Top Streamed Nigerian Artists/Songs After 1month Since Spotify’s Arrival

Swedish audio streaming service provider, Spotify, launched in Nigeria on February 23, 2021, among 40 other African countries, with over 70 million songs, 22 million podcast titles, and over 4 billion playlists.

The platform had only been accessible to African users in South Africa where it launched in 2018, Morrocco, Egypt, Algeria, and Tunisia. Other Africans only had access to the streaming platform via the use of VPNs.

The global music streaming pioneer has made some fascinating findings after 30 days with four of the top five most-streamed artists emanating from Nigeria.

This new data is based on Spotify’s user consumption between February 23 and March 22, 2021.

Nigerian listeners seem to be more interested in local hits which has seen a huge boost with the most-streamed track in Nigeria over a 30 day period being ‘Bounce’ by Mavin Records sensation Rema, with Afrobeat star Wizkid following closely behind. His song with Grammy winner Burna Boy ‘Ginger’ made the top spot while and Davido and Teni’s ‘For You’ off the ‘Wondaland album also made the top spot.

Spotify also highlighted the top podcasts and playlists that Nigerians enjoyed during the month in this new report.

Listeners who reside in Lagos, Suleja, Abuja, Port Harcourt, and Benin City account for the most Spotify streams in Nigeria.

Most streamed artists
WizKid
Burna Boy
Davido
Drake
Rema

Most streamed songs
Rema – Bounce
WizKid feat. Burna Boy – Ginger
Davido, Teni – FOR YOU
Olamide, Omah Lay – Infinity
Davido, Focalistic, Virgo Deep – Ke Star – Remix

Most popular playlists
Hot Hits Naija
African Heat
Today’s Top Hits
RapCaviar
Gbedu
Top podcasts
I Said What I Said
Kwality Kontent
TED Talks Daily
Articulate One
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah: Ears Edition

Nigerian cities with the most streams on Spotify
Lagos
Suleja
Abuja
Port Harcourt
Benin City