Nigerian music star,Ayodeji Balogun, Wizkid, with his new single “Smile” featuring American Grammy Winner,H.E.R made the former U.S. president’s Obama 2020 summer playlist.
Obama in continuation of his annual tradition of sharing his summer playlist with musicians including Beyoncé, Billie Eilish and performers set to take the Democratic National Convention stage this week.
Obama on Monday tweeted the list to his followers featuring more than 50 songs.
“Over the past few months, I’ve spent a lot of time listening to music with my family,” he wrote on Twitter. “I wanted to share some of my favorites from the summer-including songs from some of the artists at this week’s @DemConvention. Hope you enjoy it.”
Over the past few months, I’ve spent a lot of time listening to music with my family. I wanted to share some of my favorites from the summer—including songs from some of the artists at this week’s @DemConvention. Hope you enjoy it. pic.twitter.com/2ZFwdN46jR
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 17, 2020
The list features a range of genres, from hip-hop to country to pop and rock.It also include upcoming Nigerian-American rapper, Chika,with her uplifting single, “Crown”.
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American RnB superstar, Beyoncé, also made the list with “Already” from her new visual album, “Black is King.”
Others in the collection are Rihanna, Bob Marley, OutKast, Nas, J. Cole, Nina Simone and Frank Ocean among others.
Eilish, Leon Bridges, The Chicks, Common and Jennifer Hudson, who also made the list, were scheduled to perform at the ongoing National Convention of the Democratic Party.
Mavin Records singer, Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, made the Obama playlist in 2019 with his hit single “Dumebi”.