Davido’s ‘Timeless’ sets first-day streaming record for African album on Apple Music

Davido, the Afrobeat singer, has made history with ‘Timeless‘, his latest album, on Apple Music.

In a tweet on Monday, Apple Music revealed that ‘Timeless’ had received the most first-day streams by an African album on the platform.

“@davido is breaking global records. 🇳🇬,” the streaming platform wrote on Twitter.

.@davido is breaking global records. 🇳🇬

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The Nigerian superstar's #Timeless had the most first-day streams ever for an African album on Apple Music. https://t.co/MgTzsN3OBN pic.twitter.com/dn2lFkjt9D

— Apple Music (@AppleMusic) April 3, 2023

“The Nigerian superstar’s #Timeless had the most first-day streams ever for an African album on Apple Music.”

Davido released ‘Timeless’, his fourth album which houses 17 tracks, on March 31.

‘Timeless’ is built on diverse tunes and collaborators which include Asake, Fave, Focalistic, Angelique Kidjo, and Skepta among others.

Tracks in the project include ‘Over Dem’, ‘In the Garden, ‘Godfather,’ ‘Feel,’ ‘Unavailable’, ‘Kante’, ‘Bop’, ‘E Pain Me’, ‘Away,’ ‘Precision’, and ‘Na Money.’

Others include ‘U (Juju)’, ‘No Competition’, ‘Picasso’, ‘For the Road’, ‘LCND’, and ‘Champion Sound’.

The album is Davido’s fourth project. His three other bodies of works are ‘Omo Baba Olowo’ (2012), ‘A Good Time’ (2019), and ‘A Better Time‘ (2020).

The singer earlier disclosed that concerts for the new album will be held in London, New York, and Lagos.

The New York concert was held on Sunday night with thousands of fans celebrating the new album.

The London concert will take place on April 5 while the singer will hold the Nigerian concert on April 25.

Davido also recently signed two new artistes to DMW, his record label.

The new acts  — Morravey and Logos Olori — were also featured in the ‘Timeless’ album.

With strings of awards and honourary mentions, Davido has established himself as one of the leading names in the Nigerian music industry.