Wizkid’s ‘Essence’ hits one million on Shazam

Wizkid’s ‘Essence’ featuring Tems has hit one million uses on Shazam.

The Nigerian song, which currently sits pretty at No. 59 on the Billboard Hot 100 accumulated one million searches on the Apple-owned Shazam.

The crossover hit is currently on 20million views on YouTube

‘Essence’ also cracked the top 50, which heralded it’s rise into the Billboard Hot 100.

This marks a remarkable achievement for Wizkid and Tems, who are signed to the same label and for African music as a whole.

However, this isn’t Wizkid’s first time on the Hot 100 chart.

He got into the chart via his features on Drake’s ‘One Dance’ which hit No. 1 in 2016 and Beyonce’s ‘Brown Skin Girl’ which peaked at number 76 in 2019.

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