Billboard world albums chart has released the 2022 year-end list and ‘Made in Lagos’ by Afrobeats megastar Wizkid is ranked second while Burna Boy’s ‘Love, Damini’ ranks in the top 10.
‘Made In Lagos’ was released in 2020 as Wizkid’s fourth album. The project received wide acclaim and has broken multiple records including the record for the longest-charting African album on the world album chart.
Boosted by the hit single ‘Essence’ feat Tems and Justin Bieber, ‘Made In Lagos’ is the first album to spend 100 weeks on the World Album Chart and it holds the record for the longest charting album after breaking Fela’s ‘The Black President’ 45 weeks record.
Also in the top 10 is Burna Boy’s 2022 album ‘Love, Damini’ which ranks 9th on the list despite being released in July.
CKay’s 2019 EP ‘CKay The First’ which houses his global hit single ‘Love Nwantiti’ finished at number 14 on the year-end chart.
(Pulse)
