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Davido’s ‘Timeless’ Makes History As First African Album To Top US iTunes Chart
The album topped the charts, making history as the first African album to do so in the world’s largest music market.
A music charts, Chart data, confirmed this via its Twitter handle on Wednesday saying, “#davido’s ‘Timeless’ becomes the first African album in history to reach #1 on US iTunes.”
.@davido's 'Timeless' becomes the first African album in history to reach #1 on US iTunes. pic.twitter.com/erEg4XhjjX
— chart data (@chartdata) April 5, 2023
Davido’s new album, ‘Timeless,’ also set a new record for first-day streams on Audiomack. The album is also currently No. 1 on the Nigerian Top Albums Chart, the UK Top Albums Chart, and in 17 other countries on Apple Music.
David Adedeji Adeleke (born November 21, 1992), known professionally as Davido, is an American-born Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer. Born in Atlanta, US, and raised in Lagos, he made his music debut as a member of the music group KB International. Davido studied business administration at Oakwood University before dropping out to make beats and record vocal references. He rose to fame after releasing “Dami Duro“, the second single from his debut studio album Omo Baba Olowo (2012), from which six additional singles—”Back When”, “Ekuro”, “Overseas”, “All of You”, “Gbon Gbon”, and “Feel Alright”—were taken. In 2012, Davido won the Next Rated award at The Headies. Between 2013 and 2015, he released the hit singles “Gobe“, “One of a Kind”, “Skelewu“, “Aye“, “Tchelete (Goodlife)”, “Naughty”, “Owo Ni Koko”, “The Sound” and “The Money”. Wikipedia
