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Asake’s “M$NEY” Sets Spotify Nigeria Record for Biggest First-Week Debut

Less than a week after release, the project has surpassed Morayo by Wizkid in streaming performance, marking a new benchmark for Afrobeats releases on Spotify Nigeria and underscoring the genre’s growing global digital dominance.

May 8, 2026

11:42 am

Asake is the most streamed artist in Nigerian Spotify history and also has the most-streamed song with “Remember."
Asake is the most streamed artist in Nigerian Spotify history and also has the most-streamed song with “Remember."

Asake’s “M$NEY” breaks all-time Spotify Nigeria Record Set 18 months ago.

 

After barely a week of tracking, the album has amassed 37.5 million streams on the market, which is the record for the biggest first-week streaming debut on Spotify Nigeria

 

For comparison, the previous record holder for first-week streams was Morayo back in November 22 to 29, with 35.8 million.

 

In particular, M$NEY recorded 6.43 million streams on Spotify in its 6th day of release, which is the second-biggest sixth-day streams for any African album.

However, in terms of biggest opening day streams globally for Nigerian projects on Spotify, M$NEY still trails behind Morayo and Davido’s 5ive. The album opened with 13.1 million first-day streams, compared to Morayo’s 16.2 million and 5ive’s 15 million.

 

Biggest First-Week Debuts on Spotify Nigeria

  • M$NEY — 37.5M (6 days)
  • Morayo — 35.8M
  • 5ive — 27.6M
  • Olamidé — 19.1M
  • No Sign Of Weakness — 19.1M
  • Lungu Boy — 18.9M
  • REAL, Vol. 1 – EP — 17.49M
  • INDUSTRY MACHINE — 17.4M
  • CLARITY OF MIND — 16.72M
  • FUJI MOTO — 14.7M
  • Timeless — 14.4M
  • CAPTAIN — 13.8M
  • HEIS — 12.3M
  • The Last Wun — 11.7M
  • catharsis — 10.6M
  • I Told Them… — 9.4M
  • Gen Z — 8.9M
  • Children Of Africa (EP) — 8.6M
  • Work Of Art — 8.3M
  • Ikigai / 生き甲斐, Vol. 1 — 7.9M

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