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By Emmanuel Adeleke
Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, has set a new record, with his single ‘Last Last’ becoming the first solo African song to cross 100 million streams on Spotify.
Last Last has enjoyed impressive success since it was released in May 2022. The single has achieved cross-continental success which has helped it to reach peak at number 74 on Billboard Hot 100.
The massive popularity of Last Last across multiple countries has made different people regard it as the 2022 song of the summer.
It also recently sold more than 500,000 thousand copies in the United States, which made it eligible for gold certification. This sees Burna Boy surpassed Davido as the Afrobeat artiste with the most singles certification in the United States. Last Last is Burna Boy’s third single certification after ‘YE’ and ‘On the Low’.