
On the thirty first of March 2023, followers from Nigeria and past have been handled to probably the most extremely anticipated tasks from an Afrobeats artist, as Davido launched his fourth studio album titled “Timeless”.
The discharge of the album, which adopted months of silence after a tragic prevalence in 2022, has set a brand new normal within the music trade, with the singer breaking and setting completely different data.
Davido’s “Timeless” album was a collaborative effort with a few of the largest names within the trade, and the end result was a undertaking that resonated with followers worldwide, reflecting within the spectacular figures and numbers achieved with the album.
The primary report set by Davido with the discharge of “Timeless” was the best variety of album pre-orders by an African artist. The album broke the earlier report set by one other Nigerian artist, Burna Boy, along with his Grammy-winning album “Twice as Tall.”
“Timeless” additionally set the report for probably the most streams in a single day by an African artist, with over 50 million streams on varied music platforms. This feat surpassed the earlier report held by Wizkid’s “Made in Lagos” album.
One other report damaged by Davido with “Timeless” was the best variety of first-day album gross sales by an African artist. The album bought over 1 million copies on its first day of launch, breaking the earlier report held by Burna Boy.
Davido’s “Timeless” additionally set the report for probably the most simultaneous tracks on the Prime 100 chart on varied music platforms, with all 17 tracks from the album occupying the highest 100 charts on the identical time.
Different data set by Davido with “Timeless” embody probably the most Shazamed album by an African artist, the best variety of entries on the Billboard World 200 chart by an African artist, and the most-watched album trailer on YouTube by an African artist.
With these spectacular data damaged and set, Davido has cemented his place as one of many largest African artists on this planet at present, and his “Timeless” album is bound to stay a defining second within the historical past of Afrobeats.
Greatest First-Day Streams For An African Album On Spotify
‘Timeless’ recorded 8.4 million streams on the primary full day of monitoring. With this complete variety of streams, it grew to become the primary African album to report that vast variety of streams on the primary day after its launch.
Greatest Streams For A Track On Spotify Nigeria Chart
Davido occupied the highest 16 place for the largest first-day streams for a music on the Spotify Nigeria chart. ‘Over Dem’ took the primary spot with over 460,000 streams on the primary day of monitoring. See the complete checklist beneath:
Boomplay Album Document
‘Timeless’ by Davido grew to become the quickest album in Boomplay’s historical past to surpass 10 million streams. The hit album surpassed 10 million streams on the first of April 2023, it additionally holds the report for the quickest album to surpass 1 million streams in just 24 hours of monitoring after its launch.
Apple Music UK Prime Albums Document
‘Timeless’ peaked at primary on the Apple Music Prime albums chart for the UK and it grew to become solely the second afrobeats album to ever obtain this feat.
Apple Music Prime Songs Chart Document
Davido’s ‘Timeless’ grew to become the primary and solely afrobeats album to debut all tracks within the prime 100 of the Apple Music prime songs chart for the UK. The singer additionally grew to become the primary afrobeats artist to debut 10 tracks within the prime 200 of the Apple music prime songs chart for the US as effectively.
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