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    List of African artists that reached #1 on the Billboard world album chart

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    This is an updated list of African artists who have reached number #1 on the Billboard world album chart.

    Attaining the first spot on the Billboard world album is a big feat and achievement, and here we’ll highlight the African artists who have ever reached number #1 on the Billboard world album chart.

    List of African artists that reached #1 on the Billboard world album chart
    Photo Mix: Angélique Kidjo, Burna Boy, Ali Farka Touré & Salif Keita

    Billboard world album is a chart that ranks the most popular albums in the USA.

    However, It generates weekly after tracking album sales and streams in the US regional criterion by the Billboard website.

    List of African artists that reached #1 on the Billboard world album chart
    Angélique Kidjo

    Also, It is often used to convey the universality and popularity of an album or a particular project.

    Below is the List of African artists that reached #1 on the Billboard world album chart.

    Angélique Kidjo

    List of African artists that reached #1 on the Billboard world album chart
    Angélique Kidjo

    Angélique Kidjo is a Republic of Benin Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter, actress, and activist, sometimes regarded as heroic, because of her artistic longevity.

    List of African artists that reached #1 on the Billboard world album chart
    Angélique Kidjo
    Angélique Kidjo has three (3) albums that reached number 1 on the chart, the most any
     African artists in history.
    Logozo peaked at number #1 in 1992 and spent 47 weeks,
    Djin Djin peaked at number #1 in 2007 and spent 27 weeks, while Eve peaked at
    number #1
    in 2014 and spent 13 weeks.

    Ali Farka Touré

    List of African artists that reached #1 on the Billboard world album chart
    Ali Farka Touré

    Late Ali Farka Touré is a Grammy award-winning Malian singer and multi-instrumentalist, and one of the African continent’s most globally acclaimed musicians, known for his derivative blends of traditional Malian music.

    List of African artists that reached #1 on the Billboard world album chart
    Ali Farka Touré

    Ali Farka Touré has two albums that reached number 1 on the chart, ‘The source’  and ‘Talking Timbuktu’ in 1993 ‘The source’ peaked at number #1 and spent 64 weeks, and in 1994 ‘Talking Timbuktu’ peaked at number #1 and spent 37 weeks on Billboard world album chart.

    Youssou N’Dour

    List of African artists that reached #1 on the Billboard world album chart
    Youssou N’Dour

    Youssou Ndour is a Grammy award-winning Senegalese singer, songwriter, and composer, according to Rolling Stone magazine in 2004, he is “perhaps the most famous singer alive” in Senegal and a considerable part of Africa.

    List of African artists that reached #1 on the Billboard world album chart
    Youssou N’Dour

    Youssou Ndour album titled ‘Eyes Open’ peaked at number 1 and spent 37 weeks on the Billboard world album chart, the album was released in 1992.

    List of African artists that reached #1 on the Billboard world album chart
    Youssou N’dour – eyes open album

    Baaba Maal

    List of African artists that reached #1 on the Billboard world album chart
    Baaba Maal

    Baaba Maal is a Senegalese singer and guitarist, primarily sings in a traditional language to promote cultural and ethnic diversity.

    List of African artists that reached #1 on the Billboard world album chart
    Baaba Maala

    Baaba Maal has released many albums, both for local and major labels, his collaborative project titled ‘Johannesburg’ (EP) peaked at number #1 and spent 62 weeks on the chart.

    Ladysmith Black Mambazo

    List of African artists that reached #1 on the Billboard world album chart
    ladysmith black mambazo

    A World renowned South African Singing choral Group founded by Joseph Shabalala, known for its role in introducing traditional Zulu choral music to the world.

    Lists of African Grammy award winners

    Ladysmith Black Mambazo

    They are the most awarded African creatives in history with five Grammy awards.

    Also, their album titled Raise Your Spirit Higher was released in 2004, it peaked at number #1 and spent 6 weeks.

    Salif Keita

    List of African artists that reached #1 on the Billboard world album chart
    Salif Keita

    Salif Keïta is an African singer-songwriter from Mali, sometimes notable not only because of his reputation as the “Golden Voice of Africa” but also because he has albinism.

    salif keita
    Salif Keita

    His album titled ‘Amen’ peaked at number #1 and spent 31 weeks.

    Burna Boy

    List of African artists that reached #1 on the Billboard world album chart
    Burna Boy

    Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy is a Nigerian Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter, and rapper.

    List of African artists that reached #1 on the Billboard world album chart
    Burna Boy

    his fifth studio album titled Twice as Tall peaked at number #1 on the Billboard world album chart and spent 12 weeks.

     

    List of African artists that reached #1 on the Billboard world album chart;

    • Angélique Kidjo
    • Youssou N’Dour
    • Baaba Maal
    • Ladysmith Black Mambazo
    • Salif Keita
    • Ali Farka Touré
    • Burna Boy