Africa Fact of the Day features the most wonderful and weird facts about the history and culture of the African Continent. Photo: Pexels

Africa Fact of the Day: African female artist with the highest number of monthly listeners on Spotify – 21 November 2023

Africa Fact of the Day features the most wonderful and weird facts about the history and culture of the African Continent.

by Shyleen Choruma

21-11-2023 10:09

in Culture

Africa Fact of the Day features the most wonderful and weird facts about the history and culture of the African Continent. Photo: Pexels

The African continent has the second largest population in the world, with more than one billion people.

It has 54 countries rich in history, culture, and diversity and more than 2,000 languages spoken by the people of Africa.

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Her song, Water has gone Silver in the UK (200,000 units), Gold in Australia (35,000 units) and Gold in New Zealand (15,000 units).

It has peaked at #1 in New Zealand, #1 in Suriname, #4 in UAE, #4 in the UK, #5 in Greece, #5 in South Africa, #6 in Australia, #6 in Ireland, #6 in The Netherlands, #8 in The Philippines, #9 in Luxembourg, #10 in Denmark, #10 in Sweden, #12 in Switzerland, #13 in Nigeria, #14 in Singapore, #14 in Iceland, #14 in Latvia, #14 in Norway, #14 in Lithuania, #15 in Portugal, #18 in USA, #22 in France, #23 in Canada, #26 in Croatia, #28 in Belgium, #33 in Germany, #46 in Austria, #57 in Slovakia, #59 in Brazil and #94 in Poland.