Ayra Starr Sets Record with 5 Million Followers on Spotify

Kehinde Adeleye

Ayra Starr becomes the first African female artist to reach 5 million followers on Spotify

Nigerian singer Ayra Starr has achieved a major milestone on Spotify, setting a new record for African female artists.

The “Rush” singer recently reached over 5 million followers on the streaming platform, making her the first African female artist to do so.

Despite this achievement, she remains behind Tems in terms of overall streams among African female artists on Spotify.

Ayra Starr has accumulated a total of 2.7 billion streams across all her credits, while Tems leads with 3.8 billion streams.

Ayra Starr’s most streamed song on Spotify is “Santa”, with over 707,987,442 million streams. Her most streamed lead single on the platform is “Rush”, with over 474 million streams.