Anne-Marie and Aitch's brilliantly-unhinged bop PSYCHO claims the Number 1 spot on this week's Official Trending Chart.
22.09.2022 - 18:29 / officialcharts.com
The UK’s first-ever Official Afrobeats Chart Show is celebrating its one year anniversary this Sunday on BBC Radio 1Xtra.
Hosted by British-Congolese presenter, comedian and actor Eddie Kadi, the show airs on Sundays 3-4pm on BBC Radio 1Xtra, and provides a destination for the Official Afrobeats Chart with a weekly rundown of the Top 20 biggest tracks, as compiled by the Official Charts Company, based on sales and streams across the UK.
To celebrate, BBC 1Xtra will air a specially extended two-hour Official Afrobeats Chart Show with Eddie Kadi this Sunday, 25 September between 3-5pm. Eddie will be joined by some of the artists that have made the biggest impact on the charts over the last 12 months.
According to Official Charts Company data, Burna Boy’s recent hit Last Last is the longest-running Number 1 track from the past 12 months, as well as the longest-running Number 1 track ever recorded by the chart, with 13 consecutive weeks on top.
Burna Boy is also the artist that has appeared the most times in the UK’s Official Afrobeats Chart over the past 12 months, with second place taken by Nigeria-born Afrobeats singer Asake and third place by British Afro-swing collective, NSG.
Ed Sheeran and Fireboy DML
However, the best performing track based on streams and sales in the UK over the past 12 months was Fireboy DML’s Peru featuring Ed Sheeran, which peaked at Number 2 on the Official Singles Chart earlier this year, following a strong campaign to get the song to Number 1.
Eddie Kadi, 1Xtra Afrobeats Chart Show Presenter, says, “It has been a phenomenal year for African music and being part of this journey with The Afrobeats Chart is an honour.
"I am looking forward to another year of great music, discovering new artists
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