Fans of reigning acts Asake and Kizz Daniel may be a bit disappointed with the list of former President Barrack Obama’s favourite songs for 2022.
The reason is that they are conspicuously missing there despite their roaring breakthroughs in the course of the year.
But four of their colleagues made it: Burna Boy, Ayra Starr and Rema.
Obama’s list hits some of the biggest releases of the year in wisely disparate genres, including Burna Boy’s ‘Last Last’, Ayra Starr’s ‘Rush’ and Rema’s ‘Calm Down’.
The former US president known for his flair in releasing his favourite things in different activities took to his verified social media to share his list of favourite tracks which includes 25 songs from different artistes across the world.
“I always enjoy sharing my end-of-year music playlist with all of you — and this year we heard a lot of great songs.
“Here are some of my favourites,” he wrote.
The list:
01 Kendrick Lamar: “The Heart Part 5”
02 Bad Bunny: “Tití Me Preguntó”
03 Ari Lennox: “POF”
04 Zach Bryan: “Something in the Orange”
05 Burna Boy: “Last Last”
06 Ethel Cain: “American Teenager”
07 Tank and the Bangas: “Communion in My Cup” [ft. the Ton3s]
08 Koffee: “Pull Up”
09 Rosalía: “Saoko”
10 Ayra Starr: “Rush”
11 Beyoncé: “Break My Soul”
12 SiR: “Life Is Good” [ft. Scribz Riley]
13 Maggie Rogers: “That’s Where I Am”
14 Leyla McCalla: “Dodinin”
15 Steve Lacy: “Sunshine” [ft. Fousheé]
16 Rema: “Calm Down”
17 Plains: “Problem With It”
18 Xavier Omär: “Feelings 4 You”
19 Danger Mouse and Black Thought: “Belize” [ft. MF DOOM]
20 Omar Apollo: “Tamagotchi”
21 Sudan Archives: “Home Maker”
22 NxWorries: “Where I Go” [ft. H.E.R.]
23 SZA: “Shirt”
24 Lizzo: “About Damn Time”
25 Adam Blackstone and Jazmine Sullivan: “‘Round Midnight”
