Burna Boy leads Apple’s 2019 top 10 streamed songs

Afro-fusion artiste, Damini Ogulu aka Burna Boy, has topped the 2019 list of Apple Music's most-streamed artists.

The data which was recently released by Apple Music featured Artists in sub-Sahara Africa whose songs were streamed via the platform.

In the heavyweight list, Burna Boy had five songs leaving the other five top slots to other artists including Davido, Wizkid, Joeboy, and Rema.

Burna Boy’s songs ‘On the low’, ‘Gbona’, ‘Dangote’ and ‘Anybody’ occupied the top five alongside his collaboration with Zlatan ‘Killin Dem’.

The Grammy-nominated artist has had a stellar year, leading in every musical front culminating in his 2020 Grammy nomination in the World Music category alongside Angelique Kidjo.

The list also featured Joeboy’s ‘Baby’. The young artiste has been on a steady rise since the release of this song. The Empawa artist just released his new album, ‘Love and Light’.

Rema was another young artiste that made the list with his song, ‘Dumebi’. The catchy tune garnered airplay in the first half of the year and shifted the same enthusiasts to various streaming platforms.

Wizkid, Beyonce and Blue Ivy’s collaboration, ‘Brown Skin Girl’ was the number one motivation song for black women around the world. This showed in its streaming numbers on Apple Music.

David ‘Davido’ Adeleke appeared twice on the list in two interesting collaborations. The first, ‘Blow My Mind’ with Chris Brown and ‘One Ticket’ with Kizz Daniel. Both songs have remained fan favourite till date.