Football star Cristiano Ronaldo shares a video on Instagram with Asake’s hit track ‘Active’ playing in the background. Check out the viral post and fan reactions.
The latest hit song “Active” by Nigerian artist Asake was playing in the background of a video posted on Instagram by Portuguese football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, creating yet another buzz on social media.
Thanks to the football legend, the track from Asake’s latest album Lungu Boy has rapidly gained worldwide attention.
In less than four hours, a post shared on Wednesday quickly went viral and garnered 18.7 million views, 1.2 million likes, and over 20,000 comments.
Ronaldo has had prior experience with Afrobeats, as evidenced by his March 2023 Instagram post featuring a video of his three children dancing to “Calm Down” by Rema – one of Nigeria’s beloved artists. This further attests to the football superstar’s admiration for this musical style.
Having a massive 639 million followers, Ronaldo is the biggest Instagram influencer ever. He recently leveraged Asake’s popular music to advertise fresh content on his rapidly-expanding YouTube channel.
Within a mere three hours, the video uploaded on YouTube received more than 313,000 views and 90,000 likes.
Since its launch on August 21, Ronaldo’s YouTube channel has rapidly gained popularity as it offers fans an exclusive peek into his personal life through family moments and interviews with notable figures.
In a record-breaking feat, his channel garnered one million subscribers in only 90 minutes—the quickest ever achievement of such milestone. Moreover, within a day’s time he broke another record when the number of his subscribers skyrocketed to ten million.
In a little over two months, Ronaldo has seen his YouTube followers skyrocket to more than 62 million subscribers, solidifying his place among the platform’s most rapidly expanding luminaries.
His global influence and the increasing popularity of Afrobeats music worldwide are further augmented by his latest post featuring Asake’s track.
By making this latest move, Ronaldo further cements his position as a worldwide role model. His influence has extended beyond just sports to entertainment and social media spheres, bolstering the careers of Nigerian artists such as Asake significantly.
