Record Breaking – AfricaCelebrities.Com https://africacelebrities.com Breaking News, Daily Original News Reporting and Analysis Thu, 27 Aug 2020 13:23:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.17 https://i0.wp.com/africacelebrities.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cropped-ICON.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Record Breaking – AfricaCelebrities.Com https://africacelebrities.com 32 32 165505648 Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Human To Be Worth $200 Billion On Earth https://africacelebrities.com/2020/08/27/jeff-bezos-becomes-the-first-human-to-be-worth-200-billion-on-earth/ Thu, 27 Aug 2020 13:23:10 +0000 https://africacelebrities.com/?p=192585 CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos has become the first person in the world to have a net worth of $200 billion, Forbes report. READ ALSO: Burna Boy’s ‘Twice As Tall’ Album Becomes World’s Number One Album On Billboard As at Wednesday, August 26, 1:50pm ET, Jeff Bezos was reported to have been worth $204.6 billion […]

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CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos has become the first person in the world to have a net worth of $200 billion, Forbes report.

READ ALSO: Burna Boy’s ‘Twice As Tall’ Album Becomes World’s Number One Album On Billboard

As at Wednesday, August 26, 1:50pm ET, Jeff Bezos was reported to have been worth $204.6 billion after gaining 2% stock on Amazon. Jeff, who is the richest man on earth increased his worth from $74 billion to $204.6 billion.

Reports say the global pandemic affected the stocks of Amazon positively as many people were forced to buy online skyrocketing the company’s stock price.

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The company’s share price has surged more than 100% since March 16, when it was trading for less than $1,700 per share. Amazon is worth $1.72 trillion, making it the second most valuable company behind Apple, which is worth $2.16 trillion.

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Burna Boy Becomes First Musician To Hit Over 1 Million Views On YouTube In A Week https://africacelebrities.com/2020/08/24/burna-boy-becomes-first-musician-to-hit-over-1-million-views-on-youtube-in-a-week/ Mon, 24 Aug 2020 16:19:19 +0000 https://africacelebrities.com/?p=192250 Just when you are wrapping your head around one achievement, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, known professionally as Burna Boy sets another record. READ ALSO: This Is How Burna Boy Reacted After His New Song Was Played During Last Night’s NBA Playoffs Burna Boy has become the first artiste to earn over 1 million views on YouTube, […]

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Just when you are wrapping your head around one achievement, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, known professionally as Burna Boy sets another record.

READ ALSO: This Is How Burna Boy Reacted After His New Song Was Played During Last Night’s NBA Playoffs

Burna Boy has become the first artiste to earn over 1 million views on YouTube, according to music chart platform Turntable Charts. The record was held by Beyonce with 902,000 views but Burna beat her with over 100,000 views.

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Turntable Charts tweeted, “@burnaboy is the first artiste to earn over 1 million views on YouTube NG in a week (based on views solely from Nigeria). He surpasses the previous record high of 902,000 views by Beyonce (July 19 – July 25, 2019)”

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Burna Boy Breaks Spotify Records To Become Most Listened African Act https://africacelebrities.com/2020/08/21/burna-boy-breaks-spotify-records-to-become-most-listened-african-act/ Fri, 21 Aug 2020 14:50:45 +0000 https://africacelebrities.com/?p=191908 Afrobeat sensation Burna Boy is breaking records and setting new ones with his ‘Twice As Tall’ album. Not long ago, his album topped charts on Billboard and its gaining new heights for the singer. READ ALSO: Famous Actor Exposes Nigerian Actresses Using ‘Juju’ To Trap Rich Men Burna Boy, has become number one African artiste […]

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Afrobeat sensation Burna Boy is breaking records and setting new ones with his ‘Twice As Tall’ album. Not long ago, his album topped charts on Billboard and its gaining new heights for the singer.

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Burna Boy, has become number one African artiste with the most listeners monthly on Spotify.He retweeted a post from @ChartsAfrica, a verified music Chrts outlet, which praised him for his new achievement.

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The Grammy nominated singer surpassed 14 million monthly listeners with his new album, Twice As Tall. “Burna Boy is the African Artiste with most monthly listeners on Spotify 14M+.” ChartsAfrica tweeted.

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Burna Boy’s ‘Twice As Tall’ Album Hits 5 Million Streams 1 Hour After Release https://africacelebrities.com/2020/08/14/burna-boys-twice-as-tall-album-hits-5-million-streams-1-hour-after-release/ Fri, 14 Aug 2020 08:30:29 +0000 https://africacelebrities.com/?p=191121 Fans sure were waiting for Burna Boy to drop this album and they have shown how much they miss his works. An hour after the Grammy Nominated musician released his ‘Twice As Tall’ album on Friday morning, it got a record setting 5 million streams. READ ALSO: John Legend Announces Baby Number Three In New […]

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Fans sure were waiting for Burna Boy to drop this album and they have shown how much they miss his works.

An hour after the Grammy Nominated musician released his ‘Twice As Tall’ album on Friday morning, it got a record setting 5 million streams.

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The album contains 15 tracks, featuring Chris Martin (‘Monsters You Made’), Stormzy (‘Real Life’), Youssou N’Dour (‘Level Up/Twice As Tall’) and Naughty by Nature among many others.

American Music mogul Diddy is the executive producer for the album with support from Burna Boy and his mother. Reports have it that Twice As Tall is expected to outperform his last album.

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Twice As Tall is available on eight streaming Services: Spotify, YouTube, SoundCloud, Amazon Music, Tidal, Pandora, iTune Store and Deezer.

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