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Asake's New Album Breaks Spotify Streaming Record In Nigeria

POSTED ON August 12, 2024 •   Entertainment      BY Ebiakuboere England
Nigerian Artiste Asake /Photo Credit OkayAfrica

Award-winning singer Asake's new album has set the record for the highest opening day streams on Spotify Nigeria.

The album was released on August 9, 2024, and it features several superstars including Grammy-winning Nigerian superstar Wizkid, British rappers Central Cee and Stormzy, American superstar Travis Scott, and Brazilian singer Ludmila.

Asake's third album tallied 5.86 million streams on Spotify Nigeria on its opening day. This is a new record on Spotify Nigeria as 'Lungu Boy' breaks the previous record of 4.91 million streams held by Davido's 'Timeless'.

Lungu Boy' also set a new record for the biggest opening day global streams for a Nigerian album on Spotify with 9.2 million streams.

The second track of the album 'MMS' recorded 870,577 streams on its first day of release on Spotify Nigeria which set a new record on the platform after surpassing the previous 626,000 streams set by Wizkid's 'IDK' feat Zlatan.

'Lungu Boy' garnered 3.03 million streams on Spotify Nigeria in its second day of release. It is the biggest second-day stream for any album in 2024 and it surpasses the opening-day streams of any other project released this year.
 

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