These are the Nigerian albums on US Billboard 200 Chart
This is a list of albums by a Nigerian artist that recorded or debuted on the US Billboard 200 Chart in history, thus an afrobeat movement to the world.
Billboard 200 is a chart that ranks the most influential 200 music albums and EPs in the US, It is therefore produced weekly after tracking of album sales/streams in US regional metric by Billboard magazine, It is often used to conduct the universality of an artist, Below are the Nigerian artists, Albums, years and number of debuts;
King Sunny Ade – Synchro System
King Sunny Ade Legendary Nigerian juju instrumentalist, songwriter and singer released the album in 1983, it debuted at #111 on the US billboard 200 and spent 29 weeks on the chart, he is the first Nigerian artist to ever debut on the chart and also the longest-charting album on the chart by a Nigerian till date.
Wizkid – Sound from Other Side
The Nigerian afrobeat heavyweight released the album in 2017 and debuted at #107 on the US billboard 200 charts, making him the first artist in the last decade to achieve this fit since 1983 (3 decades), it spent 1 week on the chart.
Burnaboy – African Giant
The Nigerian Afrobeat superstar released the album in 2019 and debuted at #104 on the US billboard 200 charts, it spent 1 week on the chart.
Burnaboy – Twice as Tall
Twice as tall was released in 2020 and debuted at #54 on the US billboard 200, making him the first Nigerian artist to record 2 billboard 200 albums in a consecutive year, it spent 1 week on the chart.
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Wizkid – Made In Lagos
Made in Lagos was released in 2020 and debuted at #28 on US billboard 200 albums, making him the second Nigerian artists to record 2 Billboard 200 albums, and the highest debuts by a Nigerian artist to date spending 11 weeks on the chart.
Davido – A Better Time
The Nigerian afrobeat heavyweight released A better time album in 2020 and debuted at #170 on US billboard 200 albums, it spent 1 week on the chart and was his first-ever entry on the chart.
Ckay – Ckay the first
Ckay The First debut at No. 158 on the Billboard 200. ‘Love Nwantiti,’ produced by Ckay The First, debuted in 2019 and is present No. 50 on the Billboard Hot 100.
When Joeboy and Kuami Eugene appeared in the video for the song, it went viral. Since then, Ckay has made various remixes of the song for mileage.