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Wizkid equals Burna Boy’s record in France 

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Wizkid also made it to the top of the Apple Music and Spotify charts,  when his latest song ‘Bad To Me’ hits number one on the charts before the 24-hour mark

By Kehinde Okeowo

Grammy Awards winner and popular singer, Ayo Balogun better known as Wizkid has joined Damini Ogulu a.k.a Burna Boy as the two Nigerians to achieve a feat once deemed impossible in music.  

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This is as he equalled Burna Boy’s record as the only Nigerian singer in history to sell out the iconic 20,000-capacity Accor Arena in Paris, France. 

Burna Boy was the first Nigerian music act to sell out the venue in March during his Space Drift concert, however, his friend and colleague Wizkid has now replicated the feat, after selling out tickets for his Made In Lagos concert in Paris, as confirmed by Live Nation and Accor Arena.  

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The ‘Essence’ crooner, who had initially sold out allocated tickets for the venue, was forced to allocate more tickets and open more seats, thereby joining Burna Boy as the two Nigerian artistes to sell out the arena.

Meanwhile, Wizkid’s latest single ‘Bad To Me’ also hit number one on the Apple Music and Spotify charts,  the song made it to the summit of the charts even before the 24-hour mark. 

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