Afrobeats Superstar, David Adeleke, also known as Davido, has broken an African record on the US iTunes Albums Chart with his new album ‘Timeless’.
The album is also the highest charting African album on US Apple Music with a peak of no. 2.
The album which was dropped on March 31, 2023, topped the chart on Wednesday, April 5, 2023, making history as the first African album to hit Number 1 in the world’s biggest music market.
Davido dropped his fourth studio album ‘Timeless’ with guest appearances from Nigerian artists such as Asake, Fave, The Cavemen, DMW’s latest additions, Morravey and Logos Olori as well as Grammy-award-winning Beninese singer Angelique Kidjo, British rapper Skepta, South African music producer/DJ Musa Keys, Jamaican dancehall/reggae singer Dexta Daps, and South African rapper, Vocalist.
The 17-track album has since made waves across different music platforms with the global streaming giant, Spotify announcing it the most streamed in the United Kingdom, Canada, France, and Nigeria.
It also made history as the first-day stream ever for an African album on Apple Music.