Burna Boy, visualized
The career plotted — grosses, certifications, chart peaks and award win rate.
The climb to sixty million
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 1 July 2026 | 47.4M |
| 3 July 2026 | 47.9M |
| 5 July 2026 | 50.0M |
| 11 July 2026 | 52.4M |
| 14 July 2026 | 52.7M |
| 16 July 2026 | 53.0M |
| 17 July 2026 | 53.5M |
| 18 July 2026 | 53.6M |
| 21 July 2026 | 54.3M |
| 22 July 2026 | 56.0M |
| 23 July 2026 | 56.5M |
| 24 July 2026 | 56.9M |
| 25 July 2026 | 57.3M |
| 26 July 2026 | 58.1M |
| 29 July 2026 | 58.3M |
| 30 July 2026 | 58.5M |
| 31 July 2026 | 58.8M |
| 1 August 2026 | 59.0M |
| 2 August 2026 | 59.2M |
| 3 August 2026 | 59.5M |
| 4 August 2026 | 59.5M |
| 5 August 2026 | 59.7M |
| 6 August 2026 | 60.0M |
| 8 August 2026 | 60.0M |
| 9 August 2026 | 60.1M |
| 10 August 2026 | 60.1M |
+12.75M in 40 days — every reading logged as it happened through the “Dai Dai” run.
Fifteen years of winning
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 19 |
| 2020 | 11 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 9 |
| 2023 | 16 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2025 | 7 |
| 2026 | 1 |
2019 was the peak — 19 wins in a single year, of 82 in all.
Tickets vs revenue
Each dot is one show — how a night's attendance turned into its gross. Swipe the chart to reach the biggest nights.
Best chart peak by country
Brighter gold is a higher peak — tap a country for the song that got there.
Biggest single-show grosses
Gold is Burna Boy — 26 of the 41 biggest nights.
Certifications by country
The 6 biggest of 26 certifying countries — Nigeria leads on 63.
Most-decorated stages
Where his 82 wins come from — top 6 bodies.
The pace of the plaques
2026 is already his biggest year — 58 international certifications, and it is still running.
Where he is charting right now
590 placements on today's board — country charts only, refreshed several times a day.
Where he has performed
57 countries across 7 regions.
Most-streamed African artist, 2025
Gold is Burna Boy — his 1.986B set the record for the biggest streaming year by an African artist.
Certifications by tier
Chart entries by peak
Wins vs nominations
Every figure is computed from the same datasets the detail pages use — nothing here is a separate tally that could drift out of step.
Burna Boy, Visualized
His career plotted — grosses, certifications, chart peaks and awards, at a glance. Every figure is computed from the same datasets the detail pages use.
The climb to sixty million
| Date | Monthly listeners (millions) |
|---|---|
| 1 July 2026 | 47.4M |
| 3 July 2026 | 47.9M |
| 5 July 2026 | 50.0M |
| 11 July 2026 | 52.4M |
| 14 July 2026 | 52.7M |
| 16 July 2026 | 53.0M |
| 17 July 2026 | 53.5M |
| 18 July 2026 | 53.6M |
| 21 July 2026 | 54.3M |
| 22 July 2026 | 56.0M |
| 23 July 2026 | 56.5M |
| 24 July 2026 | 56.9M |
| 25 July 2026 | 57.3M |
| 26 July 2026 | 58.1M |
| 29 July 2026 | 58.3M |
| 30 July 2026 | 58.5M |
| 31 July 2026 | 58.8M |
| 1 August 2026 | 59.0M |
| 2 August 2026 | 59.2M |
| 3 August 2026 | 59.5M |
| 4 August 2026 | 59.5M |
| 5 August 2026 | 59.7M |
| 6 August 2026 | 60.0M |
| 8 August 2026 | 60.0M |
| 9 August 2026 | 60.1M |
| 10 August 2026 | 60.1M |
+12.75M in 40 days — every reading logged as it happened through the “Dai Dai” run, from 47.4M to 60.1M. He is the first African artist past both marked milestones.
Africa's biggest ↗The pace of the plaques
2026 is already his biggest year — 58 certifications with the year still running.
Every certification ↗Fifteen years of winning
| Date | Wins |
|---|---|
| 2012 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 |
| 2017 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 19 |
| 2020 | 11 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 9 |
| 2023 | 16 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2025 | 7 |
| 2026 | 1 |
2019 was the peak — 19 wins in a single year — the African Giant year. Every win is counted in the year the ceremony happened, across 82 in all.
Every award ↗Where he is charting right now
590 placements on today’s board — country charts only, refreshed several times a day. Last swept 2026-09-17.
The live board ↗Where he has performed
57 countries across 7 regions — Africa and Europe carry the most stages, but only the Caribbean run is newer than the World Cup.
The performance map ↗Biggest single-show grosses
Gold bars are Burna Boy — he holds 26 of the 41 biggest single-show grosses by an African artist, more than everyone else combined.
Full leaderboard ↗Tickets vs revenue
Each dot is a show — gold is Burna Boy. Revenue tracks ticket count closely, but higher-priced rooms sit above the line: London Stadium turned ~59,000 tickets into $6.15M.
Certifications by country
The 12 biggest of 26 certifying countries — Nigeria (TurnTable), the UK (BPI) and Canada (Music Canada) lead the tally.
All certifications ↗Certifications by tier
- Diamond73%
- Platinum10143%
- Gold9541%
- Silver3113%
How the 234 certifications break down — mostly Platinum and Gold singles, crowned by 7 Diamond awards (Dai Dai, Last Last, On the Low, Gbona, Location, Be Honest and Jerusalema (Remix), all in France).
Best chart peak by country
His best official chart position in each of 67 countries — brighter means higher. No. 1s span Nigeria, the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Colombia, Argentina and more.
All chart positions ↗How his chart entries break down
- No. 14617%
- Top 54316%
- Top 10207%
- Top 408029%
- 41+8732%
All 276 of his charting entries worldwide, grouped by how high each one peaked — 46 hit No. 1 and 89 reached the Top 5.
Most-streamed African artist, 2025
Burna Boy leads — his 1.986 billion Spotify streams in 2025 were the most of any African artist, the biggest streaming year ever by an African act, just ahead of Wizkid, Tyla, Rema and Tems.
Africa's biggest ↗Most-decorated stages
Where his 82 wins come from — the top 10 award bodies by number of trophies, the BET Awards alongside a deep African-awards haul. The Grammy is a single win, so it does not reach a chart ranked by volume.
Every award ↗Wins vs nominations
- Won8234%
- Nominated16066%
Across every awards ceremony, 82 of 242 career nominations converted to wins — a 34% strike rate.