Nigerian Afrobeats star Asake’s single “M$NEY” has crossed 500 million streams on Spotify, tying a milestone previously set by Burna Boy and marking one of the fastest-growing streaming runs by an African artist this year.
The achievement, confirmed in reports published October 10, 2026, adds to a strong year for the “Lungu Boy” hitmaker, whose last album had already crossed 500 million Spotify streams. Nigerian business outlet BusinessDay credited the song’s sustained commercial pull both locally and internationally, months after its release, for driving the milestone.
The feat places Asake alongside Burna Boy, Wizkid and Rema among the Afrobeats acts driving Nigerian music’s continued dominance of global streaming charts in 2026, as the genre keeps expanding its audience beyond Africa and the diaspora.
