Tyla is #1 Afrobeats Artist of 2024, “Water” Top Song

Tyla caps a groundbreaking year by landing at No. 1 on the Billboard US Afrobeats Songs Artists year-end 2024 review. The South African singer, who debuted at No. 14 last year, jumps to the No. 1 spot thanks to a flurry of hits from her self-titled debut album, the was released in March, and the runaway hit “Water,” which ended the year as the No. 1 track on the Billboard US Afrobeats Songs year-end chart completes.

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Tyla, who records for Fax Records/Epic Records, became widely known for “Water,” which reached No. 1 on the weekly US Afrobeats Songs chart in October 2023, in time for the 2024 chart year, which charted Oct. 28. 2023 to Oct. 19, 2024. The single drowned out the competition and captured one over the course of the chart year 51 weeks of dominance on the list, being left behind for just one week during that time, to Asake and Travis Scott’s one-week champion “Active.”

billboardYear-End Music Recaps represent aggregated metrics for each artist, track, label and music contributor on the weekly charts from October 28, 2023 to October 19, 2024. Luminate-based Recaps rankings reflect equivalent album units. Airplay, sales or streaming during the weeks in which the titles appeared in the respective charts in the tracking year. Any activity registered before or after a title’s chart launch will not be taken into account in this ranking. These methodological details and the October-October time period explain some of the differences between these lists and the calendar year reviews compiled independently by Luminate.

After “Water” opened, Tyla’s self-titled debut album solidified her position on the US Afrobeats Songs chart, where 10 of the 14 tracks on the album’s standard edition charted. In addition to “Water”, three other titles end up in the top 10 of the annual review: “Truth or Dare” (4th place), “Jump” with Gunna and Skillibeng (5th place) and “Art”. (No. 9).

Tems, the top Afrobeats artist in the US two years ago, comes in at No. 2 for the 2024 edition, thanks to the impact of her highly anticipated full-length debut. Born in the wild. The set, released in June on Since ’93/RCA Records, spawned 15 chart tracks on the weekly US Afrobeats Songs chart, including three different tracks that each reached No. 3: “Me & U,” “Love Me JeJe” and “Love Me JeJe”. “No angel.” The front pair’s extended trajectory helped them to a third and seventh place finish, respectively, in the year-end rankings.

What’s notable is that four of the top five year-end US Afrobeats songs are occupied by “Water”, “Me & U”, “Truth or Dare” and “Jump”, the only non-Tyla or Tems song in the region Runner-up of 2024, “Calm Down” by Rema and Selena Gomez. The track, which topped the rankings in 2023, takes the silver medal due to its consistent streaming levels. Although the collaboration has passed its peak of reaching a record 59 weeks at the top of the US Afrobeats Songs chart, the single has remained in the top three positions throughout the chart year thanks to a consistent number of streams stay on the charts.

With the help of “Calm Down”, Rema takes third place in the year-end US Afrobeats songs ranking, although this is not the only reason for his success. The Nigerian artist brought 16 more songs to the list in the 2024 chart year, both from his November 2023 EP and from devastate, and 2024 full-length album, HOT. Chief among them was “Yayo,” which reached No. 9 in July and became his third top 10 hit on the charts.

Last year’s champ Burna Boy sits in fourth place in the 2024 year-end artist review, largely due to cuts from its August 2023 release. I told them…and continued their chart runs throughout the year. Notably, the international superstar achieved a new top 10 – his 14th overall – with “Higher,” which peaked at number six in July.

Meanwhile, Asake completes the top five of the Class of 2024 on the US Afrobeats Songs Artists chart. While the 29-year-old had already made a name for himself with a string of 14 Top 10 hits, he finally joined the penthouse in August with his first No. 1 album, the Travis Scott collaboration “Active.” . A-list pairings proved a winning formula for Asake, with further hits coming through team-ups with Wizkid on the No. 7 peak “MMS” and Gunna (“Happiness”, also with Sarz) and Central Cee (“Wave”) . , both of which reached 8th place.