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Wizkid bags BRIT award for one billion streams in UK
Wizkid is the latest global artistes to receive the award celebrating over one billion streams in the United Kingdom.
On Monday, the BRIT Billion Award organisers, in an Instagram post, announced that the ‘Made in Lagos’ hitmaker has been presented with the award.
The Afrobeats singer was given the award after his sold-out concert at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on Saturday.
“It’s one billion UK streams for @wizkidayo, who was presented with his BRIT Billion Award while in London for his incredible @spursofficial stadium show,” the post reads.
The BRIT Billion Award celebrates Wizkid’s outstanding achievement as a recording artiste in surpassing the landmark of one billion career streams in the UK – as calculated by the Official Charts Company.
Wizkid was able to achieve the feat — courtesy of hits like ‘Essence,’ ‘Brown Skin Girl,’ and ‘Made in Lagos’ album.
His performance at the Tottenham Stadium also makes him the first African artiste to headline a concert at “London’s largest stadium”.
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