Social media users believe that the figures for Davido’s song Funds are not believable and have urged Apple Music to look into it.
An influencer named @benny77g has suggested that the activity on the song’s charts seems odd, claiming that bots are being used to boost the numbers, a practice known as Farming in Nigeria.
Benny had tweeted:
“DEAR @APPLEMUSIC, YOU REALLY NEED TO INVESTIGATE THE STREAMS COMING FROM NIGERIA. THERE IS A LOT OF STREAMS FARMING CURRENTLY GOING ON! .”
See Benny’s tweet here:
After seeing his tweet, Mr Eazi replied, stating that Nigerians are ‘active music fans’.
In the singer’s words:
“There is nothing like streaming farming in Nigeria Please! No need for investigations we are a vibrant music consuming people hence the numbers you see! #BuyNigeria #MNGA.”
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See some comments below:
@Rarelyyseen: “At first, na only Spotify him song dey #1, una say na because farming no dey work for Apple Music, na why e no dey #1 for there.”
@SammieOfficial8: “E Neva see anything 30BG aren’t leaving that position 😂 we dey stream like mad.”
@benny7gg: “You sef shock with the way the farming don too much.”
@dan_d26: “Wetin u Dey talk sef baba. Nothing like stream farming in Nigeria bawo , if una see truth make una Dey talk.”
@mafia3O: “Davido numbers will continue shocking them.”
@ozmoneyyy: “Sometimes a song with 2 million streams on Spotify is more viral than some 7 million streams why?”