Taylor Swift Hits 100 Billion Spotify Streams
American pop star, Taylor Swift, has made history as the first female artiste to hit 100 billion streams on Spotify. The streaming platform confirmed the milestone after a review of her account, showing that the award-winning singer had surpassed the mark. Music data platform, Chart Masters, also ranked Swift as the second highest earner on […]
Tems Makes History With 1 Billion Spotify Streams
Nigerian singer Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has made history as the first African female artiste to surpass 1 billion streams on Spotify. Tems, the Grammy awards winner, who recently became the first African woman to co-own a US football club, achieved this milestone through her contribution to Future’s hit song ‘Wait For U’, […]
Ayra Starr Reigns as Spotify’s Most Streamed Female Artist in Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya
Spotify, an online streaming platform, has celebrated Nigerian singer, Ayra Starr, who emerged most streamed female artiste in three countries: Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya. Phiona Okumu, Spotify’s Head of Music, Sub-Saharan Africa, in a statement noted that Spotify’s 2024 Wrapped findings revealed the top 10 most streamed female artistes in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and South […]
Spotify Adds Music Videos To Output
Global audio streaming giant Spotify has announced that it would be posting music videos on its platform in “select markets”, entering an arena long dominated by YouTube. The company said in a statement that the beta version of music videos on Spotify begins rolling out yesterday. The statement added that it would release a limited […]
Davido’s ‘Timeless’ The Most Streamed Album In Sub-Saharan Africa In 2023
Nigerian superstar Davido is ending 2023 strong with his fourth album, “Timeless,” continuing to shatter numerous streaming records. In the recently released Spotify Wrapped 2023, Davido’s album ‘Timeless’ is ranked as the most streamed album on Spotify in sub-Saharan Africa in 2023. The album recently earned a nomination for Best Global Album at the 2024 […]
Spotify Raises Premium Subscription Price
Spotify is raising prices for its 200 million ad-free subscribers for the first time in over a decade, the platform has announced. In the US, the cost will increase from $9.99 to $10.99 for those with an individual plan. Similar price hikes also apply to the UK, Canada, Australia and 49 other territories. The move […]
Rema Hits 2 Billion Career Streams on Spotify
Following the global success of his single ‘Calm Down’ which enjoyed further success with the Selena Gomez-assisted remix, Nigerian music star Rema has now surpassed 2 billion career streams on Spotify as a lead artist. In 2022, Rema joined the exclusive club of Nigerian artists to have surpassed a billion streams on Spotify, and just […]
CKay the First becomes the most streamed project by an African on Spotify
Nigerian music artist, CKay’s second extended playlist ‘CKay the First’ has become the highest streamed project by an African act in Spotify history.The project which was released on 30 August 2019 has garnered over 661 million streams surpassing Burna Boy’s ‘African Giant’ which was at 660.9 million streams on Spotify. The project was self-produced by […]
