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Burna Boy Sets Spotify Record: 50 Songs Above 50 Million Streams

Nigerian artist Burna Boy is the first African act to reach 50 songs with more than 50 million Spotify streams each.

Burna Boy and Joé Dwèt Filé

Nigerian artist Burna Boy has become the first African act to have 50 songs surpass 50 million streams each on Spotify.

The latest entry is “4 Kampé II”, his collaboration with French-Ivorian artist Joé Dwèt Filé, which has now crossed the 50 million-stream mark.

The track joins Burna Boy’s catalogue of songs that have passed that threshold on the platform.

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