- Afrobeats artiste Ololade Ahmed known as Asake released his third studio album, Lungu Boy on August 9
- Asake’s Lungu Boy has and is still topping charts in barely a week
- TheRadar compiled 15 milestones achieved by Asake’s third studio album so far
Four days after Lungu Boy’s release, Afrobeats singer, Asake is on a charting spree locally and internationally.
The Fuji and Amapiano fusion singer has once again proven his record-breaking skills, which was never in doubt.
Across streaming platforms, the 29-year-old artiste, who studied theatre arts at Obafemi Awolowo University, leaves a remarkable presence that is not only recognised but setting new records.
Lungu Boy is Asake’s third studio 15-track album, a follow-up of his sophomore project, Work of Art. Released under the YBNL Nation and Empire Distribution, it features Wizkid, Travis Scott, Central Cee, Stormzy and Ludmilla appearances.
Here, TheRadar through the monitoring of Spotify, social media and artiste milestones, compiled a list of milestones and records achieved by Asake’s Lungu Boy so far.
15 milestones achieved by Asake’s Lungu Boy album
- Asake's 'Lungu Boy' ties as the highest charting album by an African artist in US Apple Music history (#2 peak)
- 5.88M streams on Spotify NG on the first Opening Day (Highest Record ever)
- 870K streams on MMS on Spotify NG (Highest Record ever)
- Active off the album became the biggest Nigerian debut on Spotify Global
- Reached #1 Peak on UK Apple Music Albums Chart
- Reached #2 Peak on US Apple Music Albums Chart
- #1 in 23 countries
- Charted in 100+ countries
- Simultaneously reached #1 on Apple Music NG and iTunes
- Amassed over 20M streams on Audiomack
- Dominates Top 15 on Spotify NG and Apple Music NG Top Songs Chart
- Ranked at number 6 on Spotify Nigeria's top 10 albums
- Lungu Boy tallied 3.03 million streams and counting on Spotify Nigeria in its second day of release to become the biggest second-day streams for any album in 2024
- Lungu Boy’ recorded 1.7 million streams and counting on Boomplay Nigeria on its first day of release—the highest record for an album in 2024.
- Asake’s “Lungu Boy” is a Boomplay #1 from completing a clean sweep.
As fans enjoy and share the art of Lungu Boy across Nigeria and beyond, the charting spree continues.
Asake’s ‘Active’ leads Nigerian songs with biggest debut on Spotify Global
Earlier TheRadar reported that 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.
