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#WorldWizkidDay: Fans celebrate World Wizkid’s Day on Twitter
Thousands of fans have taken to Twitter to list Wizkid ’ s achievements under the hashtag # WorldWizkidDay .The News Agency of Nigeria reports that # WorldWizkidDay is the number two trending topic on Twitter as of the time of filing this report with fans eulogising the ‘ Ojuelegba ’ singer .
The trend started after videos of his interview with a US radio station went viral . The hosts of the show were starstruck and attempted to take photographs with Wizkid while the interview was ongoing .
Following that , more videos of his career milestones flooded the timeline . These included his O2 show , his major interview as an upcoming artist , his iconic visit to a racially diverse London high school and his declaration at Minnesota .
Fans also took the opportunity to share their most iconic Wizkid moments , best songs from the singer and the traits he is most loved for .
@ Mistamd 001 tweeted , “ Till date, Ayo still remains the best selling album in Africa . Stfos still remain most stream album outa Africa . # WorldWizkidDay ”
@ Itzbassito said , “ Wizkid ’ s SFTOS EP peaked at no 107 on Billboard hot 200 album chart . It ’ s the third Nigerian album to ever appear on Billboard hot 200 album chart . The other albums to ever appear there are KSA albums . # WorldWizkidDay ”
@ ItzKing _ noni said , “ Do you know that Wizkid is the only African artist that has more than 200 HIT songs , I mean HIT songs not just songs . “ HIT ” take note of the “ HIT ” # WorldWizkidDay ”
@ IsimaOdeh tweeted , “ Chris Martin of Coldplay , a 7 – time Grammy Award winner saying watching Wizkid perform is a dream come true , which made him cry. # WorldWizkidDay ”
@ Itzbasito wrote , “ Wizkid was paid $ 150, 000 for his performance at 2017 GLO CAF awards in Ghana . He only performed for 4 mins 55 seconds # WorldWizkidDay ”
The music star is also the first African artist to walk the runway at a Dolce and Gabbana fashion show while his music `Soco ’ played at the background.
Wizkid started recording music at age 11 and managed to release a collaborative album with the Glorious Five , a group he and a couple of his church friends formed .
( NAN)
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