At a time global star is rounding off his sold-out O2 Arena show in London, Apple Music has added another glowing feather has been added to his cap.
The Grammy award-winning Nigerian singer, has won the Artiste of the Year award for the African region in the Apple Music Awards 2021.
Announcing the feat via its Apple via its official website on Tuesday, the platform said Wizkid emerged as one of the five artistes to emerge as ‘Artist of the Year’ from various regions.
Other winners of the Artist of the Year award in different regions include Aya Nakamura (France), RIN (Germany), Official Hige Dandism (Japan), Scriptonite (Russia), while The Weeknd won Global Artist of the Year.
It noted, “In October 2020, he released Made in Lagos, his critically acclaimed and most commercially successful album, which included his hit song “Essence,” a track that gained 125 million plays on Apple Music and over 2.8 million Shazams.
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“This past year, he’s been the most streamed African artist on the continent on Apple Music and ranked on the Daily Top 100 charts in 60 countries, in addition to his monthly plays on Apple Music growing by more than 250 percent outside of Africa.
“He’s also been featured on Apple Music’s Today’s Hits and R&B Now playlists, and he’s a frequent guest on Apple Music Radio shows.”
It was an elated Wizkid that thanked Apple for the award, saying he felt great to have represented Africa.
“Thank you to Apple Music for this award. It’s a blessing to get to do what I do, and I’m proud to be representing Africa,” he said.
