Afrobeats Superstar Damini Ogulu a.k.a Burna Boy is the first Nigerian artist with two albums to hit 1 billion Spotify streams
His albums “African Giant” reached 1 billion Spotify streams to follow up on his sixth album “Love, Damini” which also garnered 1.3 billion Spotify streams.
“African Giant” was released in 2019 a year after Burna Boy ascended to global stardom following the surreal virality of his hit single “YE” off his 2018 album ‘Outside’.
‘African Giant’ was a stamp of Burna Boy’s status as a continental flag bearer taking on the global stage. The album churned out notable hit records including ‘On The Low’ and ‘Gbona’ which have both received platinum certification in France.
Other hit records on the album are ‘Anybody’, ‘Dangote’, ‘Omo’, ‘Killin Dem’ feat Zlatan, and ‘Gum Body’ feat Jorja Smith.
‘On The Low’ is the most streamed song on the album with 304 million Spotify streams followed by ‘Gbona’ with 185 million streams and ‘Anybody’ with 90 million streams.
‘Love, Damini’ is Burna Boy’s most commercial album boasting of the smash hit record ‘Last Last’ which has surpassed 451 million Spotify streams, and ‘For Your Hand’ featuring Ed Sheeran totalling 289 million streams.
