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As the first song on Boomplay to surpass 100 million streams, Buga breaks the record.

The current top-charting Afrobeats single "Buga" by Nigerian artists Kizz Daniel and Tekno has achieved another another incredible achievement by amassing over 100 million listens on Boomplay, becoming the first song in history to do so. This announcement follows Kizz Daniel's recent significant accomplishment as the top streamed artist on Boomplay.

"Buga," which talks about money, motivation, and jamboree, was initially released on May 4, 2022. It became an immediate hit. The song rose to the top of the global Shazam chart. A million streams of Buga were reportedly amassed on Boomplay within 24 hours of its debut, and its popularity peaked in nations including Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Togo, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Benin, and Sierra Leone.

Tosin Sorinola, Director of Artiste & Media Relations at Boomplay, commented on Buga's historic achievement by saying, "Kizz Daniel is a very amazing musician and continues to transcend expectations with his craft. We are ecstatic to see him achieve yet another historic milestone and are immensely proud of the advancements Buga is making on a worldwide scale. Boomplay is still dedicated to creating the most dependable and open music ecosystem in Africa and bringing all types of music to Africans.

Notably, the song has experienced game-changing moments in the music industry, including impressive crowd sizes at Kizz Daniel's US tours, which also demonstrates that the Pan-African efforts for Afrobeats' International Success have continued to see the global sound enjoyed across various continents.

Kizz Daniel is undoubtedly one artist whose career is commendable and riddled with hit records; with impressive projects under his belt and most recently Barnabas EP, all of which continue to garner astounding listenership on Boomplay, the record is well on its way to becoming the biggest African song of 2022.