Nigerian Megastar Davido’s Timeless Sets New Record Across Streaming Platforms

Davido’s new album ‘Timeless’ has achieved a clean sweep for the biggest debut week on all five major streaming platforms in Nigeria.

On March 31, 2023 Nigerian megastar Davido released his fourth album. The highly anticipated 17-track album came off the back of a rare quiet moment from the award-winning artists who has made a name for himself as Africa’s most formidable hit maker.

A week after its release, ‘Timeless’ has shattered multiple African and Nigerian records across all the five major streaming platforms in Nigeria.

‘Timeless’ tallied 14.5 million streams during the week of March 31 — April 6, surpassing the previous record of 4.89M streams by Burna Boy’s ‘Love, Damini

Davido’s ‘Timeless’ has broken the record for the biggest debut week for any album on Apple Music Nigeria. Similarly, it set a new record for the most streams in a debut day for African album in Apple Music globally.

Davido’s ‘Timeless’ had over 12 million streams in its first 24 hours, more than any other album in the history of Audiomack. It also has the biggest week recorded for any Nigerian or African album on Audiomack history.

Davido’s ‘Timeless’ sets a new record for the biggest debut week for any album on YouTube Nigeria with 4.10 million streams.

Pulse/Victoria Ibanga