African artist and their total career certified sales on riaa site [
@RIAA
]
1️⃣Wizkid - 18m🇳🇬
2️⃣Tems - 8.5m🇳🇬
3️⃣Ckay - 8m🇳🇬
4️⃣Rema - 3.6m🇳🇬
5️⃣Burna Boy - 2.5m🇳🇬
6️⃣Davido - 1.5m🇳🇬
7️⃣Amaarae - 1m🇬🇭
8️⃣Hugh Masekela - 500k🇿🇦
9️⃣Ayo Jay - 500k🇳🇬
🔟Korede Bello - 500k🇳🇬
Nigerian artists with certified album in the UK 🇬🇧
1️⃣
@burnaboy
- [ African Giant, I Told Them, Love Damini] 📀💿📀
2️⃣
@wizkidayo
- [Made In Lagos] 📀
3️⃣
@asakemusik
- [Mr Money With The Vibes] 💿
Nigerian artists with over 2 Billion career streams on Spotify 🇳🇬
Wizkid - 7B
Burna Boy - 6B
Rema - 3.5B
Tems - 2.5B
Ckay - 2B
Davido - 2B 🆕
— Davido just surpassed 2 Billion career streams & he’s the 6th most streamed.
African artists that reached
#1
on Billboard Hot100
Hugh Masekela - Grazing In The Grass (1968) 🇿🇦
Wizkid - One dance feat. Wizkid & Kyla (2016)🇳🇬
Tems - Wait For U feat. Tems & Drake (2022) 🇳🇬
Wizkid’s “Made in Lagos” has never left the Top 10 of the NG iTunes Albums chart since release.
— Over 192 Weeks spent in the Top 10, more than any other album this decade.
African songs that garnered over 𝟏 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 daily streams on Spotify in 2024
.
@ayrastarr
x Rauw x Rvssian - SANTA
.
@Tyllaaaaaaa
feat Skillibeng - JUMP
.
@temsbaby
- Love Me Jeje
.
@asakemusik
x Central Cee - Wave 🆕
"Made In Lagos: Deluxe Edition" by
@wizkidayo
has been on the Spotify Top Albums Nigeria the longest, at 117 weeks straight. 🇳🇬🦅
—It’s the longest charting album on the chart.
Nigerian albums that debuted on UK official chart in 2024 🇬🇧
#25
.
@temsbaby
— Born In The Wild 🆕
#80
.
@ayrastarr
— The Year I Turned 21
— First entry on the chart for both artists.
Only two African albums has spent over 100 weeks on Billboard World Albums 🇺🇸
1️⃣
@wizkidayo
— Made In Lagos ( 137 Weeks)
2️⃣
@heisrema
— Rave & Roses (100 Weeks)
.
@temsbaby
wins the Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award for “Me & U” at the 2024
#BETAwards
It is her 4th career win at the ceremony. She now ties
@wizkidayo
and
@burnaboy
as the most awarded Nigerian acts in BET history.
.
@temsbaby
’ ‘Born in the Wild’ debuted at
#68
on the AFP Portuguese Album Top 200 chart 🇵🇹
— It is the first Nigerian female album to appear on the chart.
.
@temsbaby
“Born In The Wild” chart performance
#22
Swiss Album chart 🇨🇭
#25
UK Album chart 🇬🇧
#28
Dutch Album chart 🇳🇱
#56
Billboard 200 chart 🇺🇸
#74
French Album chart (SNEP) 🇫🇷
.
@temsbaby
“Born In The Wild” now reach
#1
on NG Apple Music 🇳🇬
For Broken Ears (2020)
If Orange was a Place (2021)
Born in the Wild (2024) 🆕
— All her projects peaked
#1
on the chart.