Nigerian musician and songwriter, Wizkid, has set a new record on Spotify for the biggest first day streams by any song for his hit single “Piece of My Heart,” The song garnered over 1.01 million streams on Spotify featuring American singer-songwriter Brent Faiyaz was released during the weekend
According to Turntable Charts on X(formerly Twitter), the song attained the 1.01 million milestone on the audio streaming platform on its first day of release.
Wizkid breaks his own record he previously shared with Asake for their chart-topping single “MMS” off Asake’s “Lungu Boy” album.
With this feat, “Piece of My Heart”, an R&B-infused and mid-tempo track becomes Africa’s first song to surpass 1 million opening day streams on Spotify.
The song is the lead single from Wizkid’s upcoming album ‘Morayo’, which is set to drop on November 22.
The track, produced by P2J and Dpat, features smooth and heartfelt lyrics that convey unshakable love, passion and devotion