CKay’s ‘Love Nwantiti’ Allegedly Best-Selling African Song In The US In 2022

By PopKing 27 January 2023

According to reports, the global hit song “Love Nwantiti” by Nigerian icon Ckay has been chosen as the best-selling African song in the United States of America for the coming year 2022.

Today, January 11, 2023, a tweet made this information public. The tweet claims that in 2022, Ckay’s sales of “Love Nwantiti” in the United States alone brought in approximately $1.6 million.

“Love Nwantiti” by @ckay yo was the #47 best-selling song in the USA in 2022.— When it earns over $1.6 MILLION in 2022, it becomes the first African song to ever reach the milestone, according to the post.

.@ckay_yo's “Love Nwantiti” was the #47 best-selling song of 2022 in the USA 🇺🇸.
— It becomes the the 1st ever African song to achieve the milestone raking in over $1.6 MILLION in 2022. 🤯 pic.twitter.com/BfYO8TMoEE

— 𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞 ♥ (@Boyfriend_ville) January 11, 2023

Ckay is now the second-most listened Afrobeats artist on Spotify thanks to the success of “Love Nwantiti,” which got one billion Spotify listens overall. On YouTube, the song has gotten over 200 million views.