TurnTable Top 100: Bella Shmurda’s “New Born Fela” Debuts On The Top 10
Asake and Fireboy continue to lead the charts
Asake and Fireboy continue to lead the charts
For the fourth consecutive week in a row, Fireboy DML and Asake’s hit single “Bandana” remains at the top of the TurnTable charts. “Bandana” equals the four-week stay of “Peru” at No. 1 on the defunct Top 50 as Fireboy DML’s longest charting No. 1 single in Nigeria.
Similar to last week, at at No. 2 is Carterefe & Berri Tiga’s “Machala” which tallied 3.08 million streams (No. 2 on streaming, down 30.2%) and 46.7 million in radio reach (No. 6 on radio, up 90.6%). The record retains the top rank on the Top Street-POP Songs chart for a second week.
Burna Boy holds down the third, fourth and fifth spot this week. “It’s Plenty” is at No. 3 for a second week after tallying 54.7 million in radio reach (No. 2 on radio) and 2.39 million streams (No. 4 on streaming) and at No. 4 is “Common Person” moving up from its No. 9 spot last week – the song tallied 2.79 million streams (No. 3 on streaming, up 11.6%) and 32.3 million in radio reach (No. 15 on radio, up 167%).
Rounding up the top 5 spot this week is “For My Hand” with Ed Sheeran holds the No. 5 spot for another week – it peaked at No. 1 for a week. Mavins’ “Overloading (Overdose)” with Ayra Starr, Crayon, Boy Spyce, Magixx and Ladipoe is at No. 6 on this week’s chart, Kizz Daniel’s “Buga (Lo Lo Lo)” with Tekno stays at No. 7 for a second consecutive week.
Closing out the top 10 this week is the former No. 1 “Peace Be Unto (PBUY)” by Asake slides 4-8, Crayon’s “Ijo (Laba Laba)” falls 8-9. Bella Shmurda’s “New Born Fela” rises from 92 to 10. “New Born Fela” just like “Machala” name drops a legendary Nigerian artiste; it tallied 1.99 million streams (No. 8 on streaming, up 417%) and 16.7 million (No. 34 debut on radio). Outside of the top ten; Fireboy DML’s “Ashawo” debuts at No. 16, the artist currently has eleven tracks off the ‘Playboy’ album on the Top 100.
You can read a full breakdown of the charts here.
.@fireboydml’s “Bandana” with @asakemusik spends a fourth consecutive week as the No. 1 song in Nigeria
It tallied 64.2 million in radio reach (#1 on radio) and 4.45 million streams (No. 1 on streaming)
See full chart here https://t.co/t9VUW46v0Y pic.twitter.com/NWPuZrm83Y
— TurnTable Charts (@TurntableCharts) August 15, 2022