- Asake's album Lungu Boy sets new record 5.8M streams as the top biggest first-day album streams of all time
- Burna Boy, Davido, and 19 others make the list setting previous records at their time on Spotify Nigeria
- TheRadar compiled the full list of the biggest first-day album streams of all time on Spotify Nigeria
Nigerian Afrobeats artistes are not slowing down in topping charts—it keeps getting better and better.
The first day of a music project for most A-list artiste is usually the most significant, an arguably fact. This is because of the anticipation that the project would have built among fans prior its release.
See it like the world is patiently waiting, expectations are restless and hearts pumping to experience the music of their favourite artiste.
The anticipation builds even more when a track is released off the album and fans are in awe of what the album has in store for them.
With the albums released so far, one can agree that 2024 should be tagged ‘the album year.’ Considering numerous emerging and established artistes dropping their music projects, fans seems to have more than enough to savor on yet more are still underway.
Based on a recent compilation by TurnTable Charts, on August 10, TheRadar highlights the biggest first-day streams of all time on Spotify Nigeria.
Biggest first-day streams by albums on Spotify Nigeria
- Asake - ‘Lungu Boy’ —5.88M
- Davido - ‘Timeless’ — 4.91M
- Burna Boy - ‘I Told Them’ — 2.93M
- Rema - ‘HEIS’ — 2.71M
- Asake - ‘Work Of Art’ — 2.27M
- Wizkid - S2 (EP) — 2.08M
- Olamide - ‘Ikigai — 1.86M
- Olamide - ‘Unruly’ — 1.81M
- Shallipopi - ‘Shakespopi’ — 1.59M
- Burna Boy - ‘Love, Damini’ — 1.36M
- Ayra Star - ‘The Year I Turned 21’ — 1.27M
- Wizkid - ‘More Love, Less Ego’ — 1.21M
- BNXN - ‘Sincerely, Benson’ — 1.17M
- Odumodu Blvck - ‘EZIOKWU’ — 1.09M
- Odumodu Blvck - ‘EZIOKWU (UNCUT)’ — 1.05M
- Tems - ‘Born in the Wild’ 1.03M
- Asake - ‘Mr. Money With The Vibe’ — 992k
- Shallipopi - ‘Presido La Pluto’ — 978K
- Seyi Vibes - ‘NAHAMciaga’ -EP — 953K
- Rema - ‘RAVAGE’ -EP — 884K
- Young John - ‘Jiggy Forever’ — 860K
2024: 7 Albums with biggest first-week streams on Spotify Nigeria
TheRadar reported earlier that Rema’s ‘HEIS’ emerged as the album with the highest first-week streams in 2024 with 12.3 million, setting a new record on Spotify Nigeria
Using the latest ranking released by TurnTableCharts on July 18, TheRadar compiled the seven biggest first-week opening album streams for 2024 so far.
