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Here are the top 10 Nigerian songs of the week: Kizz Daniel’s ‘Lie’ remains at No. 1 for fourth week

Kizz Daniel’s “Lie” stays at No. 1 for a fourth consecutive week on the TurnTable Top 50

Also, Fireboy DML’s “Peru” rises to No. 3 on this week’s Top 50 to become the artiste’s highest charting song.

Additionally, Ayra Starr’s “Bloody Samaritan” ascends to No. 5 on the chart to become the artiste’s second top five entry.

The Top 50 blends all-genre freemium streaming (Top Streaming Chart), radio airplay (Top Airplay Chart) and TV airplay (TV Top Songs Chart) in Nigeria. All charts will be dated and updated on Mondays, this week’s chart will be revealed on Monday, September 6, 2021

Lie” tallied 46 million in radio reach (down 11.8%) and 2.5 million equivalent streams (up 3.3%). In the process, it becomes the second to spend its first four weeks at No. 1 on the TurnTable Top 50, joining Teni’s “FOR YOU” with Davido (which spent its first five weeks at No. 1).

With the premiere of the visuals of “Lie” last Friday, it is expected that the song will get a bump in activity on streaming and debut on the TV charts.

Omah Lay’s “Understand” holds at No. 2 after topping the chart for three weeks. “Understand” becomes the second song to spend its first eight weeks in the top 2 region of TurnTable Top 50 – joining Olamide’s “Rock.”

Fireboy DML’s “Peru” moves to a new peak of No. 3 on the TurnTable Top 50 to become the artiste’s highest charting entry on the chart (surpassing the No. 4 peak of “History”). “Peru” tallied 3.71 million in TV reach (down 15.7%), 45. 3 million in radio reach (up 15%) and 1.42 million equivalent streams (up 28%).

Burna Boy’s “Question” with Don Jazzy rockets into the top five at No. 4 after drawing 10.3 million in TV reach (up 167.5%), 32.4 million in radio reach (up 302.5%) and 1.51 million equivalent streams (up 60.6%).

“Question” is Burna Boy’s fifth top 10 entry on the chart while Don Jazzy becomes the second producer to record a top ten entry as

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Don Jazzy speaks on why he lends so much support to social media content creators

In stark contrast to the enigmatic personality of his earlier days as a label owner and the most dominant music producer in Nigerian music, Don Jazzy is now this jolly character on social media to immense impact. Jazzy is well-followed and liked on Nigerian social media, and in turn, he uses his platform to showcase young and emerging content creators.

During his appearance on The Late Night Show with Eni, Don Jazzy revealed that he supports these content creators because he wants to use his platform to lift their arts.

“I have always been like that; social media is just making it like it’s a new thing,” he said.

“I have always preferred to work with younger people. I have always worked with younger people. Myself and D’Banj were young, Wande Coal, everybody.

“We keep shouting Afrobeats to the world, it’s not only Afrobeats, there is Nollywood to the world, there is the make up industry to the world, there is a fashion industry to the world, the comedy industry, anyone we can do to help push it to the max, we should, so If I have the platform, why not.”

Don Jazzy collaborates with these social media content creators by appearing on their skits, sharing their arts on his social media and giving them shoutouts.

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