Wizkid equals Burna Boy’s record as Nigerian artist with most charting albums on Billboard

Grammy Award winner Ayodeji Balogun, better known as Wizkid, has equalled his colleague Burna Boy’s record as the Nigerian artist with the most charting albums in Billboard, 200 history.

The Starboy accomplished the feat after his latest album ‘Morayo’ debuted at number 98, selling 13,000 units in its first week.

As a result, Wizkid and Burna Boy are the Nigerian artists with the most Billboard 200 charting albums (4 each).

“Wizkid ties Burna Boy as the Nigerian artist with the most charting albums in Billboard 200 history (4 each),” music monitoring platform Chart Data wrote via X on Friday.

‘Morayo’ also debuted at number 4 on the Billboard World Albums chart.

With the recent announcement of his fifth studio album ‘5IVE’ scheduled to be released next year, Davido could also join the tie as he has already debuted three albums on the chart.