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Baba Yilwa Spotify streams & play count

DJ Zinhle, DJ Lace, FunkTone, Thobani WhiteBaba Yilwa20264:52

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Spotify streams

15,796,430

Spotify's lifetime play count for this recording, read 3 Nov 2026, 16:20 UTC.

Last day
+72,833
since 2 Nov 2026
Popularity
68 / 100
Spotify's 0–100 score
Charting today
1 market

History

Play count history

3 readings from 1 Nov 2026 to 3 Nov 2026: +177,035 plays over 2 days. Each bar is the difference between two readings a day apart; a gap is a day without such a pair.

2 Nov 2026: +104,202 plays3 Nov 2026: +72,833 plays
Play count history: each daily reading of the lifetime count, newest first, and its change from the reading before it.
Day (UTC)Lifetime playsChange
15,796,430+72,833
15,723,597+104,202
15,619,395First reading

Spotify Charts

On the charts today

1 position across 1 market, from each market's latest chart in the store. Streams are the chart's own count for its day.

ChartRankStreams that day
South Africa Top 200#1044,127

Track details

Single
Baba Yilwa
Released
Track number
1
Duration
4:52
Explicit
No
Tempo
118 BPM
Language
ZU

Genres

  • House
  • Dance

Tempo, language, genres, moods and credits are the API's track insights, strongest first, read .

Credits

Main Artist
DJ Zinhle, DJ Lace, FunkTone, Thobani White
Composer
Ntokozo Biyela, Zinhle Jiyane, Mzokhona Gumbi
Author
Thobani White

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Frequently asked questions

How many streams does Baba Yilwa have on Spotify?

Baba Yilwa by DJ Zinhle, DJ Lace, FunkTone and Thobani White had 15,796,430 streams on Spotify as of 3 Nov 2026 (UTC), 72,833 more than at the reading a day earlier. The count is Spotify's own lifetime play count for this recording.

When was Baba Yilwa released?

3 Apr 2026, on the single Baba Yilwa.

Who wrote and produced Baba Yilwa?

Composers: Ntokozo Biyela, Zinhle Jiyane and Mzokhona Gumbi. Author: Thobani White.

What genre is Baba Yilwa?

The API's track insights tag it House and Dance, strongest first.

What is the tempo of Baba Yilwa?

118 BPM, from the API's track insights.