The Dai Dai story
Shakira × Burna Boy's official World Cup song — from a May release to the first-ever halftime show at a World Cup Final, then every chart, plaque and stream behind it.Shakira × Burna Boy's official World Cup song, from release to the first World Cup Final halftime show.
A World Cup anthem, together
The 2026 FIFA World Cup unveiled its official song — “Dai Dai”, a collaboration between two global superstars: Shakira and Burna Boy. Latin pop meets Afrobeats on the planet's biggest stage.
2026Shakira × Burna Boy
No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200
Within weeks their song topped Billboard's flagship, US-inclusive worldwide chart — Shakira's second-ever Global 200 No. 1, and the first time in history an African artist has helped lead it. After four straight weeks it slipped to No. 3, then took the chart back for three weeks — the issues of 22 and 29 August and 5 September — seven weeks at No. 1 in all. On the Global 200 Excl. US it ran ten straight weeks at No. 1, 4 July to 5 September.
4 straight, a week at No. 3, then 3 more. And 10 straight weeks at No. 1 on the Global 200 Excl. US.
No. 1 in country after country
“Dai Dai” hit No. 1 in 26 countries — from France and Germany to the Netherlands and the UAE — and topped both of Billboard's global charts. The reach of a true worldwide collaboration.
Every chart position- Switzerland
- Austria
- Germany
- Luxembourg
- United Arab Emirates
- Belgium
- France
- Portugal
- Slovakia
- Greece
- Netherlands
- Sweden
- Suriname
- Panama
- Colombia
- Italy
- Norway
- Czech Republic
- Argentina
- India
- Poland
- Venezuela
- Ecuador
- Estonia
- Iceland
- Lebanon
The most-streamed song on Earth
“Dai Dai” topped Spotify's Global Top Songs chart on both the Daily and Weekly lists — 37 days as the single most-streamed song on the planet, a run reclaimed in August, and the first time an African artist has ever led it.
The certifications rolled in
The song was certified in its own right — Diamond in France and Turkey, 2× Platinum in Canada, Spain and Portugal, 19× Platinum (Latin) in the US, Platinum in Hungary, Slovakia, Greece, Austria, Sweden, Colombia, the Czech Republic and Poland, and Gold in Italy, Belgium, Germany, the UK and Denmark. 19 certifications for Shakira and Burna Boy's collaboration, and counting.
All certifications- Diamond
- FRTR
- 2× Platinum
- CAESPT
- 19× Platinum · RIAA Latin
- US
- Platinum
- HUSKGRATSECOCZPL
- Gold
- ITBEDEUKDK
The biggest World Cup anthem ever
No FIFA World Cup song has ever charted this high: “Dai Dai” is the highest-peaking World Cup anthem in Spotify Global history — Shakira's Latin pop and Burna Boy's Afrobeats meeting at the very top.
The highest-peaking World Cup anthem in Spotify Global history
History on the World Cup Final stage
Shakira and Burna Boy took “Dai Dai” to the first-ever FIFA World Cup Final halftime show at MetLife Stadium on 19 July — before a global audience of billions, alongside Madonna, BTS, Justin Bieber and Coldplay.
The record
The song's own figures, not Burna Boy's career totals. Each one names its chart.
The halftime show lineup
19 July 2026 · MetLife Stadium · produced by Global CitizenShakiraDai Dai
Burna BoyDai Dai
MadonnaMusic
BTSDynamite
Justin BieberEverything Hallelujah
Coldplaywith PS22 Chorus
19 July 2026 · MetLife Stadium · produced by Global Citizen. Also on the bill: Uganda's Triplets Ghetto Kids on stage, conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the PS22 Chorus.
