Afrobeat began in Ghana in the early 1920s. Nigeria later joined the Afrobeat wave in the late 1960s led by Fela Kuti who experimented with different contemporary music of the time and got into a lot of trouble for it. He lives on.
Nigeria has been producing amazing sounds in the afrobeat world and it has travelled all over the world.
The music industry has gone from CD eras to streaming platforms such as Apple Music, Spotify, Audiomack and Boomplay leading the way.
One of the leading music blogs  has compiled the list of most-streamed Nigerian artistes on Spotify.
Here is the list of Most-Streamed Nigerian artistes on Spotify
1. Wizkid – 3,485,993,216
2. Burna Boy – 1,836,385,624
3. Mr Eazi – 1,059,515,866
4. Davido – 629,862,493
5. Maleek Berry – 442,738,299
6. Tekno – 205,976,589
7. Tiwa Savage – 179,123,712
8. P-square – 171,839,601
9. Yemi Alade – 146,942,395
10. Olamide – 141,684,604
Spotify is now available in Nigeria.
