Nigerian Afrobeats star Wizkid has been adjudged the primary African artist to obtain the coveted BRIT Billion Award. This follows his historic accomplishment of hitting multiple billion digital streams in the UK.
Identified in personal life as Ayodeji Balogun, Wizkid was awarded by the British Phonographic Trade music award physique for his contribution to the trade. Wizkid lately bought out his present on the 62,850-capacity Tottenham Stadium in London, the place he turned the primary and solely African artist to headline and stage a efficiency there. This feat cements his place as a worldwide music big, with a robust following internationally.
Wizkid is among the many few African artists who command a robust enchantment within the U.Ok. together with his music producing hundreds of thousands of gross sales and quite a few platinum and gold certifications. His music “One Dance” through which he featured Drake and Kyla made six-times platinum standing, garnering 3.6 million models in gross sales. As well as, his work with Skepta and Tems on the music “Power” has additionally been licensed platinum. A number of of his songs, together with “Essence,” “Brown Pores and skin Lady,” and “Made in Lagos,” have collectively garnered over one billion streams within the UK.
The Brit Awards congratulated Wizkid for his groundbreaking achievement throughout his time in London, following his present on the Tottenham Stadium.
January 2, 2010, noticed the start of Wizkid with the discharge of his first single Holla At Your Boy. The video was launched in 2011 and acquired huge TV play throughout Africa making him a family title. The music, Holla at Your Boy was the primary single off his first album Celebrity; the primary of many songs to place the younger musician at an untouchable stage.
