Kevin Bahati is in a celebratory mood after becoming the first Kenyan male artist to surpass the 3 million followers mark on IG.
Bahati took to his Instagram to celebrate his milestone while thanking his fans for the great support they have shown him in his music journey.
“First Male Musician in Kenya to Surpass the 3 Million Followers Mark on Instagram ??? Thank You to all of You Who Have Been Consistently Showing Me Love in My Music Journey… I LOVE YOU TOO,” the singer shared.
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This indeed is a milestone for Bahati since in this generation lots of followers in social media matter a lot. This is because more followers means you have the influence and companies love taking advantage of such opportunities to advertise their products.
So for Bahati, more followers means more endorsements and brand deals which then translates to more money.
Bahati is proving to be more successful each day that passes. He recently released a song featuring Prince Indah titled Adhiambo which garnered a million views on YouTube 2 days after it was released.
“1 million views in 2 days!!! Yaaaaassss…Congratulations babe @BAHATIKENYA and @PRINCEINDAH for a job well done. Fam we love you,” Bahati’s wife Diana shared on her Instagram account.
Some of his hits since ditching gospel music include as Wanani, missing you, mi amor and pete yangu.
Recently, Diana was also in jubilation after attaining 500K followers on her YouTube channel that was launched on August 19, 2019.
“It’s the winning season!!!! we are at 1.9million followers on IG yooooo! 500k subscribers on YouTube. The love is real. Thank you fam. Let’s keep winning”, Diana shared with her fans.
Aside from Bahati, other male artists in the most followed IG list include Nameless with 1.4 million followers, Sauti sol band with 2.1 millions followers and Willy Paul with 2.1 million followers.
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