Nigerian superstar, Wizkid‘s hit song with Tems, Essence has moved up ten spots on this week’s update of the Billboard Hot 100 chart . Essence by Wizkid featuring Tems is the first fully Nigerian song to make it onto the prestigious Billboard Hot 100 chart. Also, on US Overall Radio it has risen +5 making it one of the most played 100 songs on the US radios, It also is the second most shazamed song in the US. With more than 40 million streams on Apple Music, it indeed is Afrobeats to the world.

A video has also surfaced on twitter showing Justin Bieber vibing to the song, A lady who appeared on the scene couldn’t help but stare as the singer continued enjoying the song. Bieber made a 90-degree turn with a drink in hand as he flowed with the song’s rhythm he joins a list of Jayda Wayda, Saweetie, Diddy, Kevin Hart, Kylie Jenner and many others who enjoys the single and the whole Made In Lagos album, this is a big feat for AfroBeats and BIG WIZ.

Essence has grabbed yet another Billboard milestone being the first Nigerian song be no. 1 in World Digital Song Sales. The song was also featured on Billboard’s 50 best songs released this year so far.

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