Top 10 Most Streamed Nigerian Artistes on Spotify 2024

Welcome to Legitexplore, today we bring to you the list of Top 10 Most Streamed Nigerian Artistes on Spotify 2024.

Spotify is one of the most popular music streaming services, with over 489 million active users each month. 

The musician now has the chance to enter the market thanks to services like Spotify, Audiomack, and other streaming music apps. Moreover, you will establish a fan following and reach a global audience.

Most Streamed Nigerian Artistes on Spotify 2023

Here is the list of top ten most streamed Nigerian artistes on Spotify in 2023:

• Davido

Davido Aka OBO is one of the top musicians in Africa and Nigeria when it comes to Nigerian music. With over 1 billion listeners across all of his credits, he is one of the most listened Nigerian musicians on Spotify and a multi-award-winning singer.

After releasing “Dami Duro,” the second track from his debut studio album Omo Baba Olowo, Davido rose to fame in 2012. Since then, both in Nigeria and abroad, he has been making a huge wave with his song.

• Burna Boy

Burna Boy, also known as Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, is a well-known Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is one of the most streamed artists in Nigeria, and thanks to his talent, the world is now more aware of Nigerian music.

After garnering back-to-back nominations, Burna Boy became the first Nigerian musician to win a Grammy Award. After releasing his first studio album, LIFE, in 2012, he became more well-known. Since then, he has continuously released successful songs that have gathered over 3 billion Spotify streams.

• Wizkid

Wizkid, real name Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, is a well-known Nigerian singer and composer who has amassed more than 4.6 billion listeners to his songs. 

He is among the most well-known musicians in Nigeria and all of Africa. He has received various honours, honours, certificates, and chart records. He is sometimes described as the Greatest Showman from Africa.

The “Made In Lagos” album by Wizkid is the best-selling and most streamed African album in Billboard history with over one billion plays in less than a year since its release.

• Asake

Ahmed Ololade, better known by his stage names Asake and Mr. Money, is a Nigerian musician and songwriter who rose to prominence in 2022. He dominated the music scene with the release of two EPs, back-to-back hit songs with several features.

The album “Mr. Money with the Vibe” by Asake debuted in September on Spotify’s top global album chart. In August 2022, his hit song from the album “Joha” was awarded the greatest song of the month, and five of his songs made the top 10 list of the top 50 Nigerian songs of the year.

• Fireboy

Ademola Adefolahan, better known by his stage name Fireboy, is a singer and songwriter from Nigeria who is a part of Olamide’s record label YBNL. In less than 3 years, he went from being well-known in Nigeria to ruling the world. He released his first studio album, “Laughter, Tears and Goosebumps,” in 2019.

Following the 2021 release of his popular song “Peru” and the accompanying ED Sheeran remix, a British singer. The song replaced Adele’s “Easy on me” at the top of the London Apple Music chart in just one week and gathered over ten million views on YouTube.

With over 7.4 million Spotify subscribers, Fireboy is one of the most streamed musicians. His most popular tracks are “Peru,” “Peru remix,” and “Vibration.”

• Rema

Divine Ikubor, better known as Rema, is a well-known Nigerian songwriter, performer, and Mavin Record member. With more than 500 million streams to his name, he is a rising star on a global scale.

After the song “Iron Man” was released, which was included on Barack Obama’s 2019 Summer Playlist, Rema became more well-known. He issued his self-titled debut EP “Rema” as well as the EPs “Bad Commando” and “Freestyle” in the same year.

The most streamed songs by Rema, one of the most popular musicians on Spotify, are “Calm down,” “Dumebi,” “Rema,” and “Bad Commando.”

• Tems

Temilade Openiyi, better known online as Tems, is a well-known singer and songwriter from Nigeria with more than 700 million Spotify streams. She rose to fame after appearing on Wizkid’s smash hit song “Essence,” which peaked at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100. She received a Grammy Award nomination for the song, and the following year, she appeared in Drake’s song “Fountains”.

In 2020, Tems’ “Broken Ears” EP debut album was released. She has since gained international notoriety as a rising star. She appeared on Future’s popular song “Wait for U.” She became the first African artist to make their debut at number one on the list when the song reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100.

• Buju BNXN

Daniel Benson, better known by his stage name Buju BNXN, is a Nigerian singer and composer with a distinctive voice that draws listeners in to learn more about his style of music. He has given Nigerians a consistent stream of hit songs ever since he entered the country’s music scene.

With more than 3.8 million Spotify subscribers, Buju is one of the most streamed musicians. His most popular tracks are “Feeling,” “Mood,” “Lenu,” and “Italy Refix.”

• Tiwa Savage

Tiwatope Savage is a singer-songwriter and performer from Nigeria. She started out in the music industry singing backup for artists like Mary J. Blige and George Michael.

Savage signed a publishing contract with Sony/ATV Music Publishing in 2009 as a result of his participation in The X Factor UK. The growth of the Nigerian music industry encouraged Savage to return to Nigeria in 2012, when he secured a deal with Mavin Records.

She became one of the most well-known performers in Africa when she recorded hit songs including Somebody’s Son, Koroba, Love me, All over, and Eminado. Once Upon a Time, her debut studio album from 2013, had seven singles.

The 2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards nominated the album for Best Album of the Year and Best R&B. She is one of Nigeria’s most streamed musicians with 3.1 billion streams across all music platforms thanks to her well-liked songs.

• Kizz Daniel

Oluwatobiloba Daniel Anidugbe, better known by his stage name Kizz Daniel, was born on May 1st, 1994. As of 2020, “Woju” and “Yeba,” his hits, are his best-known songs.

He signed a record deal with G-Worldwide Entertainment in 2013, but left the firm later that year due to a dispute over a public contract. He started his own record label, FLYBOY INC, after severing ties with his former one, G-WorldWide.

His single, Laye, received positive reviews from music enthusiasts and debuted at No. 55 on the US iTunes Chart. His number-one hit, Buga, came out in 2022. Dancing competitions on Instagram and TikTok helped the song gain popularity.

2.9 billion streams of his popular songs have been recorded across all music platforms. His top five songs are Laye, One Ticket, Buga, Woju, and Eh God, according to MTV Base. He took home the Best R&B/Pop Album and Album of the Year Headies in 2016.