Nathaniel Bassey becomes first African gospel artiste to surpass one billion YouTube views

Nigerian gospel singer and pastor, Nathaniel Bassey, has become the first African to hit one billion views on YouTube.

Statistics by his channel, Nathaniel Bassey Main, disclosed that the music minister has recorded 1,014,544,577 views and 5.24 million YouTube subscribers since its creation in 2011.

Nathaniel Bassey's channel, powered by worship songs like Imela, You Are God, Onise lyanu and his popular online music and prayer movement, Halleluyah Challenge, surpassed the historic milestone over the weekend.

The development came after the just concluded October 5 to 30, 2026, edition of Halleluyah Challenge. The movement was founded in 2017.

The achievement has generated excitement on social media especially among his followers who took to his page to congratulate him.

Nathaniel Bassey becomes first African gospel artiste to surpass one billion YouTube views