Nigerian singer Rema’s debut album ‘Rave & Roses’ has ended its record as the longest-charting African album on the Billboard World Albums Chart, topping a milestone of 170 weeks.
Rave Roses beat Wizkid’s ‘Made In Lagos’ record of 164 weeks set last year.
Other African projects with the longest chart runs include Tems’ ‘Born In The Wild’ (79 weeks), Burna Boy’s ‘Love, Damini’ (63 weeks), and the legendary Fela’s ‘The Best Of The Black President’ (45 weeks).
Meanwhile, Rema earned his second Billboard Hot 100 chart entry this week with ‘Secondhand’ with Don Toliver debuting at 29.
His compatriot, Tems also debuted on new song ‘What You Need’ on Hot 100 this week, bringing her total to seven, a joint African record with Burna Boy and South African group Seether.
