The Significant Achievements For Wizkid Will Surprise You!

Posted by: lukwago J in Entertainment July 22, 2018

The Nigerian artiste, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun commonly known as Wizkid ( stage name ) who’s fathering three children has so far done well via boosting the music industry not only in Nigeria, but also internationally, thus making Nigerians proud. He has sold out International concerts as well as achieving and winning huge International nomination awards.

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This is the list of of Wizkid’s special achievements:

The First African performer to capture 7 billboard Nominations

Africa ranking in 2017 Billboard Music Awards ( BMA ) which was broadcasted on 21^st May. Wizkid succeeded nominations for Top 100 song, Top Radio song, Top selling Song, Top collaboration, Top R&B Collaboration and the Audio version of Top Streaming Song.

The youngest Artiste to get a Grammy nomination in Africa

In 2016 Drake Album, this Nigerian became the youngest Artiste in Africa to be nominated for Grammy Award Courtesy.

ITunes World Chart

Wizkid became the only Nigerian Artiste who made No.1 spot on the itunes world chart and also maintained the top spot for over 1 week courtesy of 1 dance.

He’s the 1^st African Artiste to Perform at the Royal Albert Hall in London

The Nigerian Popstar is the 1^st African to both perform and sell out the highly recognized venue of London, the Royal Albert Hall as the main performer in the show.

He’s the only Nigerian artiste with the most award nominations in the country

As of the year 2017, Wizkid has collected a grand total of 43 awards.

1^st Nigerian artiste to win 3 Billboard Music Awards

This resulted from his hit collabo ‘’ One Dance’’ with artistes like Kyla and Drake last year which made him to be flooded with awards.

The 1^st Nigerian artiste to win an ASCAP Award

Wizkid is also the 1^st Nigerian Artiste to earn the International award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers ( ASCAP ). He was given this award to recognize his duty of writing Drake’s hit song ‘’One Dance’’, according to Guardian ng.

He’s the 1^st Afro-Pop Artiste to appear in Guinness Book of Records

Wizkid got an opportunity to appear in the Guinness Book of World Records as a result of his tremendous contribution towards Drake’s sensational hit,’’One Dance’’ which hit the top charts world-wide, and it became the most played song on the music streaming service known as Spotify with more than one billion streams.

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