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Ginger Makes History As First Song On Turn Table Top 50 Chart
In just over a week since release, WizKid’s ‘Made In Lagos’ has dominated music related conversations. The super star’s long awaited fourth studio album came out on the back of sky high anticipations, and it’s clearly delivered on those stakes, reeling in an overwhelming amount of positive reception.
The Burna Boy assisted fan favourite has now made history as the first number one song on the inaugural edition of Turn Table’s Top 50 chart. Announced last week,the top 50 chart aims to be the authoritative representation of the most popular song in Nigeria, compiling numbers from radio airplay across 54 stations, TV airplay and all genre freemium streaming platforms. Is Audio mack, Boom play, YouTube etc.
Initially launching its airplay charts monitor and media planning service (mps),Turn Table chart has been building its rep as the go to place reliable, data driven information about the most impactful songs in the country so far .Turntable has launched the top streaming charts and top Triller charts,however the top 50 charts is its most monumental undertaking.
In its inaugural week, Wizkid dominated the 50 chart which comes as little surprise after Turn Table announced that he had the biggest debut by an album on YouTube NG. Impressively, all fourteen songs on ‘MIL’ make this week’s chart and even more impressive is that four of these songs are in the top ten of the chart. In addition to ‘Ginger’, Reckless (3), No Stress(4) and the Damian Marley assisted Blessed(10) are in the top 10.
Keeping the top five from being a wizkid monopoly, Davido’s delightfully abrasive and unwilling protest anthem,FEM slots at No2, while zoom by fast raising artiste Cheque is at No5,also in the top 10 is Teni’s Damages(6), Olamide’s Infinity (7), Patoranking’s Abule(8), and the newly released icons Remix of DJ Neptune’s Smash song Nobody(9) features recent Big Brother Naija winner laycon.
This weeks edition of the Top 50 charts is largely populated by songs from Nigerian artistes with Non-Nigerian entries including Drake’s ‘Laugh now,cry later’(25), Ariana Grande’s ‘positions’(40) and more.
Popular businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, aka Cubana Chief Priest, has said that his relationship with singer Davido is beyond money and gossip.
He stated this in a recent interview with BBC Igbo.
“Davido is my friend. He is my in-law; he married Chioma who is from Imo State where I hail from.
“So the relationship I have with Davido is beyond money and gossip,” he said.
DAILY POST reports that Chief Priest disclosed via his Instagram page that his outfit for the wedding of the singer, Davido and his wife, Chioma, in Lagos on Tuesday cost seven million Naira.
The socialite recently appreciated Davido for not “discarding” Chioma.
He stated that the DMW boss has made Imo State proud by choosing to marry from the state.
Nigerian singer Simisola Kosoko, popularly known as Simi, has lent her voice to the ongoing anti-tax hike protests in Kenya.
The Tide’s source reports that Kenyan youths are marching against tax hike in widespread demonstrations tagged ‘RejectFinanceBill2024.’
Five people were shot dead and dozens wounded after police clashed with protesters who stormed the parliament building in Nairobi on Tuesday, according to Amnesty Kenya.
Reacting via her X handle on Tuesday night, Simi declared her support for the demonstrators.
She stated that “it is both powerful and heartbreaking for a people to have to fight and die for freedoms and rights.”
The singer wrote, “I stand with the people of Kenya. It is both powerful and heartbreaking for a people to have to fight and die for freedoms and rights. Godspeed and Strength. [Hash tag] RejectFinanceBill2024.”
In a series of other posts, she wrote: “Wow. When you’ve had enough, the fight is almost inevitable.
“African leaders- have not you done enough?
“I can’t wait for the day Africa is not a weapon fashioned against Africans. All of this amazing Black power and human resource, but the majority are not likely to thrive unless they run.”
Famous Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Davido was spotted among other top artistes at Asake’s ‘Lungu Boy’ tour concert in Atlanta, Georgia.
Asake’s performance at his sold-out show at the 17,000-capacity State Farm Arena in Atlanta began on August 16, 2024, and is set to run for 10 days.
In a trending video on social media, Davido appeared backstage with American rapper Quavo to support Asake during the live performance.
Other musicians in attendance included Nigerian hitmaker Zlatan and American rapper Russ Millions.
The Tide’s source reports that Asake’s ‘Lungu Boy’ tour is set to cover six U.S. cities, where he will headline notable venues including Madison Square Garden in New York, the Toyota Center in Houston, and the State Farm Arena in Atlanta.
Asake’s tour comes just days after the release of his latest hit, ‘Lungu Boy,’ which features several superstars, including Wizkid, British rappers Central Cee and Stormzy, Travis Scott and Brazilian singer Ludmilla.
‘Lungu Boy’ set a new record for the biggest opening week on Spotify Nigeria, garnering 18.9 million streams in its opening week and breaking the previous record of 14.4 million streams held by Davido’s ‘Timeless.’
