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Davido’s ‘Timeless’ sets new first-day streaming record for African albums on Apple Music.
Nigerian afrobeat superstar David Adedeji Adeleke, known professionally as Davido has set a new first-day streaming record on Apple Music with his latest album ‘Timeless‘.
On March 31, 2023, the DMW boss dropped his fourth studio album. The eagerly awaited 17-track album comes after the award-winning singer, who has solidified himself as Africa’s most potent hitmaker, had an unusually quiet time.
Davido has already shattered multiple first-day records throughout the world’s music charts, including Boomplay, Spotify, and Apple Music, with the album charting in 102 countries, hitting number 26, and establishing a new African top of number 2 in the United States.
The album “Timeless” amassed 4.91 million streams on March 31; this figure surpassed Burna Boy’s “Love, Damini” previous record debut week total of 4.89M. This achievement broke the record for the greatest debut week by any album on Spotify Nigeria.
Davido’s ‘Timeless‘ has set a new record for first-day African album streams on Apple Music. This was announced via a tweet by Apple Music’s official handle on April 3, 2023.
.@davido is breaking global records. 🇳🇬
The Nigerian superstar's #Timeless had the most first-day streams ever for an African album on Apple Music. https://t.co/MgTzsN3OBN pic.twitter.com/dn2lFkjt9D
— Apple Music (@AppleMusic) April 3, 2023
In addition, ‘Timeless‘ also broke the record for the biggest first-day streams on Boomplay. — Its 7.25M streams on opening day surpasses the previously set record by Burna Boy’s ‘Love, Damini‘ (3.38M).
With ‘Timeless‘, Davido breaks the record set by sensational Nigerian hitmaker Asake with his debut album ‘Mr. Money With the Vibes‘.