August 10, (THEWILL) – Afrobeats singer, Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema, has broken the 40-year-old record of Juju maestro, Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye, also known as King Sunny Ade, by emerging as the latest Nigerian artist to have the longest-running album on US Billboard 200.
His debut work, ‘Rave n Roses’, sets a new record for the longest charting album on Billboard 200 by a Nigerian artiste.
In March 2022, Rema released a 16-track body of work. He featured international artists such as 6lack, Chris Brown, AJ Tracey, and Yseult.
Rema’s new feat was held by Sunny Ade for four decades.
In 1982, the legendary musician released ‘Juju Music’, the album spent 29 weeks, from May 1, 1983, to September 1, 1983, on the Billboard 200 chart. It was the longest-running Nigerian album in the chart’s history until recently.
‘Rave n Roses’ has now spent its 30th week on the chart, setting a new record.