The world takeover
“Dai Dai” charted in 68 countries and reached No. 1 in 26 of them — each cell shows its peak.- Argentina, peak No. 1
- Austria, peak No. 1
- Belgium, peak No. 1
- Colombia, peak No. 1
- Czech Republic, peak No. 1
- Ecuador, peak No. 1
- Estonia, peak No. 1
- France, peak No. 1
- Germany, peak No. 1
- Greece, peak No. 1
- Iceland, peak No. 1
- India, peak No. 1
- Italy, peak No. 1
- Lebanon, peak No. 1
- Luxembourg, peak No. 1
- Netherlands, peak No. 1
- Norway, peak No. 1
- Panama, peak No. 1
- Poland, peak No. 1
- Portugal, peak No. 1
- Slovakia, peak No. 1
- Suriname, peak No. 1
- Sweden, peak No. 1
- Switzerland, peak No. 1
- United Arab Emirates, peak No. 1
- Venezuela, peak No. 1
- Bulgaria, peak No. 2
- Puerto Rico, peak No. 2
- Spain, peak No. 2
- United Kingdom, peak No. 2
- Uruguay, peak No. 2
- Canada, peak No. 3
- Ireland, peak No. 3
- Paraguay, peak No. 3
- Saudi Arabia, peak No. 3
- Singapore, peak No. 3
- Honduras, peak No. 4
- Slovenia, peak No. 4
- Costa Rica, peak No. 5
- Denmark, peak No. 5
- Guatemala, peak No. 5
- Israel, peak No. 5
- Latvia, peak No. 5
- Lithuania, peak No. 5
- Malaysia, peak No. 5
- Romania, peak No. 5
- Finland, peak No. 6
- Nicaragua, peak No. 6
- Nigeria, peak No. 7
- Turkey, peak No. 7
- Hungary, peak No. 8
- Kazakhstan, peak No. 8
- North Macedonia, peak No. 9
- Australia, peak No. 10
- Croatia, peak No. 13
- New Zealand, peak No. 13
- Chile, peak No. 14
- Egypt, peak No. 14
- United States, peak No. 17
- South Africa, peak No. 20
- Peru, peak No. 23
- Bolivia, peak No. 25
- Japan, peak No. 25
- Brazil, peak No. 27
- Russia, peak No. 31
- Moldova, peak No. 34
- Ukraine, peak No. 90
- Vietnam, peak No. 93
How it got there
Official national charts, one frame a week from release. A hatched country is a week nobody has read yet: it is never filled in from the weeks around it.
53 countries show only their peak (●). The peak picture equals the takeover grid above: 26 of 68 at No. 1.
- No. 1
- Top 5
- Top 10
- Top 40
- 41+
- Off chart
- No reading
- No chart that week
- Run not recorded
- ● Peak (end frame)
Official national charts, as read by burnaboystats.com. Frames are calendar weeks; each chart dates its own week, and the card shows that date. 53 of 68 countries show only their peak.
Dai Dai by the numbers
The song's own figures, not Burna Boy's career totals.- 70Official chart entries — 68 national charts plus both Billboard globals
- 26Countries at No. 1 on their own official chart
- No. 1On both Billboard globals: the Global 200 (a first for an African artist, and Shakira's 2nd) and the Global 200 Excl. US
- 553MSpotify streams — the 8th of Burna Boy's songs to pass 300 million, the most of any African actrefreshed several times a day
- 19Certifications, in 19 countries — Diamond in France and Turkey
- 19 JulPerformed at the first World Cup Final halftime show
Charts · 15
| Country | Chart | Peak | Weeks at No. 1 | Weeks on chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | GfK / Offizielle ChartsAt No. 1 on Germany's official singles chart — and named the country's official Sommerhit 2026 by GfK Entertainment, which compiles the charts, after nearly 60 million German streams | No. 1 | 13 wk at No. 1 | 19 wk on chart |
| Switzerland | Schweizer HitparadeAt No. 1 on Switzerland's official chart — the longest run at No. 1 by any song there so far this year | No. 1 | 16 wk at No. 1 | 19 wk on chart |
| France | SNEPAt No. 1 on France's Official Singles Chart (SNEP) | No. 1 | 9 wk at No. 1 | 18 wk on chart |
| Austria | Ö3 Austria Top 40At No. 1 on Austria's Ö3 Top 40 — an unbroken run since late June, and 18 weeks on the chart | No. 1 | 14 wk at No. 1 | 18 wk on chart |
| Belgium | UltratopAt No. 1 on the Ultratop 50 in Wallonia — nine straight, and No. 1 in Flanders too | No. 1 | 9 wk at No. 1 | 19 wk on chart |
| Netherlands | Dutch ChartsAt No. 1 on the Dutch Single Top 100 — two in June, then five more from late July, in a 17-week run | No. 1 | 7 wk at No. 1 | 17 wk on chart |
