In this compilation put together by www.Ghgossip.com, we take a painstaking look at African songs that continue to make waves on YouTube and surpass over 100 million views which is a great feat by all standards.
YouTube is an American online video sharing and social media platform launched by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim in February 2005. Around the world, its users watch more than one billion hours of videos each day.
It’s a platform that gives the opportunity to content creators, including musicians to monetize their creative work and amass a large audience to bolster their brand and star power. In this write-up, we take a look at some African music videos that have surpassed over 100 million views
7. P-Square, Personally (108 + million views)
“Personally” is a song by Nigerian duo P-Square. It was released as the second single from their sixth studio album, Double Trouble (2014). The music video for the song was directed by Jude Engees Okoye and Clarence Peters. It was uploaded onto Vevo on June 21, 2013, and features a cameo appearance from Osita Iheme.
6. Davido, IF (130+ million views)
Davido actually needs no introduction. He’s one of the leading artists on the continent with several hits to his credit. His hit songs all doing well on all digital platforms but IF is no doubt his biggest song to date. The song was released in 2019 and its one of the best Davido’s best repoirttire.
5. Burna Boy, Ye (143+ million views)
“Ye” is a song by Nigerian singer Burna Boy. It was released on August 6, 2018, as the sixth single from his third studio album Outside (2018). The song was produced by Nigerian record producer Phantom. It peaked at number 26 and 31 on Billboard’s Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop and R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay charts, respectively.
“Ye” won Song of the Year and Listener’s Choice at the 2019 Soundcity MVP Awards Festival.[1] It also won Song of the Year and was nominated for Best Pop Single and Best Recording of the Year at The Headies 2019 (Wikipedia).
4. Die Antwood, I Think You Are Freaky (166+ million views)
Die Antwoord is a South African hip-hop group formed in Cape Town in 2008. The group comprises rappers Watkin Tudor “Ninja” Jones and Anri “Yolandi Visser” du Toit, a male/female duo, and producers HITEK5000 and Lil2Hood. Their image revolves around the South African counterculture movement known as zef and has incorporated work by other artists associated with the movement, such as photographer Roger Ballen (Wikipedia).
3. Yemi Alade, Johnny ( 132+ million views)
Yemi Alade’s Jonny’s is one of the best afrobeat songs of all time and unarguably the song that ushered her into the mainstream.
2.Tekno Miles, Pana
Tekno’s “Pana” song is one of the biggest songs released on July 22, 2016 and continued to be relevant for the following year and beyond.
The viral song was covered by a lot of fans and artiste including Yemi Alade, the Yemi Alade’s cover has been able to get over 2.7million views on YouTube. Pana was nominated at the Nigerian Entertainment Award for Best Single of the year.
1. Magic System, Magic in the air (330+ million views)
“Magic in the Air” is a 2014 single by Ivorian musical group Magic System, featuring Moroccan singer Chawki and produced by Moroccan producer RedOne. The track also appears on Magic system’s album Africainement vôtre, released on 19 May 2014 (Wikipedia).
SOURCE: www.Ghgossip.com
