Year-end list season is here, and Nigeria has a seat at the table. Apple Music published its Best Songs of 2026 list on Friday 6 November, tracks it says shaped the global scene this year, and five songs by Nigerian acts made the cut.

The Nigerian songs on the list

• Wizkid, Rvssian & Rauw Alejandro – ‘PONGO’: a three-way link with the Jamaican producer and the Puerto Rican singer.
• Wizkid & Asake – ‘Jogodo’
• Tems – ‘What You Need’
• BNXN & Sarz – ‘Back Outside’
• Victony – ‘SLICK’

That makes Wizkid the most-featured Nigerian artist on the list, with two entries. The list isn’t ranked, so there are no positions to compare.

It caps a big year for these records. ‘What You Need’ set a Billboard Hot 100 record for a solo African artist (see our earlier post), and Victony’s ‘SLICK’ got a remix with Summer Walker and Don Toliver in October (read more).

Which of these is your song of the year? Let us know.

Source: NotJustOk (also DancehallMag)