| Sweden | SverigetopplistanAt No. 1 on Sweden's Sverigetopplistan, retaken in week 34 after a week at No. 2 — 20 weeks on the list | No. 1 | 7 wk at No. 1 | 20 wk on chart |
| Norway | VG-listaAt No. 1 on Norway's VG-lista Topp 40 — four consecutive weeks, from week 31 | No. 1 | 4 wk at No. 1 | weeks not stated |
| India | IMI International Top 20India's IMI International Top 20 Singles Chart — the first Burna Boy song to top a chart in India | No. 1 | 1 wk at No. 1 | 11 wk on chart |
| MENA | Official MENA Chart Top 20Official MENA Chart Top 20 — and Billboard's US World Digital Song Sales chart | No. 1 | not stated | weeks not stated |
| United Kingdom | Official Charts CompanyUK Official Singles Chart — five weeks at that peak, 30 July to 27 August 2026, in a 19-week stay counted through the chart of 15 October (No. 43). The first FIFA World Cup song ever to reach the UK Top 10, and by far the highest-charting World Cup song in UK history, beating Shakira's own “Waka Waka” (No. 21) | No. 2 | none | 19 wk on chart |
| Canada | Billboard CanadaBillboard Canadian Hot 100 — a new peak and Burna Boy's first-ever top 10 in Canada, where his best song placing had been No. 14. It is also Shakira's first Canadian top 10 since “She Wolf” in 2009 | No. 3 | none | weeks not stated |
| United States | Billboard Hot 100 / 200Billboard Hot 100 (US) — a 42-to-17 jump on the chart dated 1 August, the highest-charting World Cup song in Hot 100 history. Luminate logged 8.6M US streams (+69%), 13.9M radio airplay audience (+11%) and 7,000 sold (+322%) in the 17–23 July tracking week | No. 17 | none | weeks not stated |
| United Kingdom | Big Top 40At No. 1 on the UK's Big Top 40 (the charts of 9 to 30 August 2026) — the Capital and Heart networks' national countdown, with Burna Boy presented the No. 1 plaque | No. 1 | 4 wk at No. 1 | weeks not stated |
| United States | Billboard Rhythmic AirplayAt No. 1 on Billboard's Rhythmic Airplay chart (dated 5 and 12 September 2026) — Shakira's first-ever No. 1 on the format, twenty years after “Hips Don't Lie” peaked at No. 5 — and No. 2 on the chart dated 19 September; on that 19 September chart it is No. 26 on Pop Airplay, equalling the peak it first set on the chart dated 15 August | No. 1 | 2 wk at No. 1 | weeks not stated |
Streaming streaks · 6
- Spotify global daily, No. 1In total at No. 1 on Spotify's Global Daily Top Songs chart — a first for an African artist. A closed total, the first of them on the chart dated 30 June 2026 and the last on 22 August 2026, confirmed day by day through the chart dated 19 October 2026 — with 85 days inside the global Top 10 in all, counted through that same chart37 days
- Spotify global weekly, No. 1At No. 1 on Spotify's Global Weekly Top Songs chart — a run that closed on the chart dated 27 August — in a 21-week stay counted through the chart dated 15 October 2026, peaking at 40.28M streams in a single week6 weeks
- Spotify global daily — entered at No. 114, then straight days on the chartIt entered Spotify's Global Daily Top Songs chart on 15 May 2026, its release day — it fell straight back off for six days, returned on 22 May and has not left since: 151 straight days on the chart and 152 in all, counted through the chart dated 19 October 2026, which prints both figures in its own columns (Spotify Charts)151
- Apple Music Europe, No. 1At No. 1 on Apple Music's European songs chart, as last counted on 20 October 2026 — plus 11 days atop the worldwide Apple Music chart69 days
- iTunes worldwide, No. 1At No. 1 on the worldwide iTunes songs chart, as last counted on 20 October 2026, and 16 days atop the European iTunes chart40 days
- No. 1 right now: YouTube countriesRight now on the country charts of YouTube (10 countries) — refreshed several times a day from the live board10
World rankings · 5
