Nigerian artist Wizkid, whose real name is Balogun Ayo, the Grammy award winner has been awarded by Apple Music as the African artist of the year 2021.
On getting the honor, Wizkid Thanked Apple Music for the award and then he said It's a gift to get to do what he does and he was glad that he is representing Africa.
Apple made this declaration through its official site on Tuesday, 30 November 2021. Wizkid was one of the 5 winners who was awarded from other regions including Weeknd who won Global Artist of the Year. The names of other artist includes Aya Nakamura from france, Official Hige Dandism from japan, Scriptonite from Russia, Rin from Germany.
They posted Wizkid's accomplishment on the music website. According to Apple, In October 2020, he delivered Made in Lagos album, his widely praised and most industrially effective collection, which incorporated essence, his major hit that featured Tems, a female Nigerian artist. The track acquired 125 million plays on Apple.
It was reported that over the year, his music has been the most streamed In African region on Apple Music and positioned on the Daily Top 100 in 60 nations, notwithstanding his month to month plays on Apple Music developing by in excess of 250% beyond Africa.
