Burna Boy dropped off his new music “Massive 7” with a whole lot of fanfare on Friday, and that buzz interprets into streams giving him one other profession milestone.

“Massive 7” is the most recent single from the African Big, who as soon as once more proves he bought the Midas contact. The music earned 841,000 streams within the first 24 hours of its launch on Spotify, beating the earlier file for an Afrobeats music debut held by Davido’s “Over Dem,” which earned 789,000 streams on his debut in March this yr.

The music’s music video has since obtained 3.5 million views on YouTube within the first three days after its launch. The clip, which was filmed in New York, noticed the Nigerian artist paying homage to the late Virgil Abloh. A number of of New York’s legends made a cameo within the video, together with rapper Busta Rhymes. The singer additionally introduced his new album, I Instructed Them, is coming quickly. He shared a trailer for the album exhibiting clips from his touring and conversations with RZA and Ebro Darden.

“There’s all the time one thing larger than me, that was me,” he advised Ebro.

“Massive 7” is the primary single off the extremely anticipated album, which is due for launch on August twenty fourth.

Whereas the Afrobeats style continues to surge in recognition in recent times, Burna Boy has been probably the most dominant artist within the style this yr, setting a number of data and profession milestones from touring and music consumption. Earlier this month, the singer created historical past as the primary African artist to promote out a U.S. Stadium live performance by himself after a packed crowd got here out to see him carry out on the Citi Discipline in Queens, NY, on July eighth.

Following his stint in New York, Burna Boy jetted to Jamaica for a week-long birthday celebration, together with a seashore get together that noticed artists like Beenie Man, Teejay, Skeng, and extra performing on the occasion. The African Big additionally visited Sizzla Kalonji at his Judgement Yard compound earlier than capturing a music video for his new collab with Byron Messia, “Talibans II.”

Burna Boy additionally stirred some controversies on the “Talibans II” single when he revealed he purchased Jada Kingdom a Birkin bag. He has been rumored to be relationship the Jamaican singer after she was noticed sporting a Domini chain and partying with him in Europe. Nonetheless, the Jamaican singer declined to remark on the controversy in an interview at Reggae Sumfest final week.