Davido’s ‘Timeless’ becomes first African album to top US iTunes chart

<p>Amaarae said, “When I first started, people weren’t even trying to pay me at all. I actually remember; I’m not going to shame the platform but a platform that offered me credit, MTN credit to perform at their show.”</p>, <p>This is as the album topped the chart on Wednesday, April 5, 2023, making history in the process as the first African album to reach Number 1 in the world’s biggest music market.</p>, <p>The ‘Calm Down’ crooner said he is an introvert and does not like controversy.</p>, <p>Recall that Davido dropped his fourth studio album ‘Timeless’ on March 31, 2023, with guest appearances from Nigerian artists such as Asake, Fave, The Cavemen, DMW’s latest additions, Morravey and Logos Olori as well as Grammy-award-winning Beninese singer Angelique Kidjo, British rapper Skepta, South African music producer/DJ Musa Keys, Jamaican dancehall/reggae singer Dexta Daps, and South African rapper, Focalistic.</p>, <p>Nigerian singer and rapper, Divine Ikubor, better known as Rema, has blamed fans for the unending beef and rivalries in the Afrobeats culture.</p>, <p>Taking a trip down memory, the ‘Sad Girlz Luv Money’ crooner recalled how a platform offered her GH₵‎100 recharge card to perform at their event.</p>, <p>He said, “I look for no one’s trouble. I just want to make good music. I’m an introvert, I stay indoors. I don’t cause trouble, I don’t want to fight.</p>, <p>“Even when the fans want to start to spark stuff up. I won’t lie, the fans are the ones starting this stuff beef. I feel like it’s the fans.”</p>, <p>Rema said he doesn’t hesitate to call his fans to order whenever he sees them “moving mad”. He, however, said sometimes he is disappointed when he doesn’t see other artists doing the same, ostensibly they are enjoying the comparisons.</p>, <p>Nigerian Afrobeats superstar, David Adeleke, aka Davido, has broken an African record on the US iTunes Albums Chart with his new album ‘Timeless’.</p>, <p>She said she loves to collaborate because it allows her to showcase her diversity.</p>, <p>Rema was rece