Afrobeats superstar Ayodeji Balogun aka Wizkid, has emerged the first African musician to surpass 12 billion streams on Spotify across all credits, setting another milestone for African music.
WizStatz, a music statistics account on X, which tracks the singer’s streaming performance, made the announcement recently.
In the account tagged: Wizkid’s official handle, it stated: “WIZKID (@wizkidayo) becomes the first African Artist to surpass 12 Billion Streams On Spotify Across All Credits.”
The figure covers songs released by Wizkid as a lead artiste, as well as collaborations and guest appearances on tracks by other musicians.
The latest milestone follows another streaming record set by the artiste in May 2026, when he became the first African to reach 11 billion Spotify streams across all credits.