Today marks 6 years of Wizkid’s Made In Lagos — the album that permanently changed the trajectory of African music globally. 🌍🦅🏆
📊 Chart & Streaming Dominance:
• 3.5B On-Demand Streams Globally
• 1B Streams on Apple Music
• 1B Streams on YouTube
• 1.26 Billion streams on Spotify
• Remains the most-streamed African song on Pandora with over 350M streams
• 1st African album certified RIAA Gold in the US 🇺🇸
• 1st African album to spend 150+ weeks on Billboard World Albums
• Only African album to chart across 5 calendar years on Billboard (2020–2024)
• 1st African album to Spend multiple weeks at #1 on Billboard World Albums Chart.
🌍 History & Records:
• 1st African album to debut on the Spotify Global Album Debut Chart
• 1st African album to produce a Billboard Hot 100 song
• 1st Nigerian Album to debut simultaneously on the Billboard 200 & and a song on Hot 100
• 1st Afrobeats album to spend 22 weeks and Peak at #28 on the Billboard 200
🎵Global Certifications & Hits:
• 1st African Album to Produce multiple RIAA certified songs.
• Certified Gold across the US, UK, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Netherlands, & South Africa 🌍
🏟️ The Made In Lagos Tour:
• 16 packed shows across the US 🇺🇸
• 1st African album tour to achieve a historic three-peat at London’s O2 Arena 🇬🇧
• Sold out the iconic Accor Arena in Paris 🇫🇷
Awards 🥇
• The Headies (2022): Album of the Year
• The Headies (2022): Best Afrobeats Album
• African Entertainment Awards USA - AEAUSA (2021): Album of the Year
• Afro X Digital Awards (2021): Album of the Year
• Produced “Essence” which remains the most-awarded African song till date
• Made Wizkid the most-awarded African artist in a single calendar year
Nominations🎖️
• Grammy Awards (2022): Best Global Music Album (Made in Lagos: Deluxe Edition)
• South African Music Awards (2021): Rest of Africa Award