Ayra Starr's "The Year I Turned 21" Makes History on Spotify Nigeria

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By Kareem Azeez

03 June 2024 | 10:48 americium

Afrobeat vocalist Ayra Star has acceptable a caller Spotify grounds with her latest album, The Year I turned 21, with implicit 1.27 cardinal streams connected its archetypal day, portion closing successful connected Tyla's record. This made her the lone pistillate creator to person done so, connected the streaming level successful Nigerian history. Starr's accomplishment doesn't…

Afrobeat vocalist Ayra Star has acceptable a caller Spotify grounds with her latest album, The Year I turned 21, with implicit 1.27 cardinal streams connected its archetypal day, portion closing successful connected Tyla’s record.

This made her the lone pistillate creator to person done so, connected the streaming level successful Nigerian history.

Starr’s accomplishment doesn’t halt there. The Year I Turned 21 besides claims the fig 2 spot for each albums connected Spotify Nigeria successful 2024, falling conscionable abbreviated of the apical presumption held by Shakespopi, which debuted astatine 1.59 cardinal streams earlier this year.

Meanwhile, She is besides closing successful connected South African vocalist Tyla’s grounds connected Spotify. She became the second-most streamed African creator connected Spotify, reaching a record-breaking 31,103,217 monthly listeners.

This brings Ayra Star person to the coveted rubric of the most-streamed African creator connected the platform, presently held by South African superstar Tyla, who boasts 31,966,907 monthly listeners (as of May 28, 2024).

With her existent emergence successful the euphony manufacture and her albums reaching millions crossed the continent and beyond, the contention for the African streaming crown is heating up.

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