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Albums Chart Round-Up: Asake, Victony, Tyla

Asake, Victony, Tyla, Tems and Rema chart across Billboard, Nigerian and UK album rankings, with Rema reaching 200 weeks on the Billboard World Albums chart.

Asake, Victony, Tyla, Tems and Rema albums chart round-up

Albums by Nigerian and South African acts, including Asake, Victony and Tyla, moved across the Billboard World Albums chart, United Kingdom rankings and Nigerian digital service providers (DSPs) in the past week.

Billboard World Albums#

  • Tyla‘s “A*Pop”: No. 8 in its sixth week
  • Tems‘ “Love Is A Kingdom”: rounded out the top 10
  • Tyla‘s “Tyla”: No. 14 in its 128th week
  • Asake‘s “M$NEY”: No. 16 in its 18th week
  • Tems‘ “Born In The Wild”: No. 18 in its 113th week
  • Ayra Starr‘s “Stargirl”: No. 20 in its third week
  • Rema‘s “Rave & Roses”: No. 22 in its 200th week

Rema‘s “Rave & Roses” became the first album by an African act to spend 200 weeks on the Billboard World Albums chart.

Nigerian streaming charts#

On the Nigerian Apple Music albums chart, Asake held the top two positions with “M$NEY Live In London” and “M$NEY”, respectively. Victony‘s “Starlife” closed the top three.

On the Nigerian Spotify albums chart:

  • Asake‘s “M$NEY”: No. 1 for a record 15 weeks at the top
  • Victony‘s “Starlife”: No. 2
  • Davido‘s “Oriade”: rounded out the top three

Asake‘s “Work of Art” became only the second album to spend 170 weeks in the Nigerian Spotify Top 10, behind only “Mr Money with the Vibe”.

Audiomack and Boomplay#

On the Audiomack albums chart:

  • Asake‘s “M$NEY”: No. 1
  • Seyi Vibez‘s “FUJI MOTO”: No. 2
  • FOLA‘s “catharsis”: No. 3

On the Boomplay weekly albums chart:

  • Asake‘s “M$NEY”: No. 1
  • Ayra Starr‘s “Stargirl”: No. 2
  • Omah Lay‘s “Clarity Of Mind”: rounded out the top three

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