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Barack Obama Shares 2022 Summer Playlist: Burna Boy, Tems, Pheelz, BNXN, and More

Barack Obama Summer Playlist 2022

The former president of the United States of America, Barack Obama, has dropped his famous annual summer playlist.

Barack Obama’s 2022 Summer Playlist features Nigeria’s Burna Boy, Tems, Pheelz and BNXN. The first African American president of USA posted the playlist on his official social media page yesterday, July 26, 2022, with the caption:

“Every year, I get excited to share my summer playlist because I learn about so many new artists from your replies—it’s an example of how music really can bring us all together. Here’s what I’ve been listening to this summer. What songs would you add?”

The playlist featured ‘Last Last’ by Burna Boy, ‘Vibe Out’ by Tems, ‘Finesse’ by Pheelz ft BNXN, and a host of other great songs.

This is not the first time we have witnessed the genre, Afrobeats on Barack Obama’s summer playlist, his 2019 playlist featured Rema’s ‘Iron Man‘ and Burna Boy’s ‘Anybody’.

This shows the love and support Barack has for Afrobeats. Music fans and enthusiasts will certainly expect to see the genre feature again on Barack Obama’s summer playlist.

Barack Obama’s 2022 Summer Playlist:

  1. Beyoncé: “Break My Soul”
  2. Tems: “Vibe Out”
  3. Harry Styles: “Music for a Sushi Restaurant”
  4. The Spinners: “Mighty Love”
  5. Joe Cocker: “Feelin’ Alright”
  6. Sampa the Great: “Energy” [ft. Nadeem Din-Gabisi]
  7. Rosalía: “Saoko”
  8. Lil Yachty: “Split/Whole Time”
  9. Prince: “Let’s Go Crazy”
  10. Maggie Rogers: “That’s Where I Am”
  11. Al Green: “I Can’t Get Next to You”
  12. Dr. John: “More Than You Know”
  13. Miles Davis: “Blue in Green”
  14. Burna Boy: “Last Last”
  15. Doechii: “Persuasive”
  16. Hope Tala: “Cherries” [ft. Aminé]
  17. Aretha Franklin: “Save Me”
  18. Lyle Lovett: “Nobody Knows Me”
  19. Bad Bunny & Bomba Estéreo: “Ojitos Lindos”
  20. Koffee: “Pull Up”
  21. Bruce Springsteen: “Dancing in the Dark”
  22. Wet Leg: “Angelica”
  23. Rakim: “When I B on Tha Mic”
  24. Drake: “Too Good” [ft. Rihanna]
  25. D’Angelo: “Spanish Joint”
  26. Nina Simone: “Do I Move You? (Version II)”
  27. Dave Brubeck: “Take Five”
  28. Pheelz ft Bnxn: “Finesse”
  29. Amber Mark: “Bliss”
  30. Jacob Banks: “Found”
  31. Caamp: “Apple Tree Blues”
  32. Otis Redding: “I’ve Been Loving You”
  33. Wyclef Jean: “Guantanamera” [ft. Ms. Lauryn Hill]
  34. Jack White: “I’m Shakin’”
  35. Big John Hamilton: “I Just Want to Thank You”
  36. Fatboy Slim: “Praise You”
  37. Dijon: “Many Times”
  38. The Foreign Exchange: “Better” [ft. Shana Tucker and Eric Roberson]
  39. Omar Apollo: “Tamagotchi”
  40. Maren Morris: “The Furthest Thing”
  41. The Internet: “Under Control”
  42. Kendrick Lamar: “Die Hard”
  43. Vince Staples & Mustard: “Magic”
  44. Kacey Musgraves: “Keep Lookin’ Up”

Stream ‘Barack Obama’s 2022 Summer Playlist’ below:


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