Wizkid

Wizkid, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, signed his first record deal at age 11 and released his debut album *Superstar* at 21, but his landmark came in 2016 with Drake's *One Dance* — the first Nigerian-credited song to hit number one in both the UK and US. His 2020 album *Made in Lagos* sold over 1 million copies globally and generated 300 million streams on Spotify alone, driven by the hit *Essence* featuring Tems. By comparison, Burna Boy (#2) achieved similar Grammy success, but Wizkid's decade-long chart consistency, including 4 UK top-10 singles since 2016, proves him faster than the average Afrobeats star at crossing over into Western pop markets.