Top 5 Most Viewed African Songs On YouTube

YouTube is an American online video-sharing social media platform that was founded by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim in 2005. It was later acquired by Google for 1.65 billion.

While under Google's management YouTube has steadily developed to become the second most visited site after Google itself.

It is also the most popular video-sharing platform with roughly one billion monthly users.

The top 5 most viewed African music videos on the platform are listed below:

𝟏. 𝐃𝐣𝐚𝐝𝐣𝐚

"Djadja" is a song by Malian-French singer Aya Nakamura, released on April 6, 2018, as the lead single off her second studio album Nakamura (2018).  

It reached number one in France, the Netherlands, and Romania. The music video which was shot in Mali has acquired 𝟖𝟑𝟓 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 YouTube views making it the most viewed song by an African artist.

𝟐. 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚
"Bella" was released on 6 May 2013 by renowned Congolese-French singer and rapper Maitre Gims. The song served as the third single for Gim's debut solo album "Subliminal". The music video to the song has been viewed over  𝟓𝟐𝟐 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 on YouTube.

𝟑. 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐢𝐫
"Magic in the Air" is a single by Ivorian musical group Magic System, featuring Moroccan singer Chawki.

The song was produced by a notable Moroccan producer Redone and released to streaming platforms on March 17, 2014. Ever since it has managed to rake in over  𝟑𝟓𝟗 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 views on YouTube.


𝟒. 𝐄𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐲
Egyptian artist Mohamed Ramadan teamed up with popular Moroccan pop star 'Saad Lamjarred' to release the track on July 18, 2019. On YouTube, the Arabic song has accumulated roughly 𝟑𝟓𝟐 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 views.

𝟓. 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞
"Liberte" is a song by Algerian rapper Soolking featuring Ouled El Bahdja which is an Algerian musical group.

The official music video to the song was released to streaming platforms on March 14, 2019. It has been viewed 𝟑𝟎𝟓 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 times on the video platform.

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