Nigerian Afrobeats star Wizkid has become the first African artist to surpass 11 billion total streams on Spotify across all credited appearances.
Thus, further cementing his position as one of the continent’s most commercially successful global music exports.
The milestone was announced on Tuesday by music analytics platform Charts Africa via X, which highlighted Wizkid’s dominance across multiple Spotify milestones in African music history.
According to the platform, Wizkid remains the first African artist to reach one billion, two billion, 10 billion, and now 11 billion cumulative Spotify streams.
The latest achievement comes days after the release of State of Mind, his collaboration with DJ Tunez, which debuted on May 15, 2026. The single reportedly generated more than 685,000 global Spotify streams within its first full day on the platform, adding further momentum to Wizkid’s already expansive streaming catalogue.
The streaming milestone reinforces the growing international commercial strength of Afrobeats, a genre that has increasingly transformed Nigerian artists into major players within the global digital music economy.
Wizkid’s rise on Spotify has also been closely tied to several landmark moments for African music on streaming platforms. He was part of the first song in Spotify history to surpass one billion streams, involving an African artist through his collaboration with Drake and Kyla on One Dance.
Other African artists have also continued to break streaming barriers in recent years. Rema became the first African lead artist to record a song with one billion Spotify streams through Calm Down, while Tems emerged as the first African female artist associated with a one-billion-stream Spotify record.
Similarly, Tyla became the first African solo artist to record a song surpassing one billion Spotify streams with Water, underscoring the widening global reach of African pop music beyond Nigeria.
The latest record also follows another major streaming achievement involving Wizkid earlier this year. In January 2026, Nairametrics reported that Wizkid and Asake made African music history with their collaboration Jogodo, which became the fastest African song to hit 10 million Spotify streams, reaching the milestone in less than one week.
In 2022, Spotify’s Head of Music for Sub-Saharan Africa, Phiona Okumu, identified Burna Boy, Asake, Davido, Drake, and Wizkid as the five most-streamed artists among Nigeria’s Gen Z audience.