Here are the top 7 positions of Nigerian albums on the Billboard 200
On August 24, 2020, it was announced that Nigerian singer, Burna Boy’s new album, ‘Twice As Tall’ had debuted at No. 54 on the Billboard 200 charts for the week ending August 21, 2020.
With it, Burna Boy created a new peak for Nigerian artists on the same charts. However, on September 6, 2021, Wizkid’s ‘Made In Lagos’ overhauled all before it and charted at No. 28 on the Billboard 200.
This then got Pulse Nigeria asking; what are the other Nigerian albums to have charted on the Billboard 200? We were able to find five and here they are;
7.) Davido – A Better Time
Year of release: 2020
Label: Columbia Records/Sony
Weeks on the chart: 1
Peak: 170 [November 27, 2020]
A sequel to Davido’s A Good Time, A Better Timefollowed a year of heavyweight album releases by Nigerian superstars and it entered the charts. It also became Davido’s only appearance on the chart.
6.) Sunny Ade – Juju Music
Year of release: 1982
Label: Mango/Island Records
Weeks on the chart: 29
Peak: 111 [September 17, 1983]
When the album was released, it was described by The New York Times as the week’s best new dance music. At the time, Sunny Ade was two years away from being touted to be the replacement for Bob Marley.
5.) WIzkid – Sounds From The Other Side
Year of release: 2017
Label: Starboy/RCA UK
Weeks on the chart: 1
Peak: 107 [August 5, 2017]
Wizkid‘s crossover had been given a massive jolt by his production, writing and feature credits of Drake‘s 2016 No. 1 single, ‘One Dance.’ Thus Wizkid immediately followed it up with an album that was called an EP at the time. The crossover didn’t quite pan out as we’d hoped but we will always have this moment.
4.) Burna Boy – African Giant
Year of release: 2019
Label: Spaceship/Bad Habit/Atlantic/Warner
Weeks on the chart: 1
Peak position: 104 [August 10, 2019]
In 2019, Burna Boy quickly followed his well-received Outside album with African Giant –