Apple Music 2025: Here Are Nigeria’s Top Artists and Albums
Digital streaming platform Apple Music has released its 2025 “Replay” results for Nigeria, revealing which artists and albums dominated streams across the country this year.
Top Albums of the Year
Topping the list for 2025 is Wizkid with his album Morayo, which enjoyed widespread acclaim and massive nationwide streams.
The full top-five albums are:
- Wizkid – Morayo
- Davido – 5ive
- Asake – Lungu Boy
- BNXN – Captain
- Burna Boy – No Sign Of Weakness
These rankings reflect not only popularity, but also streaming momentum, as listeners across Nigeria engaged heavily with these projects throughout 2025.
Top Artists of 2025
When it comes to overall streaming performance, the top five most-streamed artists in Nigeria for 2025 are:
Wizkid
Burna Boy
Asake
Seyi Vibez
BNXN
This list highlights a continued dominance of Afrobeats stars, and confirms that fan engagement and streaming habits remain heavily concentrated around a few major names.
What It Means for Nigerian Music in 2025
The 2025 charts paint a clear picture: mainstream Nigerian music, especially Afrobeats, street-pop, and contemporary fusion, remains the backbone of what listeners stream most.
The strong showing from artists like Wizkid, Davido, Asake, and BNXN suggests that both veteran and rising talents are shaping the year’s sound.
For the artists themselves, these streaming numbers translate to strong influence, popularity, and, potentially, commercial and touring momentum heading into 2026.