Nigerian singer Ahmed Ololade, popularly known as Asake has been crowned 2022 ‘Artiste of the Year’ by Audiomack, a music streaming platform.

In a statement according to the music streaming platform, the music star bagged the title because of his “wholesome preamble to songs and his calling card on a track”.

His debut album, ‘Mr Money with the Vibe’ was said to have amassed over 330 million streams on audiomack. The album made its debut at No. 66 on the Billboard 200 recording as the highest-charting debut album.

The music streaming platform Audiomack, is a youth-driven platform that allows artists and creators to upload limitless music and podcasts for listeners through its mobile apps and website.

This came a few days after Rolling Stone and the New York Times labelled the project part of the top albums of 2022.

Also the music star was recently nominated for the BBC Radio 1 Sound for 2023 award.