“I am so happy… shoutout to the people who opened the doors for me. Big shoutout to Fela who started Afrobeats in the first place. 2Baba, Don Jazzy, D’Banj, D Prince, Runtown, Timaya, Wizkid, Burna Boy, Davido.”
“And I want to give a huge shoutout to the new generation of
.
@wizkidayo
’s “Bad To Me” sets a new record for the biggest first-day streams (complete 24 hours only) for any song ever on Spotify Nigeria
It tallied 182,630 streams on Spotify NG in its first complete day of availability— breaking the previous record of Asake’s “Terminator”
.
@wizkidayo
’s More Love, Less Ego sets a new record for the best first-day stream/track rate on Spotify in Nigeria
It averaged 93,240 streams/track on Spotify in its first day— surpassing previous record held by Mr Money With The Vibe on the platform
.
@davido
earns three nominations at the 2024
#GRAMMYs
award;
— “FEEL” for Best Global Music Performance
— “UNAVAILABLE” for Best African Performance
— ‘Timeless’ for Best Global Album
.
@wizkidayo
’s “Bad To Me” sets a new record for the biggest debut ever on radio in Nigeria
The song, released on an unconventional date (Wednesday, Sept 14), tallied 61 million in radio airplay impressions in its first seven days— setting a new record for the biggest debut week
.
@davido
sets a new record for the all-time biggest tally by any artiste on YouTube Nigeria in a week
The artiste tallied 4.62 million views on YouTube Nigeria during the week of March 31 — April 6; surpassing the previous record of 4.08M views by Burna Boy (July 8 — 14, 2022)
.
@wizkidayo
’s More Love, Less Ego is set for one of the biggest album debuts of 2022
Additionally, the artiste is aiming to become the first to hold the
#1
song,
#1
album and occupy
#1
position on the Artiste Top 100 next week— an unprecedented triple-threat of No. 1s in Nigeria
.
@davido
ended as the
#1
overall artiste in 2021
— Over 5.12 billion in radio impressions (
#1
on radio)
— over 1.17 billion in TV impressions (
#1
on TV)
— 212 million equivalent streams (
#3
on freemium streaming)
See Top 50 2021 here
.
@burnaboy
and
@temsbaby
are nominated at the 2023 Grammys Award in the Global Music and Rap categories respectively
— Burna Boy (2 nominations)
— Tems (2 nominations)
.
@wizkidayo
thrills a sold-out and hyped Madison Square Garden to classics, music from new album and evergreen hits
The superstar headlined the iconic arena in New York last night
.
@wizkidayo
shares the tracklist for his fifth studio album— More Love, Less Ego 💿
The 13-track album features Ayra Starr, Skillibeng, Shenseea, Naira Marley, Skepta and Don Tolliver
MLLE drops on Friday 11/11 🔥
.
@davido
’s ‘Timeless’ spends an eighth consecutive week at No. 1 on the Official Top 50 Albums Chart in Nigeria
It is the first album to spend its first two months at No. 1 on the albums chart in the country
See full chart here
Here is how
@davido
dominated the year on YouTube 💫
The artiste started the year at No. 1 and ended the year with record number of total views from Nigeria, breaking his own record from the previous year✨
Top Artistes on YouTube NG this week (week of Nov 27 — Dec 3)
Davido — 618,000 views
Olamide — 448,000 views
Laycon — 423,000 views
Wizkid — 391,000 views
Omah Lay — 329,000 views
How
@asakemusik
scored the greatest breakout year Nigeria has ever seen
— Most
#1
songs in Nigeria (6)
— Most
#1
songs on streaming chart
— Most
#1
songs on radio chart
— Official
#1
Album of 2022
— Official
#1
Artiste of 2022
See full story here
.
@seyi_vibez
is the most-streamed artiste of January 2023 in Nigeria
The artiste tallied over 58 million on-demand streams across all platforms during the period of December 30, 2022 — January 26, 2023
See weekly streaming chart here
.
