{"id":1233,"date":"2025-12-16T08:18:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T08:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/?p=1233"},"modified":"2026-01-20T14:36:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T14:36:06","slug":"nigerias-wiz-kid-hits-20-billion-streams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/16\/nigerias-wiz-kid-hits-20-billion-streams\/entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s Wiz kid Hits 20 Billion Streams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Wizkid-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Wizkid-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Wizkid-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Wizkid-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Wizkid-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Wizkid.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nigerian superstar Wizkid is being hailed by fans as Africa\u2019s best-selling artist after reportedly surpassing Cheb Khaled\u2019s 81 million units sold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also became the first African artist to reach 20 billion global on-demand audio streams in May 2025, strengthening his influence in Afrobeats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although major tracking agencies have yet to verify the figures, current certifications place him at about 75 million units sold, with 150\u2013170 career awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fans and fellow artists have celebrated his achievements online, praising his talent and collaborative spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Driven by hits such as Essence and major global partnerships, Wizkid\u2019s success underscores Afrobeats\u2019 expanding international impact and the rising global presence of African music.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian superstar Wizkid is being hailed by fans as Africa\u2019s best-selling artist after reportedly surpassing Cheb Khaled\u2019s 81 million units sold. He also became the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1233"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1235,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233\/revisions\/1235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}