Wizkid, Asake “Jogodo” breaks document with 10 million Spotify streams 

Wizkid and Asake have made African music historical past with their newest collaboration, “Jogodo.”

The music turned the quickest African observe to succeed in 10 million streams on Spotify, hitting the milestone in lower than one week.

The event was confirmed by knowledge tracked by Charts Africa, which highlighted the music’s unprecedented streaming velocity on the platform.

The feat additional reinforces the rising world affect of Nigerian artistes as Afrobeats continues to achieve traction throughout main digital music platforms.

What they’re saying 

The record-breaking milestone has drawn widespread consideration throughout the music business, with chart-tracking platforms highlighting the size and pace of the music’s efficiency.

“Wizkid and Asake make historical past as ‘Jogodo’ breaks the document for the quickest African music to hit 10 million streams on Spotify, doing so in lower than per week,” Charts Africa stated in a submit on X.

The milestone builds on earlier indicators of a historic run, after Jogodo crossed over 5 million streams inside days of launch to set a brand new Spotify Nigeria document for the largest opening and streaming week ever recorded within the nation.

Backstory 

The efficiency of Jogodo displays broader structural modifications in Nigeria’s music financial system, the place streaming success more and more feeds into increased industrial returns for artistes.

BusinessTimes beforehand reported that Nigerian artistes earned an estimated $395 million from touring and reside performances throughout 2024 and 2025, primarily based on business knowledge and stakeholder insights.

Concert events, festivals, and worldwide excursions have emerged as the first income drivers, with streaming platforms serving as a essential discovery and promotion channel. Youthful audiences, significantly Gen Z listeners, have been central to this progress, driving consumption throughout Spotify, Apple Music, and Audiomack.

As Afrobeats expands its worldwide footprint, sturdy streaming numbers have turn out to be a key indicator of an artiste’s world relevance and incomes potential.

What you need to know 

Streaming knowledge continues to indicate that Nigerian artistes dominate listening developments amongst youthful demographics, reinforcing the strategic significance of digital platforms.

Spotify’s 2022 insights revealed that Burna Boy, Asake, Davido, Drake, and Wizkid ranked because the most-streamed artistes amongst Nigeria’s Gen Z listeners.

• The info was disclosed by Phiona Okumu, Spotify’s Head of Music for Sub-Saharan Africa, throughout an occasion marking Lagos’ rise as a worldwide hub for cultural innovation.
• Asake turned the primary African artiste to headline and promote out New York’s Barclays Heart in September 2023 and later bought out London’s O2 Area in August 2023.
• In February 2024, he appeared on The Late Present with Stephen Colbert, increasing his attain to a broader United States viewers.

Wizkid stays one among Afrobeats’ most globally recognised figures, together with a Grammy Award for Finest Music Video as a lead artiste on Beyoncé’s Brown Pores and skin Woman.