Burna Boy continues upward momentum on Billboard Charts

Billboard Hit 100‘Last Last’ by Afrobeats megastar Burna Boy debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 on the chart week of July 22nd, 2022 at number 72. In its second week, ‘Last Last’ retained its position on the charts. In the latest issue of the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of August 6th, 2022, ‘Last Last’ climbed up two places to the 70th position.

Billboard Afrobeats Charts: Likewise, Burna Boy’s ‘Last Last’ retained its number one position on the Billboard Afrobeats chart in the chart week of August 6th, 2022 thereby extending its stay at number one to four weeks.

Burna Boy consolidated his position as the African giant on the chart as he is the only artist with three songs in the top 10 with ‘For Your Hand’ feat Ed Sheeran in the number 4 spot and ‘It’s Plenty’ holding down the number 9 spot.

The effect of ‘Love, Damini’ Tour on the Billboard Charts: Since its release in May, ‘Last Last’ has risen to international success, especially in America where Burna Boy has delivered exciting renditions of the single during his ongoing ‘Love, Damini’ tour.

Burna Boy’s latest stop in his US tour took was in Atlanta where he sold out the 21,000-capacity State Farm Arena. With two shows still to come in New York, Burna Boy’s ‘Last Last’ might be set for another rise on the Billboard Hot 100.

Billboard announces Wizkid as longest charting African artist, ‘Essence’ as longest charting African song

‘Essence’ which features songstress Tems has enjoyed an impressive level of success in the United States reaching the Billboard Top 10 and earning a platinum plaque in the process.

Billboard announcement is a confirmation of Wizkid’s success in the United States and an addition of another feather to his decorated cap. With his next album ‘More Love, Less Ego’ on the way, Wizkid will be looking to further break new ground internationally.

Boomplay announces partnership with Turntable Charts

The ranking of music will provide music lovers access to collaborative content which seeks to recognize the top songs and artistes across the country.

Speaking during the announcement, Tosin Sorinola, Director of Artiste and Media Relations at Boomplay stated that this partnership affirms the company’s commitment towards the advancement and growth of music across Africa, “With this new partnership, we are bringing Boomplay’s leadership in digital music across Africa together with TurnTable’s definitive music chart to give creators, artists and fans access to even more credible statistics that they can rely on.”

This agreement is a natural extension of our music strategy to bring exciting music experiences to fans across Africa while helping them to find the hottest, most popular music hits and singles from all musical genres in Nigeria,” she concluded.

Her sentiments were echoed by Ayomide Oriowo, co-Editor-in-Chief of TurnTable Charts, “This new partnership is a landmark for TurnTable Charts as a music chart publication as it represents our first direct agreement with a DSP operating in Nigeria. The partnership makes the data points used for our charts better and bigger. Additionally, it offers an opportunity to provide better platform-specific analytics and reports.

“Finally, with Boomplay as the largest music streaming service in Nigeria, this is the first step to creating genre charts that puts the spotlight on other genres of music beyond popular music in Nigeria as well as an albums chart that gives the performance of albums across all platform. We are delighted to have Boomplay as a partner

The TurnTable Top 50 is the publication’s biggest music chart – the first ever standard aggregate music chart in Nigeria that combines radio airplay, TV airplay, freemium streaming and now Boomplay data, the most credible and a true reflection of what music lovers are listening to in the country.

TurnTable Charts publishes weekly music charts in Nigeria, mostly based on Friday to Thursday tracking.

About Boomplay

Boomplay is a music streaming and download service provided by Transsnet Music Limited. The company