2nd Nigerian artist to hit the 100M views on YouTube "Yemi Alade"

By: Zina Patrick:
The video to her hit single, 'Johnny', released in 2014 has hit the 100M views mark on Youtube becoming only the second Nigerian artist to attain such a feat.

Yemi Alade performing at Born In Africa Festival 2018

Late in December 2018, Davido made history becoming the first Nigerian artist to hit the 100Mview mark on video streaming site, YouTube, with his video for 'Fall.'

Few months later, the video that for long was the most viewed African video, Yemi Alade's 'Johnny' has followed suit, achieving the landmark number of views on the site.

Yemi Alade shared her excitement at this feat on her Instagram page in a post on Sunday, January 27, 2019, where she thanked her fans for their support.

''THANK YOU - THANK YOU - THANK YOU. 100MILLIONVIEWS'', she captioned.

The singer also promised her fans that she will be ''putting in more work this year'' as she was encouraged by the support.

Other Nigerian videos that are close to hitting the landmark number include 'Pana' by Tekno, which has been viewed over 90M P-Square's 'Personally' with over 87M and Runtown's 'Mad Over You' with over 81M views.