Nigerian music just got a definitive scoreboard, and the crowd has crowned its kings. Spotify has unveiled the most-streamed artists of all time in Nigeria as it marks five years since launching in the country, and the numbers tell a story about youth, loyalty and the unstoppable rise of Afrobeats.
At the very top of this all-time list sits Asake. Yep, Ahmed Ololade has officially become Spotify Nigeria’s most-streamed artist ever, beating out even some of Afrobeats’ biggest global stars.
Behind Asake in the top five are some familiar heavyweights: Wizkid, Seyi Vibez, Burna Boy, and Davido. These five artists have dominated Nigerian listeners’ playlists from the moment Spotify opened up in the country in 2021.
This isn’t random luck. Nigeria’s digital music consumption has exploded. In 2025 alone, Nigerian listeners clocked more than 1.4 billion hours streamed on the platform, and users have created over 25 million playlists since Spotify arrived. The average Nigerian listener is just 26 years old, which explains the platform’s massive engagement and why trends like Amapiano, Afrobeats and street pop thrive so hard here.
Asake’s success is especially telling. His catalogue includes multiple viral hits and his songs “Remember” and “Lonely At The Top” are among the most-streamed tracks in Nigerian Spotify history. That mix of fuji-inflected Afrobeats and TikTok-friendly hooks has kept him constantly on repeat, not just in Nigeria but across Africa.
Wizkid, the global chart breaker, sits second in the historical ranking, which shows that longevity and consistent global relevance still matter. Seyi Vibez’s place in the top five speaks to the new generation shaking up the scene with raw energy and rapid project drops.
The list isn’t just a brag sheet for fans. It reveals how Nigerian music culture has matured with streaming. Digital platforms are no longer just a way to hear songs, they are the way music is lived. Nigerian artists are shaping the soundtrack of a generation, and Spotify’s five-year retrospective confirms this beyond hype.
In other words, if you streamed it, streamed it hard, somebody made bank and made history with it.
