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Burna Boy Becomes First African Artist to Top Global Spotify Chart

Burna Boy Global Chart

Burna Boy's "Lagos to London" debuted at number one on the Spotify Global Top 50, amassing 10.2 million streams in its first 72 hours — a record for any African artist on the platform.

The achievement crowns a remarkable decade-long rise for the Port Harcourt-born artist, who has consistently expanded Afrobeats from a Nigerian genre to a global cultural force.

Billboard CEO Will Tanous said the milestone "represents a structural shift in global music consumption that labels in New York and Los Angeles can no longer afford to overlook."

This article was reported by the AfriDevMonitor editorial team. Additional reporting contributed by our correspondents in Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Lagos, Johannesburg, and Cairo.