Billboard history: Asake’s MMWTV becomes highest charting debut Nigerian album

Ahmed Ololade, professionally known as Asake, a popular Nigerian afrobeat singer, has added a new feat to his list of accomplishments as ‘Mr Money With The Vibes’ announced the highest-charting debut Nigerian album on Billboard in 2022, glamsquad reports.

 

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The music chart data confirmed this in a Twitter update on Thursday.

 

“Mr. Money With The Vibe’ by @asakemusik became the highest-charting debut Nigerian album of all time on Billboard in 2022.”

The 12-track album debuted at 66th on the ‘Billboard 200,’ making it the highest-debuting Nigerian album on the chart, and second on the Billboard World Album Chart.

 

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The chart-topping album was released on September 8, 2022, and quickly became the number-one album in Nigeria.

The album, which was released in late 2022, made the top 1- 10 songs on Apple Music in its first week.