@Olamide
and
@wizkidayo
are once again tied for most wins in the Headies award history
Both artistes have picked up an award tonight at
#the15thHeadies
, making it their eleventh each in total
As part of the Independence Day, Apple Music has shared the all-time top ten list for albums, artiste, songs and Shazam
This list covers global performance of music by Nigerian artistes
.
@davido
’s ‘Timeless’ breaks the record for the all-time biggest first day streams for any album on Boomplay Nigeria
The 17-track album tallied 7.25 million streams on its first day of release— surpassing the previous record of 3.38M by Burna Boy’s ‘Love, Damini’ (July 8, 2022)
.
@wizkidayo
’s “Bad To Me” on daily charts of streaming platforms in Nigeria;
#1
on Apple Music
#1
on Audiomack
#1
on Boomplay
#1
on Deezer
#1
on Spotify
The song has two versions on the daily chart of YouTube Nigeria at No. 4 and No. 6 respectively
.
@boypee__
,
@hyce_thegreat
,
@iambrownjoel
and
@davido
’s “Ogechi (Remix)” rebounds to its No. 1 peak on this week’s Official Nigeria Top 100
It tallied 3.3 million on-demand streams (
#1
on streaming) and 38 million in radio impressions (
#3
on radio)
See full chart here
.
@iambrownjoel
,
@boypee__
,
@hycethegreat
, and
@davido
’s “Ogechi (Remix)” ascends to No. 1 on this week’s Official Nigeria Top 100
It tallied 6.76 million on-demand streams (
#1
on streaming) and 49.3 million in radio impressions (
#1
on radio)
See full chart here
.
@KizzDaniel
’s “Twe Twe (Remix)” with
@davido
is aiming for the biggest week ever on radio for any single in history
It is aiming to become the first song to record over 100 million airplay impressions in a week (Jan 26 — Feb 1)
.
@wizkidayo
’s More Love, Less Ego drops next month — October 29, 2022 💿
It will be the artiste’s follow-up to 2020 Made in Lagos— and the shortest span between albums 🔥
Here is how
@davido
became the
#1
artiste on YouTube Nigeria in Q1 2022
The artiste has emerged the No. 1 artiste on YouTube NG in every quarter since Q3 of 2020 (except Q3 2021), leading for six quarters on the platform
Q3 2020
Q4 2020
Q1 2021
Q2 2021
Q4 2021
Q1 2022
Exclusive:
@asakemusik
’s Mr Money With The Vibe records the biggest debut week for any album in Apple Music Nigeria history 💫
It also recorded the biggest opening day for any album on the platform
.
@burnaboy
is the most-streamed Nigerian artiste of all-time on Apple Music
The all-time list was revealed by Apple Music as part of a celebration of 2022 Independence Day
.
@wizkidayo
’s Apple Music Live: Wizkid enters the top 20 of the Apple Music Nigeria Top Albums
The album contains 8 songs off the More Love, Less Ego including fan favorite “Frames (Who’s Gonna Know),”
@ayrastarr
-featured “2 Sugar” and top 10 songs “Bad To Me” & “Money & Love”
Only
@adekunleGOLD
and
@SympLySimi
have won in the Songwriter of the Year category at the Headies Award 🏆
— 2020: Simi (for “Duduke”)
— 2022: Adekunle Gold (for “Sinner”)
1 —
@davido
remains the only to at least to have had at least one No. 1 song in every calendar year since the launch of the singles chart in Nigeria
2023 in Numbers: a rundown of 23 events in Nigerian music during the year of 2023
.
@davido
’s ‘Timeless’ has broken the record for the biggest debut week by any on Boomplay Nigeria
The album has tallied over 22 million streams on the platform after four days of release surpassing the previous record of 18.8 million streams by Love, Damini (July 8 — 14, 2022)
As part of TurnTable Magazine vol 004;
@davido
talks about DMW 2.0 artistes
@morravey
&
@logosolori
, branching into fashion and arts, working with Dammy Twitch to create short films and more
Watch full video here
Did you know
@davido
and
@iamdbanj
are the only artistes to win the Song of the Year award multiple times?
