Grammy award winning artiste, Damini Ogulu, also known as Burna Boy, has become the first African artiste to hit 200 million streams on Boomplay Africa.
The music streaming platform made the announcement on their Facebook account on Monday, February 14, 2022.
The post had a picture of Burna Boy with his plaque. The caption read, “Odogwu you bad, e file fun Burna Boy as he poses with the first-ever duo-golden club plaque for hitting 200,000,000 streams on Boomplay!”
The plaque was presented to the artiste in Lagos, Nigeria.
Burna Boy took to his Instagram story to react to the latest achievement. He posted a picture of himself with the title ‘200 million TOTAL STREAMS. Golden club.”
Boomplay’s Director of Artist and Media Relations, Tosin Sorinola said, “This is another iconic feat for Burna Boy, Boomplay, and the entire African music industry.
“This achievement shows that fans in Africa are fast catching up to the digitization of music and streaming, which Boomplay is championing.
“With this development, artistes can earn even more on our platform. Burna Boy is a massively talented singer whose works will continue to affect people positively across Africa and the rest of the world.
“We are proud of what he is doing and his milestone achievements on Boomplay; to this effect, we, at Boomplay, present this plaque to him in special recognition of his contributions so far in the industry and are looking forward to more extraordinary achievements.”
