These are the Nigerian albums to ever debut on US Billboard 200 charts
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.
Nigerian Albums to Ever Debut on US Billboard 200 Charts
King Sunny Ade – Synchro System
King Sunny Ade Legendary Nigerian juju instrumentalist, songwriter and singer released the album in 1983, it debuted #111 on 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 to date.
Wizkid – Sound from Other Side
The Nigerian afrobeat heavyweight released the album in 2017 and debuted #107 on 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 #104 on US billboard 200 charts, it spent 1 week on the chart.
Burnaboy – Twice as Tall
Twice as tall was released in 2020 and debuted #54 on US billboard 200, making him the first Nigerian artist to record 2 billboard 200 albums in a consecutive year and the highest debuts by a Nigerian artist to date, it spent 1 week on the chart.
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Wizkid – Made In Lagos
Made in Lagos was released in 2020 and debuted #28 on US billboard 200 albums, making him the second Nigerian artist to record 2 Billboard 200 albums, it spent 13 weeks on the chart.
The longest and highest-charting Nigerian album on the chart.
Davido – A Better Time
The Nigerian afrobeat heavyweight released A better time album in 2020 and debuted #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 is the second extended play by Nigerian singer-songwriter CKay.
It was released on 30 August 2019 by Chocolate City through Warner Music Group.
It was self-produced by CKay, with additional production from Tempoe, Real Btee, and its exclusive producer Audu Maikori.
it features guest appearances from DJ Lambo, BOJ, Blaqbonez, and Barry Jhay. and debuted #117 on US billboard 200 albums.