A firm has named Afrobeats star, Rema, the 2022 artist with the Most Viewed Nigerian Music Videos on YouTube with his hit single, ‘Calm Down’.
Naija News reports that Rema earned the no. 1 spot in the list released by Dataleum on Friday which analyzed views from official music videos released in 2022 on YouTube.
Rema’s Calm Down was followed closely by ‘Last Last’ by Burna Boy which garnered over 140 million views, and Kizz Daniel’s ‘Buga’ with 107 million views.
A Burna Boy collaboration with Ed Sheeran, ‘For My Hand’, came fourth with 70 million views while Pheelz ‘Finesse’ featuring BNXN got 61 million.
Ayra Starr, who featured as the only female on the list came sixth with ‘Rush’, which garnered 53.1 million views on YouTube.
Other videos on the list include No Wahala remix(1da Banton ft Kizz Daniel, Tiwa Savage) with 53 million; Bandana (Fireboy ft Asake), 44 million; Overloading(Mavin All Stars), 44 million; and Sungba remix (Asake ft Burna Boy), 35 million.”