It is a big win for Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido as his album “A Good Time” reached over a billion streams on all platforms.
Columbia Records UK made the announcement via twitter page on Tuesday, 28 July, 2020. “A Good Time”, which is Davido’s second studio album was released on November 22, 2019, through Davido Music Worldwide (DMW), RCA Records and Sony Music.
The 17-track project features Chris Brown, Summer Walker, Gunna, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Dremo, Peruzzi, Popcaan, Zlatan, Yonda, Wurld and Naira Marley.
The critically acclaimed album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry of South Africa in just three months of its release. In February, the album along with two singles on it; “Blow My Mind” featuring Chris Brown and “Risky” featuring Jamaican dancehall act Popcaan, were certified platinum in the United States. “Risky” went double platinum.
“Fall”, the second single off the album has continued to break records three years after it was released. According to Rolling Stone magazine, “Fall” was one of the top-100-most-Shazam-searched singles in America in January 2019. In February 2019, it became the longest-charting Nigerian pop song in Billboard history.