Diamond Hits New Milestone in Africa
11 June 2020
By Paul A.
Tanzanian music star Diamond Platnumz has now become the only musician in Africa to attain one billion views on YouTube.
With over three million YouTube subscribers, Diamond has garnered over 1.03 billion views to date from video content.
Diamond has achieved the milestone with just a decade in the music industry, beating other big African names.
Notably, Diamond emerges top ahead of African stars like Davido who has about 543 million views, Wizkid with 792 million, and Burna Boy with 429 million views.
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Diamond has posted at least 600 videos featuring music, behind the scenes and tour performances.
An overview of Diamond’s YouTube channel shows that to date, one of his most successful songs is Lingala hit ‘Yope’ remix featuring Innos’ B with over 93 million views in just nine months.
Diamond’s high viewership on YouTube is due to the fact he sometimes posts more than one video version for a single song.
For example, with his ‘Jeje’ single has at least three video versions on YouTube.
Following the news, the Wasafi Classic employees on Wednesday surprised Diamond with a cake at his Dar es Salaam house.
Diamond appreciated his fellow musicians, management, and media houses for helping him achieve the new goal.
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