WHAT IT IS: Growing up between Cameroon and Minnesota, 22-year-old Libianca has melded the sounds of her childhood to create her own Afro-pop-leaning music. The singer-songwriter dropped her breakout global hit, “People,” last November and its video at the top of the year via 5K Records/Sony Music U.K./RCA. Since its release, “People” has garnered 50m+ streams globally across platforms; at presstime, it’s #72 on Spotify’s Global chart and has spent eight days at #1 on the Daily Viral Songs Global chart. It’s also #2 on the U.S Afrobeats Songs chart and boasts 812k TikTok creations. More new music is on the way.
SINGLE: “People”
INTERNET: 8.5m+ monthly Spotify listeners, (5.8m+ new listeners in the past two weeks); #3 iTunes Nigeria; #15 Shazam Global chart, #29 U.S.; 174k+ Instagram followers (+121k in two weeks); 812k+ TikTok creations on “People,” 224m+ views; 1.4m+ YouTube views since video premiered (1/19); added to over 7k Spotify playlists (Today’s Top Hits, Pop Rising, Viral Hits) and 120 Apple Music playlists (Today’s Hits, A-List Pop, Viral Hits), more
PRESS: Rolling Stone, Okayafrica, Entertainment Tonight, American Songwriter, Hip Hop Wired, more