Sezairi’s “It’s You” Broke Record With 100M Streams On Spotify And 63M Views On YouTube
Singapore Idol, Sezairi Sazali, hit 100 million streams for his song titled “It’s you” on Spotify. He’s the first homegrown artist to have ever achieved this feat.
Source: Instagram, @sezairi
It’s You” is a ballad from his Undertones EP. The song is the first to hit platinum digitally 6 times across Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.
“I am incredibly thankful to everyone who has supported my music since day one. Crossing the 100 million mark is a dream come true for any artist and I am humbled by the love I’ve received,” – Sezairi in a press statement
He mentioned that the song was written with the thought of being a better human being, lover and a husband.
Fellow artistes like Benjamin Kheng and Gentle Bones congratulated him on the milestone achieved.
Alif Satar and Imran Ajmain shared their happiness.
Sezairi also said that knowing the song resonates with his fans restored his faith in music and humanity.
“Music is healing and writing music for the past 15 years has made me painfully aware of my own brokenness. Through it all, I’ve learnt the validation I was seeking was always here, within.”
But perhaps the sweetest message of all came from his wife.
Spotify has a playlist of the artists who’ve hit 100 million streams in the past two years and a local singer achieving that is no mean feat.
Congratulations Sezairi. May this be the first milestone of many to come.
Reporter’s Opinions: Looking through the playlist of 100M streams makes me proud of Sezairi for achieving such a feat.
Let this achievement be one that inspires other local artists to create songs from the heart. It goes to show that ballads will always strike a chord in people’s hearts.
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