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On March 31, 2023 Nigerian megastar Davido released his fourth album. The highly anticipated 17-track album came off the back of a rare quite moment from the award-winning artists who has made a name for himself as Africa's most formidable hitmaker.
24-hours after its release, 'Timeless' has shattered multiple African and Nigerian records across music streaming platforms.
Below are some of the achievements of 'Timeless' after 24 3 days of its release.
- ‘Timeless’ breaks the all-time record for the biggest debut week by any album on Spotify Nigeria in its first day of release ‘Timeless’ tallied 4.91 million streams on March 31; surpassing the previous record debut week total of 4.89M by Burna Boy’s ‘Love, Damini’.
2. The first track on the album 'OVER DEM' breaks the all-time record for most single day streams for any song in Spotify Nigeria history, over 2x the previous record (460K).
3. 24 hours after its release 'Timeless' charted in the Apple Music Album charts with 102 countries .
4. 'Timeless' album breaks the record for the biggest first day streams on Boomplay. — Its 7.25M streams on opening day surpasses the previously set record by Burna Boy’s 'Love, Damini' (3.38M).
5. 'Timeless' tops Apple Music Album chart in 26 countries.
6. 'Timeless' peaked at NO. 2 on United Kingdom Apple Music chart which is a record for an African album.
7. Davido's 'Timeless' has set a new record for the first-day streams of African albums on Apple Music.
8. Davido's 'Timeless' had over 12 million streams in its first 24 hours, more than any other album in the history of Audiomack.
9. Davido’s ‘Timeless' has broken the record for the biggest African album in Apple Music history by first-day streams worldwide.
10. He also broke the record for the most simultaneous African songs on Apple Music's Global Daily Top 100, with nine.
11. ‘Timeless' reached Number Two on Apple Music’s US Albums chart, a new record for an African album
12. The album also broke the record for the African album with the most simultaneous Number One entries on Apple Music’s albums chart.
13. 'Timeless' becomes the first ever African album to hit #1 on US iTunes Albums chart, doing this six days after release.
14. ‘Timeless’ sets a new all-time record for the biggest debut for any album in Spotify Nigeria history ‘Timeless’ tallied 14.5 million streams during the week of March 31 — April 6, surpassing the previous record of 4.89M streams by Burna Boy’s ‘Love, Damini’
15. ‘Timeless’ has broken the record for the biggest debut week by any on Boomplay Nigeria The album has tallied over 22 million streams on the platform after four days of release surpassing the previous record of 18.8 million streams by Love, Damini (July 8 — 14, 2022)
16. 8 tracks from ‘Timeless’ occupy the first eight spots on the all-time list for biggest weekly tally by any single on Spotify Nigeria 'OVER DEM' ranks at No. 1 with 1.26 million streams
17. Davido's 'Timeless' sets a new record for the biggest debut week for any album on YouTube Nigeria with 4.10 million streams.