Davido’s ‘Timeless’ becomes first African album to top US iTunes chart

Nigerian Afrobeats superstar, David Adeleke, aka Davido, has
broken an African record on the US iTunes Albums Chart with his new album
‘Timeless’.

This is as the album topped the chart on Wednesday, April 5,
2023, making history in the process as the first African album to reach Number
1 in the world’s biggest music market.

Recall that Davido dropped his fourth studio album
‘Timeless’ on March 31, 2023, with guest appearances from Nigerian artists such
as Asake, Fave, The Cavemen, DMW’s latest additions, Morravey and Logos Olori
as well as Grammy-award-winning Beninese singer Angelique Kidjo, British rapper
Skepta, South African music producer/DJ Musa Keys, Jamaican dancehall/reggae
singer Dexta Daps, and South African rapper, Focalistic.

Despite an initial partial leak,
Davido’s ‘Timeless’ album broke several records, including the highest charting
album by an African artist on the US Apple Music (peaked at Number 2) and the
biggest album first-day streams in the history of Audiomack.

The 17-track album also became the first and only afrobeats
album to debut all tracks in the top 100 of the United Kingdom Apple Music top
songs chart.

Following the release of the album, global streaming giant,
Spotify, said Davido’s music is most streamed in the United Kingdom, Canada,
France and Nigeria.