Stephen Dunmoye
Reigning Nigerian Hip-hop artistes, Asake and Fireboy’s song, Bandana has been chosen as the number one on the Top 10 Nigeria Music Chart of the week i.e 2nd to 8th September, 2022.
The chart goes as thus,
1. Bandana- Fireboy DML ft. Asake
‘Bandana’ tallied 71.2 million in radio reach (seventh week at No. 1 on radio), 4.05 million Nigerian streams (No. 2 on streaming) and 10.6 million in TV reach (No. 7 on TV); the song continues to be No. 1 on the combined unofficial airplay chart (No. 1 on airplay).
It equals the 7-week reign of Kizz Daniel & Tekno’s ‘Buga (Lo Lo Lo)’ as the longest No. 1 songs of 2022.
As ‘Bandana’ tallies a seventh week at No. 1, Asake & Fireboy DML become the joint second artistes with the most cumulative weeks at No. 1 in a calendar year.
Omah Lay holds the record– 14 weeks (‘Godly’ for 7 weeks, ‘Forever (Remix)’ for 4 weeks and ‘Understand’ for 3 weeks in 2021)
2. Terminator -Asake
Asake’s ‘Terminator’ holds at No. 2 for another week – the song reclaims the top spot on the streaming chart with 4.21 million streams (second week at No. 1) and rises to No. 1 on TV chart with 16.4 million in TV reach.
3. Electricity- Pheelz ft. Davido
Pheelz & Davido’s ‘Electricity’ is steady at its No. 3 peak for a third consecutive week.
Steady on a different p as its lyrics imply.
4. For My Hand- Burna Boy ft. Ed Sheeran
Former No. 1, Burna Boy’s ‘For My Hand’ ft. Ed Sheeran holds at No. 4 for another week.
5. Girlfriend- Ruger
Ruger’s Girlfriend reaches a new peak of No. 5 ; it tallied 1.71 million streams (No. 7 on streaming), 41.4 million in radio reach (No. 7 on radio) and 9.60 million in TV reach (No. 9 on TV).
6. Common Person- Burna Boy
There are two Burna Boy songs at No. 6 and No. 7 respectively; ‘Common Person’ at No. 6 and ‘It’s Plenty’ at No. 7.
7. It’s Plenty- Burna Boy
It’s Plenty joins For My Hand and Common Person as Burna Boy’s third song in the Top 10.
Burna Boy has now sent at least three tracks in the top ten for nine consecutive weeks – the longest of such streak by any artiste.
8. Peace Be Unto You(PBUY)– Asake
Former No.1, Asake’s ‘Peace Be Unto You’ returns to the top ten at No. 8 following the massive listening/streaming of his recently released debut album “Mr Money With The Vibe”.
9. Ijo (Laba Laba) – Crayon
Crayon’s ‘Ijo (Laba Laba)’ falls 5-9.
10. Ku Lo Sa- Oxlade
At No.10, Oxlade’s ‘Ku Lo Sa – A COLORS SHOW’ jumps into the top ten for the first time.
Boosted by its viral challenge of fans mimicking the singer’s live performance of the song at Colors Studio; ‘Ku Lo Sa – A COLORS SHOW’ is the artiste’s second top ten entry in Nigeria – joining ‘KOLO’ which peaked at No. 8 in 2021.
