Biz Wiz, Wizkid’s hit song Essence popular known as Summer Song has broken into the top 10 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the highest ranking African song ever to appear on the chart.
Essence appeared on the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart making Wizkid the very first African to break the top 10 with his own song. The new update was shared via Instagram on Monday, the 11th of October 2021.
.@wizkidayo's "Essence," featuring @justinbieber & @temsbaby, hits the top 10 of this week's #Hot100 for the first time.
It earns WizKid his second top 10 (after being featured on @Drake's "One Dance"), Bieber his 25th and Tems her first.
— billboard charts (@billboardcharts) October 11, 2021
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See Wizkid FC reactions below:
WIZKID has really taken Africa to the world, this isn’t even child’s play anymore, like WIZKID is sitting on the top 10 of the #hot100 ?
#wizkid #Essence #billboard pic.twitter.com/XvIkSTAsa1
— ZUBI (@zubifibonacci) October 12, 2021
Massive congratulations to Wizkid
His song Essence with Tems and Justin Bieber is now in the Top 10 hit on the billboard Hot 100 making it his second overall after One Dance.
The greatest artist to come out of Africa, funny part is he’s only just starting
Be excitedpic.twitter.com/9LBLCkaz3P
— Edmund
(@EdmundOris) October 11, 2021
.@wizkidayo’s "Essence" (feat. @temsbaby & @justinbieber) rises to a new peak #10 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week!! Wizkid did that!!! First Afrobeat Artist!!!
— B L G
(@desire_blessyn) October 11, 2021
Ok ..I'm just coming online.. I heard that we finally made it to billboard hot 100 top 10
— Jeff
(@Swagger_jeffrey) October 11, 2021
WIZKID:
2016: First NG artist to score a Hot 100 entry
2017: First NG album to debut on the Billboard 200 in 35 yrs (SFTOS)
2019: First NG artist to score a Hot 100 entry as lead (BSG)
2021: First NG song to debut on the Hot100
2021: First NG song to hit Top10 on the Hot 100 pic.twitter.com/t8uo9c83sP
— Wizkid Source (@WizkidSource) October 11, 2021
Shouts to the love from @wizkidayo FC. Guys we know that man’s greatness. It was evident that song was going to soar this summer! Glad we all beared witness to that
— Savannah Britt (@sav_britt) October 11, 2021
Essence beat Drake, Kanye and Lil Nas X’ tracks in their domicile (literally) to top 10, this is a strong affirmation of the acceptance of the song in US, the biggest music market in the world, a foreign land to Wizkid and Tems.
— BASITO (@itzbasito) October 11, 2021
– “Essence” becomes the first NG song to appear in the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
pic.twitter.com/OHA6be4p3i
— WIZKID STATS (@StatsWizkid) October 11, 2021
Massive congratulations to Wizkid
His song Essence with Tems and Justin Bieber is now in the Top 10 hit on the billboard Hot 100 making it his second overall after One Dance.
The greatest artist to come out of Africa, funny part is he’s only just starting
Be excited— Edmund
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