Afrobeats Update

Rema has surpassed 6 billion Spotify streams across all credits He's the third Nigerian artist to surpass this milestone.

Dave “Raindance ft Tems” moves two spots upwards to the top 5 on Global Spotify for the first time with 4.06 million streams.

Top 10 African Artists' Highest Spotify Monthly Listeners Peak 1. Tyla ~ 46.6 million 2. Tems ~ 40.7 million 3. Rema ~ 40M 4. CKay ~ 34M 5. Ayra Starr ~ 32.2M 6. Burna Boy ~ 25.48M 7. Moliy ~ 25.46M 8. Libianca ~ 21.8M 9. Wizkid ~ 16.1M 10. Amaarae ~ 13M

Ayra Starr wins the Mobo awards for "Best International Act" for the second year in a row Beating Tyla, Vybz Kartel, Gunna, Kehlani and Moliy to win Award

Wizkid wins the award for "Best African Act" at the 2026 #Moboawards

Tems Spotify monthly listeners reach an all time high of 40.3 million monthly listeners, breaking the Nigerian artist all-time record for highest peak monthly listeners held by Rema 40.01M

Tems 10.60 million surpasses Tyla 's 9.7 million for the record of the biggest streaming day on Spotify for a female African artist.

Davr “Raindance” feat. Tems debuts #89 on Billboard Hot 100 It's Dave's 1st entry on the chart.

“Slime Cry” new album by Nba Young boy goes No 1️⃣ on Apple Music Nigeria Top Albums Chart. 🇳🇬

Wizkid surpasses 10 Billion streams on Spotify across all credits. He is the first African artist to reach this milestone.

“Rave & Roses” Rema 2022 album breaks the record as the longest charting African project on the U.S. Billboard World Albums chart at 165 weeks.🇺🇸 The record was formerly held by Wizkid 's “Made In Lagos” which charted (on/off) for 164 weeks.

Burna Boy is the most streamed African artist on Spotify, he closes 2025 recording 1.986 BILLION streams. The biggest streaming year ever recorded by an African artist He's been the most streamed African artist for 4 years consistently (2020, 2022, 2024, 2025).

“I Told Them…” album by Burna Boy becomes his highest grossing tour ever The Tour made $30.5 Million from 302.8k tickets sold out tickets across 22 Shows. Burna maintains his records as the African artist with the highest-grossing Tour of all-time [via @touringdata]

👆Continuation of Top 10 fastest African songs to surpass 100M Spotify streams 7. Fireboy DML ft. Ed Sheeran ~ Peru (remix) ~ 128 days 8. Burna Boy ~ City Boys ~ 153 days 9. Oxlade ~ KU LO SA ~ 162 days 10. Burna Boy ft. Ed Sheeran ~ For My Hand ~ 167 days

10 fastest African songs to surpass 100M streams on Spotify 1. CKay ~ Love Nwantiti (remix) ~ 42 days 2. Rema ~ Calm Down (remix) ~ 56 days 3. Tyla ft. Gunna ~ Jump ~ 87 days 4. Libianca ~ People ~ 88 days 5. Tyla ~ Water ~ 90 days 6. Burna Boy ~ Last Last ~ 122 days Cont'd 👇

7 African songs to reach 100M spotify streams 1. CKay ~Love Nwantiti (remix) 42 days 2. Rema ~Calm Down (remix) 56 days 3. Tyla ~CHANEL 57 days 4. Tyla ft. Gunna & Skillibeng ~Jump 87 days 5. Libianca ~People 88 days 6. Tyla ~Water 90 days 7. Burna Boy ~Last Last 122 days

Tyla breaks the record held by Rema as the African artist with the most Spotify monthly listener 🥇Tyla: 40.3million 🥈Rema: 40 million 🥉CKay: 34 million

Tyla breaks the all-time record for the most monthly listeners by an African artist in Spotify history (40.3M).