Africa Day: Deezer unveils most streamed artists, albums and songs

Burna Boy’s Twice as Tall is the most streamed album in sub-Saharan Africa. The 15-track album also took the No 5 spot as the most streamed album across Africa. Coming second in the most streamed albums in sub-Saharan Africa cateogry is Wizkid’s Made In Lagos, which is also sitting at No 7 in the most streamed albums across Africa ranking.

Davido’s A Better Time is third, while Fireboy DML’s albums Laughter, Tears & Goosebumps and APOLLO took the fourth and fifth spots, respectively.

“Interestingly, when looking at artists all over the continent, music fans in Africa prefer the sounds of global hip hop and R&B artists such as Drake who tops the No 1 artist spot followed by Pop Smoke and The Weeknd,” Deezer said. “However, it’s a different story for music fans in Africa when we focus only on sub-Saharan artists where local artists such as Nigerian superstar Burna Boy takes the crown followed by Davido and Wizkid.”

Deezer Africa music editor Sotiris Moldovanos said: “Africa Day is a time of reflection and celebration. We love seeing local artists from different parts of Africa being streamed all over the continent. To support these artists even further, we’ve created Sounds of Africa, where our fans can discover the variety of sounds that are distinctly and uniquely African.”

Top 10 Most Streamed Sub-Saharan Artists in Africa

• Burna Boy
• Davido
• Wizkid
• Fireboy DML
• Omah Lay
• Kabza De Small
• Joeboy
• Fally Ipupa
• Mr Eazi
• Rema

Top 10 Most Streamed Sub-Saharan Albums in Africa

• Twice As Tall – Burna Boy
• Made In Lagos – Wizkid
• A Better Time – Davido
• Laughter, Tears & Goosebumps – Fireboy DML
• APOLLO – Fireboy DML
• Tokooos II – Fally Ipupa
• Carpe Diem – Olamide
• African Giant – Burna Boy
• I Am The King Of Amapiano: Sweet & Dust – Kabza De Small
• Zulu Man With Some Power – Nasty C

Top 10 Most Streamed Sub-Saharan tracks in Africa

• ‘Nobody’ – DJ Neptune, Joeboy, Mr Eazi
• ‘Infinity’ – Olamide
• ‘Love Nwantiti’ – ‘CKay ft. ElGrandeToto
• ‘Vibration’ – Fireboy DML
• ‘Bad Influence’ – Omah Lay
• ‘Jerusalema’ – ‘Master KG ft. Nomcebo Zikode
• ‘Ginger Me’ – Rema
• ‘Duduke’ – Simi
• ‘In My Maserati’ – Olakira
• ‘MAD’ – Sarz, WurlD

Top 10 Most Streamed Artists in all of Africa

• Drake
• Pop Smoke
• The Weeknd
• PNL
• Burna Boy
• Ninho
• ElGrandeToto
• Damso
• Soolking
• Justin Bieber

Top 10 Most Streamed Albums in all of Africa

• Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon – Pop Smoke
• After Hours – The Weeknd
• Deux frères – PNL
• M.I.L.S 3 – Ninho
• Twice As Tall – Burna Boy
• Arabi – Inkonnu
• Made In Lagos – Wizkid
• QALF – Damso
• Vintage – Soolking
• Poison Ou Antidote – Dadju

Top 10 Most Streamed Tracks in all of Africa

• ‘Blinding Lights’ – The Weeknd
• ‘ROCKSTAR’ – DaBaby
• ‘Dance Monkey’ – Tones and I
• ‘Roses’ – SAINt JHN
• ‘Toosie Slide’ – Drake
• ‘Mood’ – 24kgoldn, Iann Dior
• ‘Bande organisée’ – Kofs, Soso Maness, Elams, Jul, SCH, Naps, Solda and Houari
• ‘For The Night’ – Pop Smoke
• ‘Dior’ – Pop Smoke
• ‘Someone You Loved’ – Lewis Capaldi