{"id":9157,"slug":"apple-albums-african-artist-composition-summary-2026","title":"Composition summary: Apple Music African-origin albums-chart artists and panel scope, 16 August to 4 November 2026","source":"This desk's own Apple Music albums-chart collection, plus this desk's own artist-origin registry","source_url":"","source_type":"computed","method":"One summary row holding the panel-scope and artist-composition counts cited in the companion pieces, computed from the same population as the albums-vs-songs comparison and the artist-breadth table. total_african_album_artists is the count of distinct lead artists, by the same name-normalisation and registry match, credited on at least one African-origin albums-chart position anywhere in the 41-market panel. nigerian_album_artists and south_african_album_artists are the subset of those from each country; nigeria_south_africa_share_pct is their combined share of the total. various_artist_album_ids is the count of distinct Apple catalogue identifiers on the albums chart credited to \"Various Artists\" or a similar compilation tag, which cannot be matched to any lead artist. registry_names and registry_countries describe this desk's own origin registry as it stood for this analysis.","unit":"count","license":"Afrobeats Wire's compilation and analysis are licensed CC BY 4.0. Rights in the underlying source data remain with the source named above.","confidence":"medium","retrieved":"2026-11-05 01:53:53","n":1,"first_party":0,"columns":[{"key":"total_african_album_artists","label":"Distinct African-origin albums-chart artists","type":"number"},{"key":"nigerian_album_artists","label":"Nigerian","type":"number"},{"key":"south_african_album_artists","label":"South African","type":"number"},{"key":"nigeria_south_africa_combined","label":"Nigeria + South Africa combined","type":"number"},{"key":"nigeria_south_africa_share_pct","label":"Nigeria + South Africa share (%)","type":"number"},{"key":"various_artist_album_ids","label":"\"Various Artists\" album IDs excluded","type":"number"},{"key":"registry_names","label":"Origin registry names","type":"number"},{"key":"registry_countries","label":"Origin registry countries","type":"number"},{"key":"panel_markets","label":"Panel markets","type":"number"},{"key":"collection_dates","label":"Collection dates","type":"number"}],"rows":[{"total_african_album_artists":123,"nigerian_album_artists":43,"south_african_album_artists":31,"nigeria_south_africa_combined":74,"nigeria_south_africa_share_pct":60.16,"various_artist_album_ids":375,"registry_names":174,"registry_countries":9,"panel_markets":41,"collection_dates":78}]}