{"id":104311,"date":"2024-12-05T07:03:05","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T07:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/12\/05\/spotify-wrapped-bien-is-the-most-streamed-kenyan-artist\/"},"modified":"2024-12-05T07:03:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T07:03:05","slug":"spotify-wrapped-bien-is-the-most-streamed-kenyan-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/spotify-wrapped-bien-is-the-most-streamed-kenyan-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify Wrapped: Bien is the most-streamed Kenyan artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spotify Wrapped 2024 has crowned Bien-Aim\u00e9 Baraza, famously known as Bien, as Kenya\u2019s most-streamed artist. The Sauti Sol member and solo artist currently has 678,789 monthly listeners on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Sauti Sol\u2019s break in 2023, Bien has continued to create authentic Afropop hits that have topped the charts.<\/p>\n<p>Among his notable works in 2024 are the tracks \u201cInauma\u201d, \u201cToo Easy\u201d with DJ Edu, \u201cDimension\u201d with Fully Focus, and \u201cMy Baby\u201d, featuring Nigerian artist Ayra Starr.<\/p>\n<p>However, his most-streamed song this year is his collaboration with Scar Mkadinali called \u201cLifestyle\u201d followed by \u201cExtra Pressure\u201d featuring Bensoul.<\/p>\n<p>His collaborations extend to the East African region with hits like No Body with Darassa, \u201cLucky\u201d featuring Jux and \u201cI Made It\u201d with Harmonize and Bobby Shmurda.<\/p>\n<p>His ventures include hit singles and partnerships that resonate across Spotify\u2019s diverse listener base blending Afrobeat, R&amp;B, and pop, earning him both regional and global recognition.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his chart-topping success, Bien remains among the top three most-exported Kenyan artists globally, further underlining his international appeal.<\/p>\n<p>The list also includes Sauti sol which ranks at No.3 with fan favourites like Nyashinski, Max Okello, Nviiri the Storyteller and Otile Brown taking the 6th, 7th, 9th and 10th positions respectively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Streamed Kenyan Artists<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bien<\/p>\n<p>Wakadinali<\/p>\n<p>Sauti Sol<\/p>\n<p>Bensoul<\/p>\n<p>Lil Maina<\/p>\n<p>Nyashinski<\/p>\n<p>Okello Max<\/p>\n<p>Chris Kaiga<\/p>\n<p>Nviiri the Storyteller<\/p>\n<p>Otile Brown<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top Streamed Kenyan Tracks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lil Maina, sosatheprodigyy-NAKAM SAI<\/p>\n<p>Bien \u2013 Lifestyle<\/p>\n<p>Bensoul, Bien- Extra Pressure<\/p>\n<p>From The Hood Music- Anguka Nayo<\/p>\n<p>Bien- Inauma<\/p>\n<p>Bien- Ma Cherie<\/p>\n<p>YBW Smith- Lele<\/p>\n<p>Dyana Cods \u2013 Set It<\/p>\n<p>Matata \u2013 Oversized T-shirt<\/p>\n<p>Fancy Fingers \u2013 Kudade (Fancy Fingers refix)<\/p>\n\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.ke\/spotify-wrapped-bien-is-the-most-streamed-kenyan-artist\/\">Spotify Wrapped: Bien is the most-streamed Kenyan artist<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spotify Wrapped 2024 has crowned Bien-Aim\u00e9 Baraza, famously known as Bien, as Kenya\u2019s most-streamed artist. The Sauti Sol member and solo artist currently has 678,789 monthly listeners on the platform. Despite Sauti Sol\u2019s break in 2023, Bien has continued to create authentic Afropop hits that have topped the charts. Among his notable works in 2024 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}