Here are top 10 most streamed Burna Boy songs on Spotify - Businessday NG

Burna Boy, one of Africa’s most illustrious music artists as of March 10, 2025 boasts over 21 million monthly Spotify listeners with his top 10 most streamed songs on Spotify totaling over 2.2 billion streams.According to calculations by Businessday, the cumulative royalties from the top 10 most streamed songs could have earned over N14 billion ($9 millions).Spotify doesn’t pay artists a fixed rate, instead it uses a streamshare system where payout ranges from different factors. One factor is the country of the listeners as higher subscription fees pay artists more than those with lower fees.To put it into context, an artist whose song streams 1000 times in the UK ($15.67 Cost p/m) will earn more than another artist whose songs stream 1000 times in Nigeria($0.56 Cost p/m). This is part of the reason Nigerian artists sign deals with international labels to help them market and distribute their music to foreign markets.According to industry estimates, since April 2024, royalties have onl...