Nigerian music star Burna Boy has reached a new career milestone after becoming the African artist with the highest monthly listeners in Spotify history.
The Grammy Award-winning singer reportedly hit 46.84 million monthly listeners, surpassing the previous African record of 46.58 million, which was held by South African star Tyla. The achievement has been widely celebrated by fans across the continent and marks another landmark moment in Burna Boy’s global rise.
Burna Boy sets new Spotify milestone
Read Also
Entertainment platform Nairobi Gossip Club shared news of the achievement, prompting an outpouring of congratulatory messages from fans.
Spotify’s monthly listeners metric measures the number of unique users who have listened to an artist over a rolling 28-day period. It is widely regarded as one of the key indicators of an artist’s current global reach on the streaming platform.
Burna Boy, whose real name is Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, has spent the past decade building an international audience through hit songs such as Last Last, Ye, On the Low, and more recently, Dai Dai. His success has helped cement Afrobeats as one of the world’s fastest-growing music genres.
“Burna Boy has set a new Spotify record for an African artist after reaching 46.84 million monthly listeners.”
Fans celebrate the achievement
Many social media users praised Burna Boy for the latest record, with several referring to him by his popular nickname, Odogwu.
Some of the reactions included:
- baraka_collins_ke: “Odogwu forever.”
- about_katito: “master.”
- shwarimoversandcleaners: “Shayooo City boy.”
- poeticrasta_: “Joe boy, Burna boy is on fire boy.”
- simbalion254: “Wooooowwwwwwww this is impressive.”
- am_kigera: “Congrats, let’s get a Kenyan on this.”
- _manadryla: “We know why, but zake zake.”
Some fans compared him with other artists
The discussion also saw fans compare Burna Boy’s achievement with those of fellow African musicians.
Among the comments were:
- boss_kamomo: “Still Wizkid is the GOAT.”
- hassan_yc: “Mana T is on fire.”
- mrazphylo: “African Giant.”
- _akrram_01: “Si chibudi chibude?”
- i_am_maxjones: “African Giant, hata Bien ama Prince Indah wetu can get there.”
- upcoming_king2: “Expecting Cape Verde to beat Argentina is like expecting Ronaldo to win the World Cup.”
Another milestone for the Afrobeats star
As fans continue to celebrate the milestone, Burna Boy’s latest record adds another chapter to a career that has consistently pushed African music onto the global stage.
His growing streaming numbers underline the increasing international appetite for Afrobeats and the wider influence of African artists in the music industry.
