeboy released his debut album early this year titled Somewhere Between Beauty & Magic with singles like run away
Omah Lay
Stanley Omah Didia better known as Omah Lay is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record producer.
He released his self-produced debut single “Do Not Disturb” in April 2019. He won the Next Rated award at the 2020 Headies Awards.
He’s the 10th most shazamed Afrobeats artiste of all time with a total of 6Million.
Omah Lay dropped his first single of the year titled Understand, follow up to his EP, watch below;
Most Shazamed Afrobeats Artists Of All-Time
#1. Wizkid – 41.6M
#2. Burna Boy – 25.9M
#3. Davido – 19.6M
#4. Fuse ODG – 14.3M
#5. Mr Eazi – 11.5M
#6. Patoranking – 9.6M
#7. Olamide – 6.8M
#8. Rema – 6.3M
#9. Joeboy – 6.1M
#10. Omah Lay – 6M