{
  "id": 16756340,
  "title": "Wizkid sets record as first African singer to hit 12 billion Spotify Streams",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/wizkid-sets-record-as-first-african-singer-to-hit-12-billion-spotify",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-27T13:22:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/10/27/wizkid-breaks-record-as-first-african-singer-to-hit-12-billion-spotify-streams/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Nigerian Afrobeat musician, Ayo Balogun, famously known as Wizkid, has made history as the first artiste in Africa to hit 12 billion Spotify streams. The announcement was made on Monday by WizStatz, a music statistics account on X. Tagging Wizkid's handle, WizStatz wrote, \"WIZKID (@wizkidayo) becomes the first African Artist to surpass 12 Billion Streams […] Wizkid sets record as first African…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}