Wizkid’s Made In Lagos tops Billboard world album chart

Made In Lagos, Wizkid’s fourth studio album, is currently top on the Billboard world album chart.

This comes ten months after its release.

Since its release in October 2020, Made In Lagos has earned international recognition with several international stars drumming support for ‘Essence’, the eleventh song in the album.

‘Essence’, ft fellow singer, Tems, made history by being the first Nigerian song on the Billboard Hot 100 and Global 200 music chart in July.

Also, Wizkid featured Canadian star Justin Bieber on the remix of Essence earlier this month.

The remixed version of Essence also sits at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard world digital song sales chart as at Tuesday.

The album which has spent a total of 41 weeks on the World album chart had debuted on the number two spot in November 2020.

It was also the first African album to debut on the Spotify Global Album chart at top ten position.

Wizkid has also announced the release date of the Made in Lagos deluxe album.

The project slated for release on Friday. It has a total of 18 songs with four additional tracks to the initial album.

Notable in the additions are ‘Essence’ (remix) and ‘Mood’, featuring upcoming artiste, Buju.