Timeless album changed my life – Davido
Sahara Weekly Reports That Afrobeats megastar Davido has acknowledged his fourth studio album ‘Timeless’ has brought an unimaginable transformation in his life.
Since its release on March 31, 2023, the 17-track album has recorded several historical landmarks including the highest number of album pre-orders by an African artist, breaking the previous record set by Burna Boy, with his Grammy-winning album “Twice as Tall” and several others.
In just eight days of its release, Davido’s ‘Timeless’ broke the record for the biggest African album in Apple Music history by first-day streams worldwide,
It broke the record for the most simultaneous African songs on Apple Music’s Global Daily Top 100, with nine, reached Number Two on Apple Music’s US Albums chart, a new record for an African album and also broke the record for the African album with the most simultaneous Number One entries on Apple Music’s albums chart.
Released at a time when the singer was just recovering from mourning the demise of his son, the album has since gone on to not only inflame the global music scene but also charted Davido’s career into exciting new horizons.
While reacting to a tweet by PopBase indulging tweeps to mention an album that changed their lives, O.B.O proudly responded with the cover art of his sizzling album ‘Timeless.’
Audiomack also announced that Davido’s ‘Timeless ‘ had over 12 million streams in its first 24 hours of release, which is more than any other album on Audiomack ever.
Spotify announced that Davido has broken the biggest first-day stream on its Nigerian platform. The album garnered 4.91 million streams on its first day of release; surpassing the previous record of 1.36M by Burna Boy’s ‘Love, Damini.’
Davido’s ‘Timeless’ also broke the record for the biggest first-day streams on Boomplay by tallying 7.25 million streams on opening day surpassing the previously set record by Burna Boy’s “Love, Damini” at 3.38 million streams.
The same album recently propelled a fan, Emmiwuks to embark on a cycling journey from Benue to Lagos to deliver a special gift to Davido for his effort in blessing listeners with his lyrical might going by the impressive figures and numbers the project has continued to amass as well as how it resonates with fans worldwide.