— Davido; Aye (2014), IF (2018)
— D’banj: Why Me (2007), Oliver Twist (2012)
.
@burnaboy
is the all-time most-streamed Nigerian artiste on these platforms across the world
#1
Apple Music
#1
Audiomack
#1
Boomplay
#1
Spotify
#1
YouTube
.
@BNXN
’s Bad Since ‘97 records the biggest first-day streams ever by any EP on Spotify NG— & sixth overall
Also, Bad Since ‘97 has the second best stream/track rate of any project in its first day with an average of 42.3k stream per song: only Burna Boy’s Love, Damini had higher
Official:
@asakemusik
’s ‘Work of Art’ has surpassed Davido’s ‘Timeless’ as the most-streamed album in Nigeria of 2023 till date
The official figures will be revealed next week
Three years ago,
@davido
released his comeback single “FEM”
“FEM” debuted at No. 1 on all weekly charts and No. 1 on every single platform in the country— an unprecedented clean sweep that is yet to repeated till date
.
@wizkidayo
’s Made in Lagos is the most-streamed Nigerian album of all-time on Apple Music
The all-time list was revealed by Apple Music as part of a celebration of 2022 Independence Day
.
@asakemusik
’s ‘Lungu Boy’ tallied 5.86 million streams on Spotify Nigeria in its opening day
It sets a new all-time record for the biggest first day for any album in the platform history— breaking the previous record of
@davido
’s ‘Timeless’ (4.91M)
.
@fireboydml
and
@asakemusik
presented with plaques for their
#1
singles “Bandana” and “Peace Be Unto You” respectively
“Bandana” has spent 5 consecutive weeks as the No. 1 song in the country while “PBUY” became the first song to reach No. 1 on the
#TurnTableNigeriaTop100
.
@davido
addresses concerns ahead of his upcoming ‘Timeless’ concert at TBS, Lagos 🏟
The artiste also offers fans a look into what to expect during the show
.
@burnaboy
is the most nominated Nigerian artiste at the 2024
#GRAMMYs
— Best Melodic Rap Performance
— Best Global Music Album
— Best Global Music Performance
— Best African Music Performance
.
@BlaqBonez
presented with his plaque for the No. 1 Hip-Hop/Rap Album in Nigeria during the week of October 28 — November 3
‘Young Preacher’ launched at No. 1 on the weekly Hip-Hop/Rap Albums chart in Nigeria
.
@davido
curates a playlist on Spotify titled ‘Timeless Afro’
The playlist includes songs by Ckay, Joeboy, Paul Play, Wande Coal, Wizkid, Runtown, Mayorkun, Rema, Fela Kuti and more
Listen here:
.
@BNXN
’s Bad Since ‘97 records the biggest debut week ever by any EP on Spotify Nigeria
Bad Since ‘97 tallied 1.03 million streams on the platform during its debut week of August 25 — August 31
The previous record was held Victony’s Outlaw EP with 453,000 streams
.
@burnaboy
with multiple
@TCSNOfficial
plaques for streaming units in Nigeria 💿
Burna Boy received 11 plaques — a historic figure — encompassing his singles, featured songs and albums
His 2022 album ‘Love, Damini’ is awarded a 5X Platinum plaque, making it the highest
.
@BellaShmurda
’s Hypertension recorded 780,000 streams on Spotify Nigeria in its debut week of October 26 — November 1
It is the eighth biggest debut week of any album in 2022— behind album debuts by Burna Boy, Asake, Fireboy DML, Rema, Omah Lay, BNXN and Kendrick Lamar
.
@BlaqBonez
&
@JAE5_
’s “Back in Uni” is No. 1 on the daily Top Songs chart on Spotify Nigeria (Fri, Oct 7)
The song tallied 41,200 streams on the platform in Nigeria as it replaces Asake’s “Terminator” at No. 1 on the daily chart
.
@wizkidayo
’s “Bad To Me” has earned 6.03 million on-demand streams in Nigeria in its first nine days of release
This is based on weighted streams across all paid and freemium DSPs in the country