Ahead of Africa Day on 25 May, the global music streaming service Deezer has revealed the most streamed artists, albums, songs across the continent and Burna Boy tops the list.
KAMPALA | LIFESTYLE UGANDA — Burna Boy leads the list of the most-streamed artists, albums and songs across Africa, according to the global streaming service Deezer, ahead of Africa Day on 25 May.
Deezer is an online music streaming service. As well as streaming music content from record labels such as Universal Music Group, Sony Music and Warner Music Group, Deezer also provides podcasts. Users can access Deezer using their favourite devices online or offline.
In addition, the company has put together playlists that feature artists like Davido, Shekhinah, Tinariwen, Zuchu and Salatiel, among others, celebrating Africa Day through the channel Sounds of Africa.
Twice as Tall by Burna Boy has been the most-streamed album in sub-Saharan Africa and holds the No. 5 positions nationally throughout Africa.
Wizkid’s Made In Lagos ranks No. 2 in the most streamed albums across sub-Saharan Africa, and is No. 7 on the most-streamed albums list across Africa.
The third-best album on the list is A Better Time by Davido, followed by Laughter, Tears & Goosebumps by Fireboy DML and APOLLO by Fireboy DML.
According to Deezer, when looking at music fans all over Africa, hip hop and R&B artists like Drake, Pop Smoke, and The Weeknd are the top-ranked artists.
However, the situation is different when it comes to music lovers in Africa – local sub-Saharan acts, such as Nigeria’s Burna Boy, are predominant. Davido and Wizkid follow.
”It’s a different story for music fans in Africa when we focus only on sub-Saharan artists, where Nigerian superstar Burna Boy, Davido, and Wizkid take the top spots.”
Sotiris Moldovanos, Deezer Africa’s music editor, said: “Africa Day is a time for reflection and celebration. We are pleased to see local artists across the continent being streamed.
“Africa Day is a celebration of local artists from different parts of the continent. We love seeing a variety of local musicians from the continent being streamed across the world.”
”We’ve created Sounds of Africa to highlight these artists even further, where our fans can discover the variety of sounds that are distinctly and uniquely African.”
Top 10 Most Streamed Sub-Saharan Artists in Africa
- Burna Boy
- Davido
- Wizkid
- Fireboy DML
- Omah Lay
- Kabza De Small
- Joeboy
- Fally Ipupa
- Mr Eazi
- Rema
Top 10 Most Streamed Sub-Saharan Albums in Africa
- Twice As Tall – Burna Boy
- Made In Lagos – Wizkid
- A Better Time – Davido
- Laughter, Tears & Goosebumps – Fireboy DML
- APOLLO – Fireboy DML
- Tokooos II – Fally Ipupa
- Carpe Diem – Olamide
- African Giant – Burna Boy
- I Am The King Of Amapiano: Sweet & Dust – Kabza De Small
- Zulu Man With Some Power – Nasty C
Top 10 Most Streamed Sub-Saharan tracks in Africa
- ‘Nobody’ – DJ Neptune, Joeboy, Mr Eazi
- ‘Infinity’ – Olamide
- ‘Love Nwantiti’ – ‘CKay ft. ElGrandeToto
- ‘Vibration’ – Fireboy DML
- ‘Bad Influence’ – Omah Lay
- ‘Jerusalema’ – ‘Master KG ft. Nomcebo Zikode
- ‘Ginger Me’ – Rema
- ‘Duduke’ – Simi
- ‘In My Maserati’ – Olakira
- ‘MAD’ – Sarz, WurlD
Top 10 Most Streamed Artists in all of Africa
- Drake
- Pop Smoke
- The Weeknd
- PNL
- Burna Boy
- Ninho
- ElGrandeToto
- Damso
- Soolking
- Justin Bieber
Top 10 Most Streamed Albums in all of Africa
- Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon – Pop Smoke
- After Hours – The Weeknd
- Deux frères – PNL
- M.I.L.S 3 – Ninho
- Twice As Tall – Burna Boy
- Arabi – Inkonnu
- Made In Lagos – Wizkid
- QALF – Damso
- Vintage – Soolking
- Poison Ou Antidote – Dadju
Top 10 Most Streamed Tracks in all of Africa
- ‘Blinding Lights’ – The Weeknd
- ‘ROCKSTAR’ – DaBaby
- ‘Dance Monkey’ – Tones and I
- ‘Roses’ – SAINt JHN
- ‘Toosie Slide’ – Drake
- ‘Mood’ – 24kgoldn, Iann Dior
- ‘Bande organisée’ – Kofs, Soso Maness, Elams, Jul, SCH, Naps, Solda and Houari
- ‘For The Night’ – Pop Smoke
- ‘Dior’ – Pop Smoke
- ‘Someone You Loved’ – Lewis Capaldi
