Grammy award-winning artiste, Ayodeji Balogun, popularly
known as Wizkid, has received a Recording Industry Association of America,
RIAA, gold certification for his hit song, Essence.
Featuring Tems, Essence was released in October 2020 as the
11th song on Made in Lagos, Wizkid’s fourth studio album.
Reacting, the singer, while receiving the certification
alongside Tems in the US, thanked his fans for their constant support.
He also congratulated Tems, adding that she is a superstar
and the world needs to hear her more.
”I love you baby girl you are special and you are a
superstar. This is your time and moment and the world needs to hear this
because it is special to me.
”We have a Platinum record and I just want to say thank you
to everyone involved in this from Tems to the producers, Legendary beats, these
are my brothers from way back. I want to say we made a good beat.
”Thanks to the whole team from believing in the dreams from
early, to my fans I appreciate you all and I pray God bless you all,” he said.
In 2020, Wizkid became the first African artiste to be
certified gold in the United States, after 500,000 units of Come Closer were
sold.
Essence becomes his second to be certified this year after
his 2017 song, Come Closer, featuring Canadian rapper, Drake, was certified
platinum and gold in the UK and Australia respectively in April.
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