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Uganda’s local music consumption is up 294% – Spotify

Dec 1, 2022

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Spotify today announced Spotify Wrapped, the annual lookback at the most streamed artists, songs, albums and playlists. This year’s numbers show that there has been an increase in local music consumption by 294%.

Unfortunately, the most streamed artist isn’t Ugandan but the growth of culture to stream local artist’s music Vis-à-vis piracy is on the rise.

Here is a breakdown of what Ugandans streamed the most this year:

The top streamed local artist honour goes to Azawi, who has moved up one spot this year. Fik Fameica is the second most streamed local artist. AeHil is third, followed by Winnie Nwagi. Vinka closes off the female dominated top five

Ugandans love a good party, so it’s no surprise that they stream the most music on Saturday, followed by Friday, according to the latest Spotify Wrapped data. What hour of the day do Ugandans stream the most music on Spotify? That would be 12pm, right in the middle of the day, then again at 6pm

African Heat is the most streamed playlist in Uganda

Burna Boy has moved up two spots since last year, to become the most streamed artist in Uganda. Last year’s top artist Drake, is second this year, with Fireboy DML coming in third

Pheelz collabo with BNXN fka Buju on Finesse is the most streamed song in Uganda. Unlike its name, Last Last by Burna Boy is not coming in last, the hit track i takes up the second spot in Uganda. Rema’s Calm Down, is third with Oxlade’s KU LO SA – A COLORS SHOW in fourth place.

Local music consumption is showing no signs of slowing down, registering a 294% year on year increase from 2022, an encouraging figure that shows that Ugandans are streaming almost three times as much Ugandan music in 2022, as they did last year