Burna Boy, Arya Star, Headlines Obama’s 2022 Playlist

Former United States President, Barrack Obama has released the songs that made his year, and amidst loads of great musicians he vibed to across the globe, Nigerian artistes — Burna Boy, Rema, and Arya Star made the list.

The 44th President of the USA took to his official Twitter account to make his musical interests known, saying: “I always enjoy sharing my end-of-year music playlist with all of you — and this year we heard a lot of great songs. Here are some of my favorites.

“Are there any songs or artists I should check out?”

Burna’s global hit “Last Last” off his sixth studio album “Love, Damini,”  Ayra Star’s solo hit “Rush” and Rema’s “Calm Down” were the songs from Nigeria that made it into Obama’s list.

Here’s the full list of Barack Obama’s Favorite Music of 2022:

01 Kendrick Lamar: “The Heart Part 5”
02 Bad Bunny: “Tití Me Preguntó”
03 Ari Lennox: “POF”
04 Zach Bryan: “Something in the Orange”
05 Burna Boy: “Last Last”
06 Ethel Cain: “American Teenager”
07 Tank and the Bangas: “Communion in My Cup” [ft. the Ton3s]
08 Koffee: “Pull Up”
09 Rosalía: “Saoko”
10 Ayra Starr: “Rush”
11 Beyoncé: “Break My Soul”
12 SiR: “Life Is Good” [ft. Scribz Riley]
13 Maggie Rogers: “That’s Where I Am”
14 Leyla McCalla: “Dodinin”
15 Steve Lacy: “Sunshine” [ft. Fousheé]
16 Rema: “Calm Down”
17 Plains: “Problem With It”
18 Xavier Omär: “Feelings 4 You”
19 Danger Mouse and Black Thought: “Belize” [ft. MF DOOM]
20 Omar Apollo: “Tamagotchi”
21 Sudan Archives: “Home Maker”
22 NxWorries: “Where I Go” [ft. H.E.R.]
23 SZA: “Shirt”
24 Lizzo: “About Damn Time”
25 Adam Blackstone and Jazmine Sullivan: “‘Round Midnight”