{"id":6022,"date":"2022-04-19T21:33:10","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T21:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/?p=6022"},"modified":"2022-04-19T21:33:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-19T21:33:12","slug":"nigeria-rated-2nd-with-most-musical-streams-on-spotify-after-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/04\/19\/nigeria-rated-2nd-with-most-musical-streams-on-spotify-after-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria rated 2nd with most musical streams on Spotify after Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okumu, who said that the study was carried out by Spotify, added that Kenya ranked the third. 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