Nigerian music star Rema has made history on the Billboard World Albums Chart as his debut project, Rave & Roses, becomes the longest-charting African album on the platform.
The album reached an impressive 170 weeks on the chart, surpassing the previous record held by Wizkid’s Made In Lagos, which spent 164 weeks.
Other African projects with notable runs on the chart include Tems’ Born In The Wild with 79 weeks, Burna Boy’s Love, Damini at 63 weeks, and Fela Kuti’s The Best Of The Black President, which charted for 45 weeks.
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In addition to the album milestone, Rema secured his second appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 this week. His collaboration with Don Toliver, titled Secondhand, debuted at number 29.
Tems also made a fresh entry on the Hot 100 with her new track What You Need, bringing her total to seven entries, which is a joint African record alongside Burna Boy and South African band Seether.
