TurnTable launches Nigeria Top 50 albums chart

• Nigerian music and entertainment magazine, Turn Table has announced the launch of the TurnTable Top 50 Albums chart.
• The chart employs a weighted system similar to the existing Top Streaming Songs chart – a point-per-play system that assigns values to streams on different streaming platforms.
• Asake’s ‘MMWTV’ earned 10,000 album units in Nigeria topping the chart during the week of October 28 – November 3, 2022.

Nigerian music and entertainment magazine, Turn Table has announced the launch of the TurnTable Top 50 Albums chart. With this music fans and industry players now have access to comprehensive information regarding aggregated singles, albums, and artiste-performance charts in Nigeria.

The chart employs a weighted system similar to the existing Top Streaming Songs chart – a point-per-play system that assigns values to streams on different streaming platforms. Paid streams will be weighted as one point per play value, freemium streams will be weighted as 0.75 points per play, ad-supported video streams from YouTube will be weighted as 0.66 points per play while ad-supported streams will be weighted as 0.5 points per play.

This follows standard practice by other official music chart publications across the world that assign different weights to streaming platforms based on payment type. Additionally, the TurnTable Top 50 Albums Chart as well as other genre-based consumption-ranked album charts — will employ a single tier (equating to 1,500 streams as one album unit) for on-demand audio streams (paid or ad-supported) from subscription services. Video streams will also contribute to the Top 50 Albums Chart.

Top Ten Rundown (October 28 – November 3, 2022)

Asake’s ‘MMWTV’ earned 10,000 album units in Nigeria during the week of October 28 – November 3, 2022. This equals 15 million on-demand streams of the album tracks during the tracking week.

Bella Shmurda’s ‘Hypertension’ starts at No. 2 with 6,732 units, equaling 10.1 million on-demand streams of the set’s tracks. Burna Boy’s ‘Love, Damini’ earned 4,410 units to start at No. 3. Young Jonn’s ‘Love Is Not Enough’ at No. 4 (3,681 units), and Blaqbonez’s ‘Young Preacher’ at No. 5 (3,337 units).

Seyi Vibez’s debut album, ‘Billion Dollar Baby’ earned 3,151 units off two days of availability during the tracking week to start at No. 6. Ayra Starr’s ’19 & Dangerous’ (Deluxe) occupies the No. 7 spot with 2,828 units while Black Sherif’s ‘The Villain I Never Was’ earned 2,279 units to start at No. 8.

Rounding out the top ten is Fireboy DML’s ‘Playboy’ which ranks at No. 9 – it earned 2,214 units while Omah Lay’s ‘Boy Alone’ earned 1,796 units to rank at No. 10.