Happy New Year music fans! Nigerian music is continually making waves on the global stage and since it’s a fresh year let’s look at the freshest list of Nigerian music videos racking up views on YouTube!


(10) Tekno - Pana - 190 million views

Starting out this list is Alhaji Tekno’s hit track Pana released in 2017. Pana and it’s video are still making waves globally even after 6 years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YhAFBOSk1U

(9) Rema ft Selena Gomez - Calm Down - 202 million views

Mavins Record’s artiste Rema has continued to make even bigger waves globally after featuring Selena Gomez on this hit. Calm down remix was released barely 3 months ago and already has 202 million views! That’s a record for sure!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcIcVapfqXw



( Ckay - Love Nwantiti ( Acoustic Version) - 212million views

Another young artiste on this list doing big things. Love Nwantiti which is arguably the biggest song of 2021 has just it’s acoustic version come 8th on this list with 212 million views.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEbBuW8u1bA



(7) Sinach - Waymaker - 217 million views

The only female on the list is 50 years old gospel musician Sinach with Waymaker which was released 7 years ago. Evergreen!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4XWfwLHeLM



(6) Wizkid - Joro - 218.4 million views

Coming 6th on this list is Starboy Wizkid Ayo Balogun himself! The afrobeat musician released Joro video 3 years ago and it’s still making waves on the international scene.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCUk7rIBBAE


(5) Burna Boy - Ye - 218.7 million views

African Giant, Damini Ogulu also knows as Burna Boy makes the list with Ye. Ye is one of the biggest afrobeats sounds to come out of Africa and it’s still going places.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPe09eE6Xio



(4) Davido - Fall - 254 million views

O.B.O David Adeleke also knows as Davido makes the list with one of his hit tracks, Fall. Fall was released 5 years ago and had the highest views on YouTube in 2020 and 2021.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Iyuym-Gci0


(3) Burna Boy - On The Low - 309 million views

It’s only right Grammy Award winner Burna Boy appeared again on the list. On The Low released in 2019 is one of the three Nigerian music videos that surpasses the 300 million mark.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecl8Aod0Tl0


(2) Rema - Calm Down - 312 million views

Second on the list is Rema’s Calm Down. Making huge waves globally, Calm Down is bound to hit the 400 million views mark at the end of 2023.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQLsdm1ZYAw


(1) Ckay - Love Nwantiti ft Joeboy, Kuami Eugene - 345 million views.

Chukwuka Ekweani also known as Ckay released Love Nwantiti in 2021 and 345 million views in 2 years is now the record to beat for Nigerian music. Love Nwantiti is bound to hit 400 million before the end of 2023. Massive!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-YDEyuDxWU

There it is! The top Nigerian music videos with the highest videos on YouTube and I hope you enjoyed it. Did you wish any song would be higher or lower? Do you think our female artiste need to do better? Let me know what you think!

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