February 11th 2024.
Willow Smith, the youngest daughter of the famous Smith family, has reached a major milestone in her music career. The 23-year-old singer has hit one billion streams on Spotify for her 2015 hit song "Wait a Minute!" This makes her the first member of her A-list family to achieve such a feat.
The song was released as the second and final single from her debut album "Ardipithecus." In celebration of her accomplishment, her father Will Smith, a well-known actor and rapper, shared a photo of her Spotify Artists profile on his Instagram. The photo proudly displays the 1 billion streams and counting for "Wait a Minute!"
"@willowsmith is the first person in the family to have a song with a BILLION streams," captioned the proud dad. Willow is his only daughter and the youngest of three children. She commented on her father's post with a simple "love u daddy" and a heart emoji.
Willow's older brother Jaden, also a musician, has not yet achieved this milestone. Will has another son, Trey, from his first marriage. With this achievement, Willow joins the ranks of other successful artists such as The Weeknd, Drake, Ariana Grande, and Taylor Swift in the famed "billions club," a playlist on Spotify that features songs that have crossed the significant finish line of one billion streams.
But this success should come as no surprise to fans, as music runs in the family. Will himself started his career as a rapper and even received the first-ever Grammy for Best Rap Performance in 1989 as part of rap duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince. He later went on to have a successful career as a solo artist.
Willow's mother, Jada Pinkett-Smith, is also no stranger to the music scene. In fact, her daughter's alt-rock style may have been influenced by her own experience as the lead singer of nu metal band Wicked Wisdom. And it seems that Jaden has taken after his father's footsteps, diving into the world of rap.
With 12.3 million monthly listeners on Spotify, Willow is proving to be a force to be reckoned with in the music industry. Her second biggest hit, "Meet Me At Our Spot" with The Anxiety and Tyler Cole, has reached over 500 million streams on its own. With these impressive numbers, Willow is well on her way to becoming a music super-star in her own right.
It is clear that music talent runs in this star-studded family, and Willow's accomplishment is just further proof of that. Congratulations to Willow on her amazing achievement!
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