Top 50 Trending Nigerian Songs This Week

Top 50 Trending Nigerian Songs This Week: Chart Rankings and Rising Artists (September 2026)

Afrobeats’ streaming picture for the week of September 4, 2026, comes from the Apple Music Nigeria chart, which ranks the country’s most-played songs based on real-time listening activity on the platform, tracked via Soundcharts. It’s one of a handful of trackers that watch Nigerian music consumption closely, alongside Nigeria’s own official chart, the TurnTable Top 100, which blends streaming from multiple services with radio and TV airplay data collected through Radiomonitor.

The headline from this week’s Apple Music ranking: Davido, Mayorkun, and FOLA’s collaboration “B4 B4” holds the number one spot, with Asake right behind it in the number two position with “Forgiveness.” Between them, Davido and Asake account for a striking share of the upper chart, a pattern that’s become familiar in Nigerian streaming data over the past year.

What Is the Number One Song Right Now?

“B4 B4,” the team-up between Davido, Mayorkun, and FOLA, sits at number one on this week’s Apple Music Nigeria chart. It’s a notable pairing since Davido and Mayorkun both record for the same label, and having three prominent artists on a single track tends to pull in overlapping fan bases rather than splitting attention, which likely helps explain the song’s strength at the top.

It’s worth being precise about what “number one” means here. This is Apple Music’s Nigeria chart specifically, not Nigeria’s blended official chart. TurnTable’s Top 100, which factors in airplay alongside streaming from Spotify, Boomplay, Audiomack, YouTube, and Deezer in addition to Apple Music, has shown different songs at the top across 2026, including extended runs for Asake and Wizkid’s “Jogodo.” Readers comparing chart positions across platforms should keep that distinction in mind rather than assuming every gospel, pop, or Afrobeats chart is measuring the same thing.

Top 20 Songs on the Nigeria Apple Music Chart This Week

The chart continues through 50 songs, with further entries from Wizkid, Burna Boy, Victony, Olamide, Rema, Zlatan, Young Jonn, and Odumodublvck, among others, along with a run of Asake live recordings from a London performance that populate the back half of the list. Rankings 21 through 50 are available in full on Apple Music’s Nigeria chart page directly.

Because this snapshot reflects a single week’s listening data rather than a comparison against last week’s official published chart, we’re not assigning previous-rank or movement figures here. Doing so without a verified prior-week source would mean guessing, which we won’t do. For week-over-week movement data with confirmed rank history, TurnTable’s weekly chart releases are the more reliable source.

Artists With Multiple Charting Songs

Few weeks illustrate Afrobeats’ concentration at the top quite like this one. Asake alone places on the chart repeatedly, not just with “Forgiveness,” “WHY LOVE,” and “Gratitude” as lead artist, but also as a featured guest on Blaqbonez’s “Chanel,” BNXN’s “Eja Meja,” and DJ Snake’s “WORSHIP.” Further down the full 50, additional Asake tracks and live versions recorded in London extend his footprint even more.

FOLA shows a similar spread, appearing on “B4 B4,” “attention!,” “treat u right,” and multiple additional entries later in the chart. Mavo, a newer name relative to the genre’s biggest stars, places two songs inside the top 20 (“Ice Cream” and “Find My Babe”) and several more further down, suggesting a breakout period for the artist that’s worth watching closely.

Davido, Seyi Vibez, and BNXN each land two entries within the top 20 as well. That kind of repetition across a single chart week reflects how a small circle of A-list Afrobeats acts, plus a rotating cast of collaborators, currently drives a large share of what Nigerian audiences are streaming.

Why These Songs Are Trending

A few patterns help explain this week’s shape. Collaboration-heavy tracks dominate the upper half of the chart: “B4 B4,” “Eja Meja,” “Chanel,” “treat u right,” and “WORSHIP” are all multi-artist records, which tends to combine fan bases and drive stronger early streaming numbers than solo releases typically manage in their first weeks out.

There’s also a clear cross-border thread running through the chart. Shaboozey and Burna Boy’s “Change Your Mind” pairs a country-pop crossover artist with one of Afrobeats’ biggest global names, and Wizkid’s “Come Closer” with Drake continues to hold a top-15 spot years after its original release, a reminder that older Nigerian catalog records with international features tend to have long shelf lives on streaming platforms. DJ Snake’s presence on “WORSHIP” alongside Asake also points to how frequently European and American producers are now working directly with Nigerian vocalists rather than simply sampling Afrobeats influences from a distance.

It’s worth noting these are patterns visible in this week’s rankings, not confirmed statements about why any individual song is performing the way it is. Streaming success has many inputs, including playlist placement, marketing pushes, and social media virality, that aren’t fully visible from chart position alone.

Songs to Watch

A few tracks are positioned in ways worth watching over the coming weeks. Mavo’s presence with two top-20 songs and several more further down the full 50 suggests real momentum building for an artist who isn’t yet a household name outside Nigeria the way Asake or Burna Boy are. If “Ice Cream” or “Find My Babe” continues climbing, it could mark a genuine breakout.

Similarly, “Dantata” by Zinoleesky, sitting at number 20, is one of the newer titles in the top tier and worth checking again once a confirmed week-over-week comparison is available. Readers who want a broader look at what’s charting internationally alongside Nigerian music can check our guide to the latest trending songs, and fans following the genre’s biggest names year-round can explore our continually updated guide to the latest Nigerian songs.

How the Chart Rankings Are Determined

Apple Music’s Nigeria chart ranks songs based on listening activity on the platform itself, updated on a rolling weekly basis. This differs meaningfully from Nigeria’s official TurnTable Top 100, which was built specifically to reflect the country’s broader listening habits: streaming accounts for half of that chart’s weighting, drawn from Apple Music, Spotify, Boomplay, Audiomack, YouTube, and Deezer combined, while the other half comes from radio and television airplay tracked through Radiomonitor. TurnTable’s tracking week runs Friday through Thursday, with new charts published the following Monday.

The distinction matters for readers trying to understand why a song might look dominant on one platform’s chart but rank differently elsewhere. A track that’s exploding on Apple Music in Lagos and Abuja won’t necessarily show the same strength on a chart that also weighs how often it’s getting spun on Nigerian radio.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the number one Nigerian song this week?
“B4 B4” by Davido, Mayorkun, and FOLA tops the Apple Music Nigeria chart for the week of September 4, 2026.

Is this the same as Nigeria’s official chart?
No. This reflects Apple Music’s own Nigeria ranking. Nigeria’s official chart is the TurnTable Top 100, which combines multi-platform streaming with radio and TV airplay data.

Which artist has the most songs on the chart?
Asake appears the most often across the top 50, both as lead artist and as a featured guest on multiple other artists’ tracks.

Are there new entries this week?
Without a verified previous week’s chart for direct comparison, we can’t confidently label any title a confirmed new entry rather than a returning or reordered one. Songs from Mavo and Zinoleesky are among the newer names populating the upper rankings.