One rule, 10 verified artists
The Afrobeats Board
Where Burna Boy stands among the genre's biggest names — counted the same way he is. One plaque per title per country at its current tier, lead and featured credits both, every figure read in the issuing body's own register rather than taken from a fan tally.
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The field
This siteBurna Boy230 certifications · 26 countriesThe African Giant — this site's subject, updated daily.DiamondWizkid155 certifications · 21 countries“One Dance” is Diamond in five countries — the deepest plaque count on this board after Burna Boy.6× PlatinumSeyi Vibez103 certifications · 1 country103 plaques and 114 chart entries, every one of them Nigerian: the most home-market record here.5× PlatinumDavido91 certifications · 9 countriesSeventeen Nigerian No. 1s — more home-chart chart-toppers than anyone else in this field.DiamondRema80 certifications · 20 countries“Calm Down” is the most widely certified Afrobeats record ever made.8× PlatinumAsake79 certifications · 3 countriesSeventy-nine plaques and 24 Nigerian No. 1s — the deepest home-chart record on this board.DiamondTems70 certifications · 19 countriesHolds a US Diamond — the only artist in this field who does.2× DiamondTyla62 certifications · 23 countries“Water” took amapiano worldwide and won the first Best African Music Performance Grammy.DiamondOmah Lay61 certifications · 9 countriesTwo French Diamonds — “soso” and Jul's “Namek” — and plaques in nine countries.DiamondAyra Starr41 certifications · 12 countriesThe youngest of the field, and the fastest-rising — “Rush” went Diamond in France.One rule, counted the sameOne plaque per title per country at its current tier. Award events are not plaques, fan tallies are not registers, and nothing is published here that has not been read at source.How the counting works →ProvenanceRead at source, 17–19 August 20269 register sweeps — RIAA, BPI, SNEP, TurnTable and their equivalents — re-read weekly. A figure with no register behind it is not published.Methodology →
The shape of the field
countries wide × plaques deep · every dot verifiedBurna Boy — this siteThe fieldBottom-right = wide & shallow · top-left = deep at home (Seyi Vibez) · top-right = both (Burna Boy, Wizkid)
Chart peaksBurna Boy 280Tyla 174Wizkid 153Tems 124Asake 123Rema 118Seyi Vibez 114Ayra Starr 78Omah Lay 70Davido 66
Charting nowBurna Boy 713Asake 515Ayra Starr 465Davido 404Wizkid 302Tems 293Omah Lay 188Rema 187Tyla 154Seyi Vibez 90
Counted under the rules on the methodology page. Last read at source 17 August 2026.