Shakira and Burna Boy have reached another major milestone with their 2026 FIFA World Cup anthem \u201cDai Dai\u201d, which has now surpassed 1 billion streams on YouTube Music.<\/p>\n
The achievement adds to the extraordinary run enjoyed by the collaboration since its release. \u201cDai Dai\u201d has become one of the biggest songs associated with the 2026 FIFA World Cup, connecting Shakira\u2019s global pop appeal with Burna Boy\u2019s Afrobeats sound.<\/p>\n
The song has enjoyed exceptional momentum across digital platforms, helped by its association with the World Cup and the pair\u2019s high-profile performance during the tournament. Billboard previously reported that \u201cDai Dai\u201d experienced its biggest streaming day following the artists\u2019 World Cup performance.<\/p>\n
Its performance on YouTube has been particularly strong. The song recorded 117.8 million global YouTube Music views in a single tracking week, from July 31 through August 6, while topping the weekly YouTube Music charts in nine of the 15 markets monitored.<\/p>\n
\u201cDai Dai\u201d was released in May as the official song of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The collaboration marked another major international moment for Burna Boy, while giving Shakira another World Cup song following her previous involvement with football\u2019s biggest tournament.<\/p>\n
The song has also dominated global music charts, becoming a major international hit and further extending both artists\u2019 global reach. Its accompanying music video features appearances from some of football\u2019s biggest names, adding another layer of visibility to the record.<\/p>\n
Crossing the 1 billion mark on YouTube Music would make \u201cDai Dai\u201d another major streaming achievement for both artists and further demonstrate the enormous audience generated by the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n
With its continued performance across streaming platforms and global charts, \u201cDai Dai\u201d is proving to be more than a tournament anthem, it has become one of the defining global songs of 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Shakira and Burna Boy have reached another major milestone with their 2026 FIFA World Cup anthem \u201cDai Dai\u201d, which has now surpassed 1 billion streams on YouTube Music. The achievement adds to the extraordinary run enjoyed by the collaboration since its release. \u201cDai Dai\u201d has become one of the biggest songs associated with the 2026 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3946,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[160],"class_list":["post-3945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","author-urbanafrica"],"authors":[{"term_id":160,"user_id":2,"is_guest":0,"slug":"urbanafrica","display_name":"URBANAFRICA","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-FFB50F59-0D6C-491C-BACA-64123F72D056.jpg","url2x":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-FFB50F59-0D6C-491C-BACA-64123F72D056.jpg"},"author_category":"1","first_name":"Emmanuel","last_name":"I","user_url":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/","job_title":"","description":"Top journalist covering music, entertainment, arts, and culture, delivering breaking stories and deep insights that shape the global conversation."}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3947,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3945\/revisions\/3947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3945"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=3945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}