Nigeria’s music superstar Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy has set a new all-time record, becoming the African artiste with the most monthly listeners in Spotify history.

The African Giant hitmaker reached a historic peak of 47.3 million monthly listeners, surpassing the previous benchmark of 46.58 million held fellow Grammy Award-winning South African singer and songwriter Tyla Laura Seethal known professionally as Tyla, to set a new record for the highest number of monthly listeners by an African artiste.

The surge in digital momentum isn’t accidental; it is primarily fueled by the global success of Dai Dai, his collaborative anthem with Colombian superstar Shakira for the ongoing 2026 FIFA World Cup.

As the official song of the tournament, the track got a massive boost from its performance at the opening ceremony, propelling it up charts worldwide and pulling in listeners from both Nigeria and the global diaspora.

The track has become a dominant force in the international music landscape, recently topping the Spotify Global Top Songs chart, making Burna Boy the first African artiste to top that chart since Wizkid’s 2016 achievement with Drake on One Dance.

Supported by prime rotation during the World Cup’s opening ceremony and significant radio airplay, the song has secured top-ten chart positions across major European markets, including Spain, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom.

The latest development is not the Twice as Tall crooner’s first brush with streaming history. His 2022 Grammy-nominated hit Last Last remains one of his most-streamed songs, closing in on 600 million streams. And 2025 was already a landmark year for him: he closed it out with nearly two billion Spotify streams, the biggest single-year total ever recorded by an African artiste, ahead of Wizkid, Tyla, Rema, and Davido.

The milestone is a testament to Burna Boy’s career consistency rather than a fleeting viral moment. It further cements his position as one of the continent’s most influential musical exports, reflecting years of consistent chart success, international collaborations and a growing global fan base.

Meanwhile, as the music global superstar turned 35 on Thursday, July 2, his mother and longtime manager, Bose Ogulu, has urged him to get a wife and have children. “Add good wife and children,” she responded as Burna Boy made a wish for his 35th birthday celebration, which was intimate, as he was surrounded by close friends and family.