- African artistes, with their songs, continue to amass listenership across music-streaming platforms
- In a recent ranking of the 10 African artistes with the most monthly listeners, Singer Davido misses out on the list
- Netizens have shared mixed feelings about the singer’s absence on the recently collated list
In a recently released ranking of top 10 African artistes with the most listeners on Spotify, popular Nigerian singer David Adeleke, also known as Davido, could not be found on the list.
Afrobeats sensation Oyinkansola Aderibigbe, best known as Ayra Starr, topped the list with 25.8 million monthly Spotify listeners.
Burna Boy tails behind her with 23.6 million monthly listeners and South Africa’s sensational singer Tyla ranked in the third position with 23.4 million monthly listeners.
Via an X (formerly Twitter) post on September 18, Top Charts Africa shared the statistics showing the Top 10 African artistes with the most monthly listeners on Spotify.
A check by TheRadar on Spotify found Davido’s monthly listeners to be at 7.7 million, which trails behind Fireboy DML’s monthly listeners of 8.8 million.
10 African artistes with most monthly listeners on Spotify
- Ayra Starr - 25.8M
- Burna Boy - 23.6M
- Tyla - 23.4M
- Rema - 23.1M
- Tems - 19.4M
- Omah Lay - 11.4M
- Wizkid - 9.5M
- Asake - 9.5M
- Ckay - 9.3M
- Fireboy DML - 8.8M
Netizens react to Davido missing on Spotify monthly listeners list
Following the recent statistics by Top Chart Africa, netizens have shared mixed feelings about the statistics, particularly as regards Davido, who was missing from the list. TheRadar curated some below:
@abdullahi0105 said, “001 no dey there keh?”
@jaymillicents wrote, “Davido hasn't released any song in a while, Wizkid still in the top 10 after doing very little is commendable but Burna boy man has still not used all his powers yet, Burna is incredibly talented I won't even sugarcoat,”
@TosinAdara16 said, “OBO is on 7.7 you could easily include him if are not posting that for Sub,”
@Kolawolegold10 commented, “Davido dey always left out in this kind of conversation,”
@tonyfx777 said, “Can u imagine davido no even de here o,”
@AkoredeOlushola said, “If ayra Starr and tylaa can top wizkid then you no get shame for bantering David,”
@chiamaka04 asked, “001 don comot from top 10 ke??”
@al_per_shino said, “You think say na “Ogechi” matter them da do here,”
Global Impact List: Ayra Starr, Tems emerge as Spotify’s most streamed artistes
Earlier, TheRadar reported that Nigerian Afrobeats artistes Tems and Ayra Starr emerged at the top of the Global Impact List, unveiled by popular streaming platform Spotify for the first half of 2024.
Through their songs, these artistes were recognised by the streaming platform. Their songs, according to Spotify, have the most listens from outside Nigeria between January 1 to June 30.
Ayra Starr secured the first and second spots with her songs Santa featuring Rauw Alejandro and hit single Commas. On the other hand, Tems took the third spot with Love Me Jeje.
