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Davido’s FEM Tops TurnTable Charts This Week
For the maiden edition of the Turntable 50, ‘Ginger’ by Wizkid featuring Burna Boy topped the charts. But this week, ‘FEM’ by Davido hits the top spot on the charts as it leaped from No. 2 to No. 1.
By so doing, it became the second No. 1 ever on the TurnTable Charts’ headlining charts, Turntable 50.
The Top 50 blends all-genre premium streaming, radio airplay and TV airplay in Nigeria. All charts will be dated and updated on Mondays, this week’s chart will be revealed on Monday, November 16.
Olamide occupies both No. 2 and No. 3 with ’Infinity’ and ’Triumphant’ featuring Omah
Lay and Bella Shmurda respectively.
Here are the top 10 Nigerian songs of the week;
1.) Davido – FEM
After becoming Nigeria’s flagship song for the EndSARS protests, the song makes a return as Davido releases ‘A Better Time. The song tallied 45.69 million radio audience impressions, 1.11 million equivalent streams and 10.19 million TV audience impression this week.
2.) Olamide featuring Omah Lay – Infinity
Having recently released a colourful video for the song, Olamide’s ’Infinity’ featuring Omah Lay moves from No. 7 to No. 2 on the Top 50, after drawing 2.16 million equivalent streams. It also tallied 23.36 million radio airplay audience impression
The song also leads the Top Streaming Chart for a fourth non-consecutive week and moves to a new peak of No. 8 on Top Airplay Chart.
3.) Olamide featuring Bella Shmurda – Triumphant
Olamide’s ‘Triumphant’ Bella Shmurda jumps to No. 3 on the Top 50 after it entered at No. 17 on the last chart. It moves to No. 2 on Streaming Chart (1.95 million equivalent streams, up 30.87 percent), jumps 34-12 on Airplay Chart (20.39 million, up 81.56%) and debuts at No. 27 on TV Songs Chart (5.04 million).
Both “Infinity” and “Triumphant” are from Olamide’s eleventh studio album, Carpe Diem, and feature two of the artistes tipped for the Next Rated Awards at the Headies.
4.) Wizkid featuring Burna Boy – Ginger
Last week’s No. 1 song falls to No. 4 on the Top 50. It also drops to No. 3 on Top Streaming Chart (1.64 million, down 50.15 percent) and moves 11-4 on Top Airplay Chart (29.76 million, up 24.5 percent).
5.) Patoranking – Abule
Patoranking’s ’Abule’ moves 8-5 on the Top 50 and ranks in the top ten of Top Airplay Chart for a 12th week (only Rema’s “Woman” has spent longer in the region with 14 weeks).
6.) Cheque – Zoom
It’s not everyday that a Trap/Emo track becomes a hit in Nigeria, but this song is still waxing strong. After it dropped off Cheque’s debut EP, ’Razor,’ it enjoyed a lukewarm reception but after its video dropped, it soared up the charts.
7.) Bella Shmurda featuring Zlatan and Lincoln – Cash App
The song might be premised upon the counter-culture of ‘yahoo yahoo,’ but the music is alluring enough to form a dalliance with the Nigerian heart. The song also further ties into how pop culture continues to promote Square’s product of the same name. Jack Dorsey would be proud.
8.) Tems – Damages
As the lead single for her debut EP, For Broken Ears, ’Damages’ has surpassed a lot of expectations. Recently, it was announced that Tems’ debut EP surpassed one million streams on Apple Music. It also fell from No. 6 to No. 8 on the charts.
9.) Wizkid – No Stress
Well, Wizkid admires a woman with no stress and his album, Made In Lagos was said to reflect that reality. His song might have had a tumble from No. 4 to No. 9 on this week’s chart, but the times look great for Baba Bolu.
10.) DJ Neptune’s featuring Laycon and Joeboy – Nobody (Icons Remix)
This week, the song fell from No. 9 to No. 10.
Just outside the top ten is Omah Lay’s ’Damn (Remix)’ featuring American R&B artiste, 6lack and Davido’s ’So Crazy’ featuring American rapper, Lil Baby, debuts at No. 17.
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
Nancy Briggs
