According to Spotify, Nigerian singer, Ric Hassani has racked up more than eight million streams for his music on the streaming site.
Somewhat unsurprisingly, fans spent over 438, 000 hours listening to his Ric Hassani‘s songs.
The Afropop singer, revealed his statistics via Instagram alongside a post thanking fans for their support.
“Independent. No Label No PR. No connect, just music. One album, one single only this entire year. Incredible. Thank you God for the lasting grace. Thank you fans and listeners,’’ he wrote.
Hassani began an international tour in 2019. He performed a sold-out show in Honduras with viral clips from the show dominating social media.
He went on to perform sold-out shows in New York, New Orleans, Mayotte and Madagascar as part of his tour tagged: `The Prince I Became’.
Hassani was also nominated in two categories at The Headies 2016 for Best Vocal Performance and Best Alternative Song for his single ‘Gentleman’.
In December 2018, Hassani won the Galaxy Music Awards for Best Collaboration for his song, `Believe’ which featured Falz and Olamide.
Known for his unique sound and fashion sense, Hassani released his album “Love & Christmas” few days ago. The album which is on spotify, sees Hassani exploring more than just love songs.
Hassani feels overlooked
Just recently, Ric Hasanni took to social media to express his displeasure at people overlooking the achievements of alternative singers (him). He says people give accolade to only commercial Nigerian music artistes. He revealed that his shows in the USA pulled more crowd than Rema’s but people didn’t talk about it.
“You know, I’m looking at Rema’s shows in America, New York. My show actually had more people at least by four times, but not many people talked about it as much as they talk about this. I think our genre has more work to do to really get that type of attention and regard.”