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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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Ice Prince Fires Back: 'I'm the First African Artist to Win BET Award on Stage, Not Davido

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Nigerian singer Ice Prince has set the record straight, revealing that he, not Davido, is the first African artist to receive a BET Award on stage at the prestigious ceremony.In a recent episode of Listening, Ice Prince, who won the Best International Act, Africa Award in 2013, shared his pride in breaking the long-standing tradition of African artists receiving their awards backstage. "I am the first African artist to go on the BET stage and receive an award solo....
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Rema’s ‘Calm Down’ becomes most streamed African song in US history

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Sensational Nigerian singer Divine Ikubor, better known by his stage name Rema, has made history by having his hit song "Calm Down" become the most streamed African song in American history.In order to accomplish the feat, "Calm Down" replaced Kay's "Love Nwantiti."On Friday, this information was released by the American music data compilation website Chart Data.The statistics company tweeted that "@heisrema's 'Calm Down' has surpassed @ckay_yo's 'love nwantiti' to...
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Olamide becomes first African rapper to hit 1 billion streams on Spotify

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Nigerian rapper, Olamide, has surpassed 1 billion career streams on Spotify.He is the first African rapper to achieve the feat, thanks to his incorporation of Afrobeats in his music and collaborations.Last year, Olamide also made history as the first African rapper to be nominated for a Grammy.His collaborative hit with Asake, ‘Amapiano’ was nominated in the inaugural Best African Music Performance category but lost to Tyla’s ‘Water.’
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