Burna Boy baggage his first U.Okay. chart crown – and a chunk of historical past – along with his newest album I Told Them…(through Atlantic).
The Nigeria-born artist (actual title: Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu) blasts to the highest of the newest Official U.Okay. Albums Chart, revealed Sept. 1, changing into the primary worldwide Afrobeats artist to safe the title.
The chief on the midweek stage, Burna Boy’s seventh and newest LP goes one higher than 2022’s Love, Damini, which peaked at No. 2.
“Burna Boy has transformed into a global superstar and this No. 1 album reflects his growth over the last few years,” feedback Austin Daboh, vp of Atlantic Records U.Okay. in a press release. “The success of this album is the combination of world class music, a coherent strategy based in culture, and unmatched passion, energy and commitment from his wider team and Atlantic Records.”
It’s not his first style of the excessive life. Burna Boy scaled the U.Okay. singles chart summit with 2019’s “Own It,” a collaboration with Stormzy and Ed Sheeran. The data hold tumbling. Earlier this summer time, he turned the primary African artist to headline a stadium live performance within the U.Okay., when he performed his Love, Damini tour date at a packed-out 60,000 capability London Stadium, and he has a Grammy Award to his title, for 2020’s Twice as Tall (finest international music album).
Meanwhile, Claire Richards steps on as much as a solo profession finest along with her second studio album Euphoria (Edsel), new at No. 2. The Steps star now has two solo high 10s, with 2019’s My Wildest Dreams peaking at No. 9. As a member of Steps, Richards has an addition 11 high 10 albums, together with 4 leaders: 1999’s Steptacular, 2001’s Gold: The Greatest Hits, 2011’s The Ultimate Collection and 2022’s Platinum Collection.
London rapper Digga D (actual title: Rhys Herbert) scores a 3rd U.Okay. high 10 with Back to Square One (Black Money Records). Digga D snagged his first and solely No. 1 in 2022 with the Noughty By Nature mixtape.
U.S. alternative-pop artist Ashnikko makes her debut U.Okay. high 10 look with Weedkiller (Parlophone), new at No. 7, forward of Alice Cooper’s twenty second solo studio album Road (Ear Music), which begins at No. 8. That’s the sixth high 10 LP as a solo artist for the veteran shock-rock artist.
Finally, U.S. nation artist Zach Bryan’s enjoys his first U.Okay. high 40 spot along with his self-titled fourth studio album. Zach Bryan (through Warner Records) is new at No. 22.
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