Apple Music: Top 25 hit songs Nigerians streamed in 2023

Apple Music has released the list of the most streamed songs on its platform in Nigeria for 2023, and it's filled with hits listeners were obsessed with all year round.

The chart, released on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, is based on what users played between November 1, 2022 and October 31, 2023.

At the very top is soso by Omah Lay, followed by Lonely At The Top by Asake, and Asiwaju by Ruger.

Asake was by some distance the most prominent artist on the chart as he appeared in 20 of the listed top 100 songs, four of them in the top 10.

Mohbad, the Nigerian Street sensation whose tragic death in September shook the nation, finished the year with three of his songs in the top 100.

Here is a list of the top 25 songs Nigerians streamed on Apple Music in 2023.

soso — Omah Lay
Lonely At The Top — Asake
Asiwaju — Ruger
FEEL — Davido
Soweto — Tempoe, Victony
Xtra Cool — Young Jonn
2:30 — Asake
Reason — Omah Lay
Basquiat — Asake
Amapiano — Asake, Olamide
GWAGWALADA — Kizz Daniel, Seyi Vibez, Bnxn
Body & Soul — Joeboy
Oganigwe (feat. ODUMODUBLVCK & Jeriq) — Zlatan
Fever — Fave, Soundz
Terminator — Asake
Ex Convict — Shallipopi
UNAVAILABLE (feat. Musa Keys) — Davido
Charm — Rema
Abracadabra — Rexxie, Naira Marley, Skiibii
Personal — Zinoleesky
Party No Dey Stop — Zinoleesky, Adekunle Gold
Last Last — Burna Boy
Alone — Burna Boy
Bad To Me — Wizkid
Won Da Mo (feat. Crayon, Bayanni, Magixx, LADIPOE, Ayra Starr & Johnny Drille) — Boy Spyce, Rema, Mavins

Globally, the remix of Rema's smash hit, Calm Down, featuring Selena Gomez, was the 12th most streamed song, the highest entry ever for an African song.

Apple Music recognised Calm Down's success as further proof of how listeners worldwide have embraced Afrobeats. In fact, all the top 10 most streamed songs on Apple Music by Ghanaians in the past 12 months were Nigerian hits. The Afrobeats explosion extended to Kenya whose top 10 was also dominated by Afrobeats songs.

The only other Nigerian to appear in the global top 100 chart was Tems for her contribution to Wait For U by American rapper, Future, also featuring Drake, which finished in 17th place.