- United World Chart, No. 1At No. 1 on Mediatraffic's United World Chart — 230,000 points in the chart week dated 26 September, and the first Burna Boy song ever to top it13 weeks
- iTunes No. 1, countriesiTunes song chart in 73 countries — the US, UK, Canada, France, Italy, New Zealand, India, Spain, Portugal, Hungary & dozens more, Belarus the newest, as last counted on 21 August 202673
- Deezer Worldwide, peakDeezer Worldwide Top 100 — its peak, reached on 26 July 2026, when it was charting in 57 countriesNo. 13
- Spotify Global Music Video, No. 1At No. 1 on Spotify's Global Music Video chart, as last counted on the chart of 23 August — the chart is a daily playlist with no archive, so the count is kept by hand29 days
- Global Digital Artist rankingBurna Boy's position on the Global Digital Artist ranking (1,739 points) during the runNo. 14
The video · 2
- Views on YouTubeYouTube views for the “Dai Dai” video — one billion in 105 days, joint 5th fastest in YouTube history and the first 2026 video to reach it. Before that: 500 million in 59.4 days, 600 million in 67 days (the fastest of either artist's career to the mark) and 700 million in 74.8 days1.34B
- Straight at No. 1 on YouTube's global music-video chartStraight at No. 1 as the most-viewed music video on YouTube worldwide, from 9 June through the chart of 27 August. That run then broke — the video sat at No. 2 on the charts dated 5 and 6 September — and it retook the top: No. 1 again on the chart dated 7 September 2026, on its 108th day on the chart. That second spell ended too — No. 2 on the chart dated 14 September, behind a new entry. The 80 is a closed count, not a running one80 days
Frequently asked questions
Who sings “Dai Dai”?
“Dai Dai” is a 2026 collaboration between Colombian pop superstar Shakira and Nigerian Afrobeats star Burna Boy. It is the official song of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Is “Dai Dai” the 2026 World Cup song?
Yes. “Dai Dai” is the official anthem of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and Shakira and Burna Boy performed it live at the World Cup Final halftime show on 19 July 2026.
Did “Dai Dai” reach No. 1?
Yes. “Dai Dai” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 and the Global 200 Excl. US, topped Spotify's Global Top Songs chart on both the Daily and Weekly lists, and hit No. 1 on the official singles chart in 26 countries.
How high did “Dai Dai” chart in the UK?
“Dai Dai” peaked at No. 2 on the UK Official Singles Chart — the first FIFA World Cup song ever to reach the UK Top 10, and by far the highest-charting World Cup song in UK history, surpassing Shakira's own “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)”, which peaked at No. 21 in 2010.
When was the 2026 World Cup Final halftime show?
The first-ever FIFA World Cup Final halftime show took place on 19 July 2026 at MetLife Stadium. Shakira and Burna Boy performed “Dai Dai”, joined on stage by Uganda's Triplets Ghetto Kids.
Who performed at the 2026 World Cup Final halftime show?
The 2026 FIFA World Cup Final halftime show — the first ever — featured Madonna, Shakira and Burna Boy (performing “Dai Dai”), BTS, Justin Bieber, conductor Gustavo Dudamel, and the PS22 Chorus with Coldplay, produced by Global Citizen, on 19 July 2026 at MetLife Stadium.
Who are the Ghetto Kids who performed with Shakira and Burna Boy?
Uganda's Triplets Ghetto Kids — a Kampala-based children's dance group who went viral online — joined Shakira and Burna Boy on stage for “Dai Dai” at the 2026 World Cup Final halftime show, after Shakira invited them to the performance.
How many certifications does “Dai Dai” have?
“Dai Dai” has 19 certifications: Diamond in France and Turkey, 2× Platinum in Canada, Spain and Portugal, 19× Platinum (Latin) in the US, Platinum in Hungary, Slovakia, Greece, Austria, Sweden, Colombia, the Czech Republic and Poland, and Gold in Italy, Belgium, Germany, the UK and Denmark.
Every figure on this page names the chart or body that published it.