Nigerian artistes generated more than N60 billion in revenue from music streaming on Spotify in 2025.
This is according to the platform’s latest “Loud & Clear” annual report released in Lagos.
The streaming company noted that earnings from Spotify alone have grown significantly as Nigerian music continues to gain global traction.
Spotify said revenue generated by Nigerian artistes on its platform has increased by more than 140% over the past two years.
Globally, Nigerian artistes were featured in about 320 million user playlists, while over 12 million playlists featuring Nigerian artistes were created in Nigeria alone.
In total, more than 60 million playlists featuring Nigerian artistes were created on Spotify during the year.
The report also noted that genres with the fastest growth on Spotify in Nigeria over the past five years include pop, urban, alternative pop, anime, emo and drill.
The report highlighted strong engagement with Nigerian music on the streaming platform.
In 2025, Nigerian artistes recorded about 30.3 billion streams and 1.6 billion listening hours on Spotify. Their music was also discovered by first-time listeners more than 1.3 billion times, representing a 26% increase compared with 2024.
Jocelyn Muhutu-Remy, Managing Director for Africa at Spotify, said the Nigerian music industry continues to demonstrate strong creativity and global influence.
Muhutu-Remy also highlighted significant growth across key artiste segments as local streams of Nigerian female artistes increased by 55% year-on-year, while streams of Nigerian independent artistes grew by 75% over the same period.
Nairametrics reported that Nigerian artists earned over N58 billion in royalties from Spotify in 2024, more than double the figure from 2023 and five times greater than 2022.
Spotify’s report underscores the global and local impact of Nigeria’s music industry, reinforcing ongoing investment in creative talent.