YNaija’s 12 days of Christmas : Wizkid’s International Status

In a lot of ways, 2016 has been a very stressful year. Hopefully, it hasn’t been as stressful for you as it has been for our dear nation, Nigeria.

Still, there is a lot to be thankful for. And so, in our special version of ’12 days of Christmas’, we’ll remind you – with the Good News only – of the reasons why things have not all been bad so far.

Without further ado:

On the third day of Christmas

2016 sent to us:

Wizkid’s international status

Ayodele Dada;

The Number 1 best female football team in Africa;

One Dance, Grammys and more

Ayo Balogun has never lacked when it comes to adoration from Nigerians. It is not just the thousands of followers across all social media, it’s real fans who will shed cool cash to prove how much they love this talented young man. This year, Wizkid has positioned himself very strategically on the international – a task he started last year.

He has performed with Chris Brown in Kenya, scooped nominations at the MTV Europe Music Awards, enjoyed much talked-about relationship with Usher Raymond, performed before a crowd of 30,000 Tanzanian fans, collaborated with Sean Paul and the list goes on.

But what has put the 26 year old on everyone’s lips as the biggest musical export from Nigeria is Drake’s Grammy-nominated track on which he features, One Dance.

One Dance was released in April and peaked at number 1 in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It topped the UK Singles Chart for 15 consecutive weeks. In September, Billboard named “One Dance” the 2016 Song of the Summerand by October, it was named the most played song on Spotify.

Finally, with Drake’s album, Views (in which the song, One Dance appears) getting nominated for the Album of the year at the 59th Grammys, Wizkid  can now be called a Grammy nominated artiste.

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