Nigerian singer, Jaywon has claimed that both Nigerian gospel and Afrobeats artists are copying the template of his 2012 hit song, ‘This Year.’ He made the claim while slamming Billboard for excluding the song from its Best Afrobeats Songs of All-Time list.
Jaywon argued on his x handle, saying that no song on the list has more cultural impact than his hit song, further writing that his song ‘This Year’, had more viral moments and cultural impact than some tracks Billboard decided to rank.”
However, news men reported that ‘African Queen’ by 2Face topped Billboard’s recently released Top 50 Best Afrobeats Songs of All-Time list, while Wizkid’s ‘Ojuelegba’, Flavour’s ‘Nwa Baby’, Rema’s ‘Calm Down’ and CKay’s ‘Love Nwantiti’ complete the top 5.