Burna Boy becomes first African artist to hit 1 billion plays on Audiomack

Burna Boy, the award-winning Nigerian musician, became the first African artist to reach one billion streams on Audiomack today. This achievement highlights Burna Boy's enormous reputation as a globally famous musician and demonstrates the power and reach of Audiomack's platform in connecting musicians with a global audience.Burna Boy thanked his fans and Audiomack for their support, writing, "I am incredibly grateful and humbled; much love to everyone who has streamed my music and continues to support me; you all are the true MVPs."Burna Boy is a central figure in the worldwide ascent of African music over the last half-decade. His two most recent albums, 2020’s Twice As Tall and 2022’s Love, Damini, have both garnered over 300 million streams on Audiomack, with the latter also winning a GRAMMY Award for Best World Music Album, making him the first Nigerian artist to receive the recognition.