Azonto (Wizkid song)

"Azonto"
Single by Wizkid
Released28 January 2012[1]
Recorded2012
GenreAfrobeats
Length2:38
Label
Songwriter(s)Ayodeji Balogun
Producer(s)Legendury Beatz
Wizkid singles chronology
"Where You Dey"
(2012) 		"Azonto"
(2012) 		"No Fronting"
(2012)
Music video
"Azonto" on YouTube

"Azonto" is a song by Nigerian singer Wizkid. It was produced by the record producing and songwriting duo Legendury Beatz, and was officially released on 28 January 2012. The song helped popularize Azonto, a Ghanaian music genre and dance, and peaked at number nineteen on the Afribiz Top 100 chart.[2] Wizkid performed "Azonto" at Chris Brown's Lagos concert, which occurred at the Eko Hotel and Suites.[3] Chris Brown talked about the dance on 106 & Park and thanked Wizkid for teaching him.[4]

  1. ^ "Wizkid – Azonto (Freestyle)". Notjustok. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Afribiz Charts -Top 100". Afribiz. Archived from the original on 20 August 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
  3. ^ "WOW! Watch the Video of Chris Brown on Stage at his Lagos Concert in HD". BellaNaija. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  4. ^ "WTF: Chris Brown Talks About AZONTO On BET, But He Says The Dance Is A Nigerian Thing…". GhanaCelebrities. Retrieved 17 July 2013.