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Wizkid’s ‘Essence’ becomes first African song to win iHeartRadio Titanium award

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Grammy award-winning Nigerian singers Ayodeji Balogun, aka Wizkid, and Temilade Openiyi, aka Tems, have been honored as the first African recipients of the iHeartRadio Titanium Award.

Read Also : ASCAP Awards 2023: Wizkid’s ‘Essence’ wins R&B/Hip-Hop Song of the Year


The Titanium Award is given to artists whose songs grossed 1 billion spins across iHeartRadio stations in America.

Wizkid and Tems received the accolade after their hit song ‘Essence’ grossed 1 billion spins across iHeartRadio stations.

Tems’ manager, Muyiwa Awoniyi, shared a video clip of the award via his Instagram story recently.

The Daily Post recalls that the song, which was originally housed in Wizkid’s fourth studio album, ‘Made in Lagos’, became popular on American mainstream radio after a remix version was released with Canadian singer Justin Bieber in 2021.

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Davido’s ‘Timeless’ becomes first African album to top US iTunes chart

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Nigerian Afrobeats superstar David Adeleke, aka Davido, has broken an African record on the US iTunes Albums Chart with his new album ‘Timeless’.This is as the album topped the chart on Wednesday, April 5, 2023, making history in the process as the first African album to reach Number 1 in the world’s biggest music market.Recall that Davido dropped his fourth studio album, ‘Timeless, on March 31, 2023, with guest appearances from Nigerian artists such as Asake, Fave,...
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Burna Boy Becomes The First African Artist To Perform At The Billboard Music Awards

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Burna Boy just delivered a spectacular performance at the 2022 Billboard Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.Odogwu got fans grooving to his new single, the Toni Braxton-sampling “Last Last,” and the dub-flavored, laid-back single “Kilometer” from 2021. Burna Boy wore a stylishly flayed black suit jacket and shorts, compliments of his stylist sister, Romani, as he wowed the crowd.For people wondering why his performance is special, it would excite you to k...
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Burna Boy Goes Ahead Of Wizkid, Becomes The First African To Sell Out An Arena In Amsterdam

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Burna Boy, a Grammy winner, is hot right now for all the right reasons.The African Giant recently won a golden plaque for selling out Amsterdam's Ziggo Dome, the world's largest arena. Burna Boy just became the first African musician to sell out the Ziggo Dome, which has a capacity of 17,000 people.Burna performed a two-day SpaceDraft concert in the Netherlands, and according to the footage that has surfaced online, the venue was packed. According to every aspect of...
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