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Congratulations are in order for the Nigerian artiste WizKid Ayo Balogun as his album ‘Made in Lagos’ becomes the 1st Nigerian album to spend 1 year on the Billboard world albums chart.

After it’s arrival on the billboard charts in October 2020, the album has spent 4 weeks at no1, which is also the longest time a Nigerian artiste has stayed at the no1 spot – the only other album being Burnaboys twice as tall which was at the top spot for 1 week.

Longest charting Nigerian albums on the billboard charts are as follows:-

1. WizKid ‘made in Lagos’ (2020) – 52 weeks

2. Fela ‘the best black president’ (1999) – 45 weeks

3. Burnaboy ‘African giant’ (2019) – 36 weeks

4. Davido ‘A good time’ (2019) – 25 weeks

5. Burnaboy ‘Twice as tall’ (2020) – 12 weeks

6. CKay ‘the first’ (2020) – 6 weeks

7. WizKid ‘Sounds from the other side’ (2017) – 4 weeks

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