Wizkid’s latest single, Piece of My Heart, featuring Brent Faiyaz, has made waves since its October 18, 2024 release, setting unprecedented streaming records across Nigeria. The RnB-infused track, with its mid-tempo bounce, quickly became the highest-streamed song on YouTube Nigeria within a single week, accumulating a remarkable 1.20 million views. This feat surpassed Fireboy DML’s Peru remix featuring Ed Sheeran, which previously held the record with 1.18 million streams.
The record-breaking streak for Piece of My Heart continued on Spotify Nigeria, where it garnered the largest number of opening day streams, overtaking Wizkid’s own prior achievement with Asake’s MMS. This single also marks the first song to achieve 1 million opening day streams on Spotify from any African country.
.@wizkidayo’s “Piece of My Heart” with Brent Faiyaz sets a new record for the all-time biggest views ever by any song in a week on YouTube Nigeria
— TurnTable Charts (@TurntableCharts) October 27, 2024
“Piece of My Heart” tallied 1.20 million views in its first week (Oct 18 — 24, 2024), breaking the previous record of @fireboydml… pic.twitter.com/PCc2u55N31
This success underscores Wizkid’s impact as one of Nigeria’s leading commercial artists and the significant growth in music streaming in Nigeria, where YouTube remains a top platform. The single has now launched the much-anticipated Morayo era for Wizkid, has he sets to release his sixth studio album on November 22, 2024. Fans eagerly await the new album, anticipating more groundbreaking records in Wizkid’s prolific career.
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