ABUJA AMEBO'S BLOG

📍Martell releases an Afrobeats Inspired cognac bottle that blends music, African landscapes and an illustrated picture of Davido.

The snippet of Tiwa Savage’s #AfricanBaddie has surpassed 100K+ videos on TikTok and is currently the platform’s #1 trending song ahead of it’s official release tomorrow🔥

Rihanna’s “Love on the Brain” has surpassed Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” in all-time Spotify streams. 🚨

Looks like Rihanna is prepping for Halloween! 🎃 The mom enjoyed a family shopping outing at CVS with her kids RZA and Riot, browsing Halloween aisles. 🧡 📸: BACKGRID

New Tiwa Savage drops this Friday! Who’s ready? Reply with #AfricanBaddie if you’re locked in!🔥

JUST IN 🚨 Ayra Starr’s “Starrgirl” has surpassed 300 MILLION streams on Spotify. — It’s her 3rd project to achieve the milestone. 👏🏾 — It’s also the 3rd most streamed 2026 Nigerian project on the platform.

🚨 According to some insiders, Rihanna and Beyoncé will join JAY-Z as special guests at the Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show.

Beyoncé graces the cover of i-D. 📸: Blair Caldwell

African artists with the most total weeks on the Billboard Global 200. 🌍🔥 Tems — 139 weeks ⚠️ Wizkid — 129 weeks ⚠️ Rema — 129 weeks Burna Boy — 125 weeks ⚠️ Tyla — 104 weeks CKay — 61 weeks Moliy — 41 weeks Ayra Starr — 40 weeks Fireboy DML — 34 weeks Amaarae — 16 weeks

JAY-Z has four #1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 - Umbrella (with Rihanna) - Empire State Of Mind (with Alicia Keys) - Crazy In Love (with Beyoncé) - Heartbreaker (with Mariah Carey)

Every #SuperBowl Halftime Show performer in the 2020s so far 🏈 2027: JAY-Z 2026: Bad Bunny 2025: Kendrick Lamar 2024: Usher 2023: Rihanna 2022: Dr. Dre, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg & Mary J. Blige 2021: The Weeknd 2020: Shakira & Jennifer Lopez

Wizkid’s “Made in Lagos” has surpassed 1.3 BILLION Spotify streams! 📈🔥 - First African album certified RIAA Gold 📀 🇺🇸 
- Just 2000 units away from becoming the first Nigerian album to earn RIAA Platinum certification (998k currently sold)

Drake is projected on Polymarket US to be the Top Spotify Artist of 2026 in the United States.

Seyi Vibez’s “BACK 2 U” has now spent 10 Days at No. 1 on Apple Music Nigeria’s Top Songs chart 👏

🎬 | @Rihanna is the 3rd female artist with the most music videos with over 300 MILLION views on @YouTube, with 31 music videos, behind only @KarolG (36) and @Shakira (34).

🚨Taylor Jasmine & Carterefe’s “MET YOU” debuts at #26 on the Spotify Nigeria Daily Top Songs Chart with over 104,800 streams! 🇳🇬📈 — It marks the highest daily streams ever recorded by a streamer on the chart. 🔥

MOST-STREAMED NIGERIAN LABEL TRACKS ON SPOTIFY: 1️⃣ StarBoy – Soco (125M) 2️⃣ Mavins – Overloading (OVERDOSE) (84M) 3️⃣ YBNL MaFia Family – Jealous (52M) 4️⃣ StarBoy – Jam (42M) 5️⃣ Mavins – Won Da Mo (31.5M) 6️⃣ StarBoy – Fake Love (27M) 7️⃣ StarBoy – Electric (27M) 8️⃣ YBNL MaFia Family – Motigbana (29M) 9️⃣ Mavins – Dorobucci (22M) 🔟 StarBoy – Ease Your Mind (17M) 1️⃣1️⃣ StarBoy – Blow (16M) 1️⃣2️⃣ Mavins – Adaobi (14M)

“Needed Me” by Rihanna has reached 2 BILLION streams on Spotify. It’s her 9th song to achieve this.

Don Jazzy meets up with Aliko Dangote in a new photo💛

Happy birthday to singer Wizkid's partner, Jada Pollock

📍Wizkid’s HBO Documentary “Long Live Lagos” has been submitted for Grammy Consideration under “Best Music Film”

JAY-Z is reportedly set to perform the upcoming 2027 Super Bowl halftime show 🏈 Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus were other names in contention.

These ones are TROUBLE in BESTIE! 😃😃🔥🔥 Fam, are you ready for the full drama, CHAOS, emotions, and uncontrollable LAUGHTER? 😂😂❤️ BESTIE is coming to ALL CINEMAS from 16th December! 🎬🍿🔥 O ma loud ganni! 💃🏽💃🏽 #Bestie #BestieTheMovie #BestieInCinemas #Cinemas16thDec

Rema is giving us more hints about a possible new album on IG. Who’s excited? 👀

🚨Burna Boy and Wizkid have made history as the only African artists to record 2 BILLION Spotify streams in a single year. 🌍🔥 — Both achieved the milestone in 2026. 🦅🦍

Olamide in the studio with EF Moon 🎹

23 years ago today, Beyoncé released “Me, Myself and I.”

Needed Me by Rihanna has just climbed past 2 billion streams on Spotify. She has 9 songs past this mark, an all-time record among female artists. Browse the most-streamed songs at chartmasters.org/most-streamed-…

Ayra Starr & ZAYN’s “Heaven Baby” rises to #1 on the Official UK Afrobeats Chart. 🇬🇧🔥 — It marks ZAYN’s first and Ayra Starr’s 4th #1 hit on the chart. — It’s also the best-selling song on the chart this week. 📈

Wizkid surpasses 2 billion Spotify streams in 2026 so far. 🌍 —He becomes the second artist to surpass this mark this year, marking the first time he has recorded 2 billion streams in a single year.

Mother and son or sugar boy and sugar mummy? 😀😀😀😂😂 Fam, who can tell the difference? 👀🤣 BESTIE in all cinemas from 16th December! 🎬🍿❤️ O MA LOUD GANNI! 🔥🔥 #Bestie #BestieTheMovie #BestieInCinemas #Cinemas16thDec

Every Halsey song with 1 billion Spotify streams, in release order

Fireboy DML’s “ZUKO!” peaks at #4 on Apple Music Nigeria Top Albums chart. 📈

Ayra Starr commands attention with her radiant beauty and refined elegance in captivating new portrait series.