Wednesday, July 15, 2026 - Nigerian Afrobeats star, Damini Ogulu, known professionally as Burna Boy, has made history as the first African artiste to top the Billboard Global 200 Songs chart.
The Grammy-winning singer achieved the feat after his
collaborative World Cup song with Shakira, ‘Dai Dai’, peaked at number one on
this chart this week.
The song is currently number one on both Billboard Global
200 and Billboard Global 200 Exclusive U.S. It also moved up 12 places this
week to reach a new peak of 55 on the Billboard U.S. Hot 100 chart.
Meanwhile, another Nigerian astiste, Tems’ ‘What You Need’
moved up five places to reach a new peak of 39 on the Billboard Hot 100 after
15 weeks on the chart.
‘What You Need’ recently reached number one on both the
Billboard Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart and the Mediabase Urban
radio airplay chart.
Tems is the first solo African artiste to hit the
milestones.
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