Multiple award-winning Afrobeats singer and record boss David Adeleke, better known as Davido, on Wednesday, August 2, 2023 joined the list of artists with over a billion streams on various digital platforms for their studio project.
Davido achieved this feat with his studio album ‘Timeless’ which was released 31 March, 2023.
This was made known via the singer’s statistics Twitter handle @DAVIDO_STATS. He tagged the post with a green love emoji and added an appreciation message to fans for making it happen after four months of the album’s release.
‘Timeless’, Davido’s fourth studio album, comprises 17 tracks with collaboration from several local and international artists as well.
The album amassed these streams on four major streaming platforms, including Spotify and Apple Music.
According to Davido’s post, a breakdown of the album’s fourth month streams shows that it got 275.7 million streams on Audiomack, 190 million streams on Apple Music, 240.7 million streams on Boomplay, 191.5 million streams on Spotify, and 123.9 million streams on YouTube Music, bringing the total to about 1,021 billion streams.
Meanwhile, the album which shows Davido’s versatility and love for good sound explored several music genres including Amapiano and highlife, as well as featured hit tracks like ‘Unavailable’, and ‘Champion sound’ which featured South African Amapiano singer Focalitic, which is currently making waves on different streaming platform as well.
This achievement further reinforces the acceptance and recognitions Afrobeats is gaining all over the globe.
Just like Davido, many African artists have continued to soar, including Nigerian music legend and Grammy-winning singer Ayo Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, who recently sold out Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and was presented with an award during the BRIT Billion Award for amassing over a billion streams in the United Kingdom.
