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[size=14pt]List of some nigerians that have been ranked on Billboard charts.[/size]

Billboard Magazine is a popular music magazine. It (along with Right On Magazine) was very popular in Nigeria in the 1980s and '90s. Billboard is also well known for its popular music charts, the most famous of which are the Hot 100 Chart and the 200 Album Chart.

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Quite a few nigerians have appeared on Billboard charts over the years and they include:

1) Babatunde Olatunji's album, Drums Of Passion, was number 13 on the charts in 1960 (Babatunde Olatunji also won a Grammy Award).

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Babatunde Olatunji also featured on the album Planet Drum, which was number 1 on the Billboard World Music Album Chart in 1991 and won a Grammy Award for best world music album (also in 1991).

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2) Sikiru Adepoju was the second nigerian that featured on the album, Planet Drum which was number 1 on the Billboard World Music Album Chart in 1991 and won a Grammy Award for best world music album (also in 1991).

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3) Sunny Ade's Synchro System was number 91 on the Billboard Pop Album Chart in 1983.

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4) Fela Anikulapo-Kuti's album, Live In Detroit, was number 9 Billboard World Music Album Chart in 1986.

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5) Dr Alban's It's My Life was number 3 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music Club Play chart, number 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart, number 28 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 88 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1992. (This song was also used in adverts and soap operas in the UK, Germany and India).

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6) Lagbaja's We Before Me was number 15 on the Billboard World Music Album Chart in 2001.

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7) Femi Kuti's album, Africa For Africa was number 12 on the Billboard World Music Album Chart in 2011.

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Femi's album, No Place For My Dream was number 7 on the Billboard World Music Chart in 2013.

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8 ) Asa's Beautiful Imperfection album was number 3 on the Billboard World Album chart in 2011.

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9) D'Banj's Oliver Twist was number 9 on the Billboard's UK Official Single's Chart in 2012.

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10) 2face Idibia's The Ascension album was number 12 on the Billboard World Album chart in 2014.


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11) Wizkid was number 97 on the Billboard 100 Artists Chart in May 2016.

Wizkid also featured with Kyla on Drake's song titled One Dance, which got to number 1 on the Billboard Twitter Last 24 Hours Chart on April 12, 2016. The Billboard Twitter Last 24 Hours Chart is a relatively new chart and Wizkid is the first nigerian to feature on this specific chart. The song also got to number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart.

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. COLO MENTALITY. I mean says you be colonial man but you never release yourself.

Very informative. Don't know why everyone is hyping wizkid, he is trying but he aint a legend yet. Being featured by american acts is fantastic for his career, but it's not a statement that he would be a music icon of academic or historical relevance.
Sunny ade,
Fela,
Sikiru adepoju,
Victor owiafo,
Raskimo,
Onyeka owenu
And maybe Tu face, are the real Nigerian icons.

Why nairaland boring today like this?

K

Really?

We are great people am not surprised

Almost all are Yorubas! Only one biafrauud. We lead, others follow.

Incomplete... My name isn't among

Coming soon

80% are Yoruba. It not an understatement to say yorubas lead other follows. A ju ara wa lo
Ijakadi ko

seeing Lady gaga's picture up there, I was like shuuuuu Gaga na Nigerian?


Abeg, that 'one dance' who heard wizkid's voice on it? i downloaded over 20 versions of that track, hoping to hear wizkid say something, even his trademark, 'yaga' will suffice. I even downloaded African China cover of the song too, hoping to hear his part. If you have Wizkid's park, kindly cut the part and send it to my mail.
Eshey pupo.



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The person above me is a matured ipodian fooool

HardMirror:
Very informative. Don't know why everyone is hyping wizkid, he is trying but he aint a legend yet. Being featured by american acts is fantastic for his career, but it's not a statement that he would be a music icon of academic or historical relevance.
Sunny ade,
Fela,
Sikiru adepoju,
Victor owiafo,
Raskimo,
Onyeka owenu
And maybe Tu face, are the real Nigerian icons.

Style Style Hating!

While some kids with no sense of history were claiming wizkid as the best ever was. I don't blame them as they are of the indomie generation!

And one indomie generation op opened a thread to be saying rubbish!!!

Educate them Indomie gen

This list is a beautiful nonsense and incomplete if Seun's ex Tonto Dike is not there..... I repeat Tonto Dike should be there.

Storms outta thread

I doff my hat for my Brethrens from Ewedu and Amala Republic. They just populated the list.

The poster above Me is high on Osogbo weed

Thank God, I don't like the hype for kidwiz

Thats good one

Yoruba representing

Yoruba repping us

Luvly. From only one part of the Nigeria.

And someone opened a thread that wizkid was the best Nigerian artist because he was featured on billboard chart not even knowing that he was number 10

Yorubas run Nigerian music.

I keep hearing vote for refiner, vote for refiner, vote for refiner.. Then I checked her pics and saw she's not even half as fine as rihana.. The thing come tire me got me feeling down like a miner.. Her face so white like the rice up in china.. Thou she likes rocking designers like dolce and gabbanas.. Omo no mind me I just dey whine her, if I get the chance omo I fit dine her.. And I no be rhymer.

But non of them smeelled the nyash of foreign artists for long... They kept on giving o
Us old shiis..

But guess what, only whizkid gives us new stuffs,faces, voices everyday in the name of collaboration.