{
  "id": 17803681,
  "title": "Nathaniel Bassey becomes first African gospel artiste to surpass one billion YouTube views",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/nathaniel-bassey-becomes-first-african-gospel-artiste-to-surpass-one",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T13:11:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/11/02/nathaniel-bassey-becomes-first-african-gospel-artiste-to-surpass-1billion-youtube-views/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Nigerian gospel singer and pastor, Nathaniel Bassey, has become the first African to hit one billion views on YouTube. Statistics by his channel, Nathaniel Bassey Main, disclosed that the music minister has recorded 1,014,544,577 views and 5.24 million YouTube subscribers since its creation in 2011. Nathaniel Bassey's channel, powered by worship songs like Imela, You […] Nathaniel Bassey becomes…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "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."
}