- Asake’s Active tops the list of Nigerian songs with biggest debut on Spotify Global
- This is coming two days after its release on August 6
- Burna Boy, Rema, Omah Lay also make the list with their songs
Asake’s recently released track Active featuring Travis Scott is already topping the charts as the biggest Nigerian debut on Spotify Global.
With this entry of his new track, Asake leaves no doubt on his record-breaking abilities as one of Nigeria’s biggest Afrobeats singers.
Asake’s Active made his new debut entry with 1.56 million streams replacing Omah Lay’s previous record of 1.53 million streams.
Asake and Travis Scott
In a data released on August 8, by 49th Street, the Fuji and Amapiano-styled production artiste lead the top 5 list of Nigerian songs with the biggest debut on Spotify Global.
Gathering a total of 1.31 million streams, Burna Boy ranked third position and 5th position with his 1.14 million streams on City Boys.
Rema’s feature with Selena Gomez on Calm Down ranked 4th with a total of 1.25 million streams.
Meanwhile, from the list, one can see that while other artistes had international features on their songs, Burna Boy’s entry with Higher and City Boys had none.
Top 5 Nigerian songs with the biggest debut on Spotify
- Asake & Travis Scott - Active (1.56M)
- Omah Lay & Justin Bieber - Attention (1.53M)
- Burna Boy - Higher (1.31M)
- Rema & Selena Gomez - Calm Down (1.25M)
- Burna Boy - City Boys (1.14M)
Reactions to top 5 Nigerian debut songs on Spotify Global
Monitoring the comment section, TheRadar compiled a few comments on what they thought about the top 5 Nigerian songs with the biggest debut on Spotify.
@AniOlua said, “Burna boy is so Him.
Needed no collaboration to grab two spots.”
@Starmuyi said, “Burnaboy doing it twice & with no international global artiste like the other three.”
@another1nft wrote, “Calm Down was just 1.2 but went on to be the biggest all-time Afrobeats song. That's crazy.”
@Thisisgodswill said, “Asake & Travis—that was fast!”
@Zaraice50 said, “Nawa oo all these twitter influencers just Dey post different stats. Una nor Dey confirm something before una post?”
@LynxTeejay said, “Song has not dropped for 5 mins and your rating already?”
@BunduforAfrika1 commented, “Burna single-handedly pulled numbers without tapping into the audience of other artists. Asake, Rema and Omah Lay are getting there soon.”
Asake releases ‘Active’ featuring Travis Scott off Lungu Boy, netizens share mixed feelings
TheRadar earlier reported that with barely two days left until the release of his third album, Lungu Boy, Afrobeats singer Ahmed Ololade, Asake dropped a single Active, one of his most anticipated tracks.
The single, which served as an appetiser to the full meal, was a collaboration between the Afrobeats singer and popular American rapper Travis Scott.
