The Nigerian music industry is at an all-time high and the statistics from music streaming platforms, music shows, and social media constantly show the huge growth the industry is witnessing.
10 years ago, a Nigerian music video garnering up to 5 million views on YouTube was pretty much a big deal but in 2023, that is now a norm as many music videos by A-list artists eventually get at least 5 million views with time, and now a hundred million views is now the new big deal.
In December 2018, Davido became the first Nigerian artist to hit the 100 million views landmark with the music video for his single ‘Fall’, Yemi Alade followed suit in January 2019 as her music video for the song ‘Johnny’ became the second Nigerian music video to hit the 100 million views landmark on YouTube, and on the 7th of March 2019, the music video for ‘Waymaker’ by Sinach hit 100 million views on YouTube, hence becoming the first Nigerian gospel music video to achieve this feat.
Currently, the most-viewed Nigerian music video on YouTube is the music video for ‘Calm Down’ by Rema and Selena Gomez. The song also holds the record for the first African record to garner a billion streams on Spotify and also the first Nigerian and African music video to surpass 600 million views on YouTube. The second on the list is the solo and first version of the hit song ‘Calm Down’ by Rema alone with a staggering 533 million views on YouTube.
The table below shows the list of most viewed Nigerian music videos on YouTube arranged in descending order.
| Rank | Song Title | Artist(s) |
Views (Millions) |
Upload Date | Video Director |
| 1 | Calm Down | Rema, Selena Gomez | 657 | September 7, 2022 | Charm La’Donna |
| 2 | Calm Down | Rema | 533 | February 11, 2022 | DK |
| 3 | Love Nwantiti Remix | CKay ft. Joeboy & Kuami Eugene | 428 | February 14, 2020 | NAYA |
| 4 | On The Low | Burna Boy | 353 | November 16, 2018 | Meji Alabi |
| 5 | Fall | Davido | 273 | June 2, 2017 | Daps |
| 6 | Joro | Wizkid | 256 | October 1, 2019 | Adriaan Louw |
| 7 | Ye | Burna Boy | 247 | August 6, 2018 | Clarence Peters |
| 8 | Rush | Ayra Starr | 243 | September 26, 2022 | TG Omori |
| 9 | Way Maker | Sinach | 241 | August 22, 2016 | Ose Iria |
| 10 | Last Last | Burna Boy | 232 | May 13, 2022 | Burna Boy |
| 11 | Love Nwantiti (Acoustic Version) | CKay | 226 | March 10, 2020 | – |
| 12 | Pana | Tekno | 202 | November 16, 2018 | Clarence Peters |
| 13 | Reason With Me | Rudeboy | 192 | April 15, 2019 | Clarence Peters |
| 14 | Peru | Fireboy DML, Ed Sheeran | 184 | December 24, 2021 | Gabriella Kingsley |
| 15 | Buga | Kizz Daniel ft. Tekno | 172 | June 22, 2022 | TG Omori |
| 16 | If | Davido | 171 | February 17, 2017 | Director Q |
| 17 | Essence | Wizkid ft. Tems | 162 | April 9, 2021 | DK |
| 18 | Johnny | Yemi Alade | 158 | March 3, 2014 | Clarence Peters |
| 19 | Mad Over You | Runtown | 156 | December 8, 2016 | Clarence Peters |
| 20 | Do Like That | Korede Bello | 137 | November 22, 2016 | Konstantin |
| 21 | Come Closer | Wizkid ft. Drake | 136 | April 7, 2017 | Daps |
| 22 | Soco | Starboy ft. Wizkid, Terri, Ceeza Milli, Spotless | 132 | March 26, 2018 | Clarence Peters |
| 23 | Kontrol | Maleek Berry | 129 | August 11, 2016 | Meji Alabi |
| 24 | Personally | P Square | 127 | June 22, 2013 | Jude Engees Okoye, Clarence Peters |
| 25 | I Know Who I Am | Sinach | 127 | October 7, 2015 | Lawrence Omo Iyare, SINACH, Carel Films |
| 26 | For My Hand | Burna Boy ft. Ed Sheeran | 123 | July 8, 2022 | Troy Roscoe |
| 27 | Fallen In Love | Chidinma | 122 | November 16, 2016 | Godfather Productions |
| 28 | Love Nwantiti [North African Remix] | CKay ft. ElGrandeToto | 121 | November 5, 2021 | TG Omori |
| 29 | Time To Party | Flavour ft. Diamond Platnumz | 120 | July 25, 2018 | Patrick Elis |
| 30 | Cough | Kizz Daniel, EMPIRE | 119 | December 16, 2022 | DK |
| 31 | love nwantiti | CKay ft. Dj Yo! & AX’EL | 117 | September 9, 2021 |
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| 32 | Only You Jesus | Ada Ehi | 115 | July 25, 2016 | Carel Films |
| 33 | Sip (Alcohol) | Joeboy | 113 | October 22, 2021 | Dammy Twitch |
| 34 | Fever | Wizkid | 113 | October 24, 2018 | Meji Alabi |
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