‘Essence’ rocketed to international fame and a Justin Bieber remix made further propelled it to fame as it became the first Afrobeats song to enter the top 10 of Billboard Hot 100 with a number 9 peak.
On the list announced on Thursday, 1st November 2022, ‘Essence’ topped other Afrobeats songs with international reach including Fireboy‘s ‘Peru’ feat Ed Sheeran, CKay‘s ‘Love Nwantiti’, and Burna Boy‘s ‘Last Last’.
Tems has an outstanding 4 singles in the top 10 while Burna Boy has two.
The top 10 US Afrobeats songs of 2022 are:
- Wizkid feat Tems & Justin Bieber – ‘Essence’
- Fireboy feat Ed Sheeran – ‘Peru’ remix
- CKay – ‘Love Nwantiti’
- Tems – ‘Free Mind’
- Burna Boy – ‘Last Last’
- Rema feat Selena Gomez – ‘Calm Down’
- Tems – ‘Higher’
- Pheelz feat BNXN – ‘Finesse’
- Burna Boy feat Ed Sheeran – ‘For My Hand’
- Tems feat Brent Faiyaz – ‘Found’
