Ayodeji Balogun, better known by his stage name Wizkid, has become the first artist from Africa to reach 11 billion Spotify plays across all of his credits.
Chart Africa on X, a music data handle, revealed the milestone on Tuesday.
Wizkid is the first African musician to reach the 11 billion mark on the streaming service, according to the platform.
The post reads, “Wizkid becomes the first African artist EVER to cross 11 Billion Spotify streams across all credits”.
The album was released a few days after his joint song “State of Mind” with DJ Tunez.
In its first full day of release on May 15, 2026, the song had over 685,000 streams worldwide on Spotify.
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Afrobeats musician Wizkid and maverick singer Seun Kuti have ruled out a reconciliation, stating that their disagreement will last a lifetime.
Following Wizkid’s assertion that he was superior to Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti in reaction to Seun Kuti’s order to fans to cease comparing the Ojuelegba crooner to the late music giant, the two fell out.
Seun Kuti responded that he can’t make amends with the Starboy leader since he disrespected his late father when asked in a recent podcast if he had resolved his conflict with Wizkid.
The host asked: “Have you and Wizkid settled your Beef?”
Kuti replied: “It is on for life. I don’t have anything to say about him but it is on for life. You don’t say things about my dad and then it is fine. There is no coming back from that.|
According to Seun Kuti, his father, the late Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, did not forbid his wives from having extramarital affairs.
He went on to say that this was one of Fela’s worst mistakes, claiming that some of the ladies eventually contracted HIV from their other lovers and gave it to the late singer.
In a recent Instagram livestream, Kuti stated that he was the victim and refuted rumours that Fela was the one who infected his girlfriends.
