{"id":1352,"date":"2025-10-04T08:49:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T08:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1352"},"modified":"2025-10-04T04:00:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T04:00:01","slug":"burna-boy-wizkid-ayra-starr-top-spotifys-2025-afrobeats-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1352","title":{"rendered":"Burna Boy, Wizkid, Ayra Starr top Spotify\u2019s 2025 Afrobeats list"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Spotify has named Afrobeats star, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, widely known as Burna Boy, as one of the top Afrobeats artists of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The list, unveiled by the streaming service in an Instagram post on Monday, is dominated by Nigerian artists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Burna Boy - Higher [Official Music Video]\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eKzmRnetw-c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ranked alongside Burna Boy are Divine Ikubor, known as Rema; Balogun Ayodeji, popularly called Wizkid; Ahmed Ololade, Asake, and Ayra Starr, as the only female artist on the latest ranking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spotify posted:&nbsp; \u201cAfrobeats continues to expand its reach, with fans streaming artists such as #heisrema, #wizkidayo, and #burnaboygram from Nigeria to Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCheck out some of the top songs, artists, and countries fuelling the genre\u2019s discovery and growth globally.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The platform also unveiled the top Afrobeats songs on Spotify for 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accordingly, top songs are Santa by Ayra Starr; Rauw Alejandro; and Rvssian; Shake It To The Max (FLY) \u2013 Remix by MOLY, Shenseea, Silent Addy, and Skillibeng; Calm Down (with Selena Gomez) by Rema, featuring Selena Gomez, WE PRAY by Burna Boy, Coldplay, Elyanna, Little Simz, and TINT; and People by Libianca.Spotify also said Afrobeats songs were most discovered in 2025 in the US, Brazil, France, the UK, Germany, and Nigeria. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2025\/10\/burna-boy-wizkid-ayra-starr-top-spotifys-2025-afrobeats-list\/\">(Vanguard)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spotify has named Afrobeats star, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, widely known as Burna Boy, as one of the top Afrobeats artists of the year. 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