By Yinka Akanbi
The American pop culture publication, Rollingstone, has unveiled its list of the biggest Afrobeats songs of 2022.
Burna Boy’s hit ‘Last Last’ emerged as the biggest within the pack in 2022, according to the list.
The single which was released in May 2022 has the lead single to Burna Boy’s sixth album ‘Love, Damini’ and has enjoyed massive success within Nigeria and beyond.
‘Last Last’ peaked at No. 4 on the UK Charts while also peaking at No. 44 on Billboard Hot 100 making it one of Afrobeats’ successful international singles of 2022.
The single has also earned a nomination for Best Global Song at the 2023 Grammys.
‘Last Last’ edged Oxlade’s ‘Kulosa’, Asake’s ‘Sungba’, Ayra Starr’s ‘Rush’, and Pheelz’s ‘Finesse’ which all featured in the top 10.
Below are the top 10 of Rollingstone’s top 40 Afrobeats songs of 2022.
1.Burna Boy – ‘Last Last’
2.Oxlade – ‘Kulosa’
3.Asake feat Burna Boy – ‘Sungba’ remix
4.Ayra Starr – ‘Rush’
5.Pheelz feat BNXN – ‘Finesse’
6.Daliwonga feat. Mellow and Sleazy, and M.J – ‘Abo Mvelo’
7.Black Sherif – ‘Kweku the Traveller’
8.Uncle Waffles feat. Tony Duardo, Sino Msolo, and BoiBizza – ‘Tanzania’
9.Mavins (Crayon, Ayra Starr, LADIPOE, Magixx, and Boy Spyce) – ‘Overloading (OVERDOSE)’
10.Kabza De Small feat. Msaki – ‘Khusela’
