Burna Boy sets new African record with 50 million Spotify monthly listeners

Burna Boy

Burna Boy

Nigerian singer Burna Boy has become the first African artiste to surpass 50 million monthly listeners on Spotify.

The milestone was achieved on Monday, marking a new record for an African artiste on the music streaming platform.

The feat was largely driven by the success of Burna Boy’s collaboration with Shakira on the song Dai Dai, which has remained at the top of Spotify’s Global Top Songs chart for several days.

The song continues to break streaming records amid the ongoing FIFA World Cup with Shakira recently hitting 100 million monthly listeners on Spotify for the first time in her career and the second Latino artist to achieve the milestone after Bad Bunny.

‘Dai Dai’ also recently made history as the first music video to surpass 300 million views on YouTube in 2026.

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