Nigerian Grammy-winning singer, Ayodeji Balogun popularly referred to as Wizkid has set a new record on the Billboard world albums chart.
The Starboy’s latest album ‘Made in Lagos’ has become the first Nigerian album to spend 1 year on the chart, according to Billboard Music.
Big Wiz’s album which hit Billboard charts in October 2020, has spent the first 4 weeks at no1, which is also the longest time a Nigerian artiste has stayed at the no1 spot, the only other album being Burna Boy’s Twice As Tall, which was at the top spot for 1 week.
Longest charting Nigerian albums on the billboard charts are as follows:
1. Wizkid ‘made in Lagos’ (2020) – 52 weeks
2. Fela ‘the best black president’ (1999) – 45 weeks
3. Burna Boy ‘African giant’ (2019) – 36 weeks
4. Davido ‘A good time’ (2019) – 25 weeks
5. Burna Boy ‘Twice as tall’ (2020) – 12 weeks
6. CKay ‘the first’ (2020) – 6 weeks
7. Wizkid ‘Sounds from the other side’ (2017) – 4 weeks
