Mayorkun

It is the artist's fifth number one single all scored within the year and his third number one entry of his sophomore album number nine.

All of Fola's singles, all of Fola's number one singles in Nigeria were Paparazzi with Sode, One week at number one, Treat You Right with Ira Star, one week at number one, Before Before with Devid O and Mayor Kun, six weeks at number one, It's Over with Bala Shmurda and Zlatan, one week at number one and Miss You just became its first week at number one.

The song tallied 2.711 million on demand streams, making it number two on streaming and 57.3 million in radio reach, making it number three.

On radio, it is the artist's first solo, number one entry on the official singles chart in Nigeria.

It's like they are brainwashing them and, and they don't know.

Mayorkun, from working a bank job to becoming one of Afrobeat's biggest stars, Mayorkun's rise happened fast.

Signed by Davido, crowned the Mayor of Lagos, and responsible for some of the biggest records of his generation.

For, like, two years, everything I wrote, I s- just stopped doing it.

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Mayorkun.

Yep.

On Instagram, on Twitter, it's the same thing.

Mayorkun, M-A-Y-O-R-K-U-N.

On Snapchat, it's Mayorkun with two Ns, M-A-Y-O-R-K-U-N-N.

Period.

Thank you so much for coming.

So it was pretty recent.

To give you a comparison, Davido's B4B4 with Mayorkun and Fola had both strong streaming The only reason I wanted to bring this up is because we come on here and talk about how Nigerian artists are making more global types of music and not making music for home because it's not as profitable as something like a Western country.

I just thought it was interesting that he was able to go number one in his area and it still shows the value of the fan base where he's from.

It might not immediately show all the ROI right away, but to be able to still garner a number one with basically no radio play is pretty impressive.

The Mayor of Lagos.

Ladies and gentlemen, Mayorkun on Creati-Tea with Linda.

Hello, ladies and gentlemen.

Welcome to another beautiful episode of Creati-Tea.

Beyond music, you know, he's gonna talk about the journey, the business, and of course the tea behind the brand.

The Mayor of Lagos.

Ladies and gentlemen, Mayorkun in the building.

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