FINAL LIST

Otile Brown's 'Dusuma' most watched on YouTube this year

A social media challenge drove it to surpass 10 million views in three months

In Summary

• He beat bongo stars in the list that was released by YouTube on Friday

Otile Brown
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Otile Brown song 'Dusuma' featuring Burundian's Meddy is the topmost watched video in Kenya on YouTube this year.

The song gained momentum after a social media challenge grew around it, leading it to surpass 10 million views in three months.

'Dine with the Murayas' Season 2 Episode six topped the list of most-watched non-music videos.

 
 

This was an episode around the disagreement between gospel singer Size 8 and her husband DJ Mo.

Rayvanny’s song ‘Teamo’ led to it becoming the second most-watched music video.

The love song was released at a time when Kenyans were preparing for this year’s Valentine's Day.

Harmonize’s gesture to play a song ‘Jeje’ by his former boss Diamond on a live DJ set lit the heart of Kenyans, making it the third most-watched music video. Sauti Sol is fourth in the list with their single ‘Suzanna’.

They released the song when they were in the headlines as they had just signed a deal with Universal Music Africa (UMA).

‘Gere’ by Tanasha Donna featuring Diamond Platnumz is the fifth most-watched music video. The song received over a million views in just 13 hours after release.

Femi One’s collaboration with Mejja ‘Utawezana’ is the sixth most-watched music video in 2020.

 
 

The song gained popularity after a video of content creator Azziad Nasenya dancing to it went viral, creating an online dance challenge among Kenyans.

The final list was released by YouTube on Friday.

Dusuma ( Doucement) featuring Meddy is the 2nd official video off of the Debut Album JUST IN LOVE by Otile Brown. Stream the audio exclusively on boomplay app - https://www.boomplaymusic.com/share/album/12689050?srModel=WHATSAPP&srList=ANDROID #justinlovealbum #OB #Meddy Video shot by Deska Torres Audio by Ihaji Executive produced by Boomplay and Otile Brown

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