More wins for Afrobeats: Davido and Coblaze projects are amongst the international picks of the week

Davido and Coblaze projects are amongst the international picks of the week.

In November of last year, Davido, took a break from the public eye to deal with the tragic loss of his three-year-old son, Ifeanyi. After being away for almost six months, except for his 2022 FIFA World Cup closing ceremony performance, the Afrobeats superstar has released his highly anticipated fourth studio album, TIMELESS. The 17-track album features appearances from Morravey, Musa Keys, Dexta Daps, Fave, The Cavemen., Angélique Kidjo, Skepta, Asake, Logos Olori, and Focalistic.

TIMELESS is currently No. 2 on the U.S. Apple Music Top Albums, making it the highest charting album by a Nigerian artist in U.S. Apple Music history. It also peaked at No. 1 on Nigeria’s Apple Music
Top Albums Chart, UK’s Apple Music Top Albums Chart, as well as in 17 other countries. The album explores a mixture of Afrobeat, Amapiano and dancehall.

Last Thursday (March 23), Nigerian R&B singer released his debut EP, Orbit. The six-track project includes his 2022 singles “Hallelu, ” and “Good Girl,” alongside his 2021 “Come” and latest single “Lady Fiona, ” which features Nigerian DU SPINALL.’ “Now l’il besharing this piece of me to you guys,” Coblaze wrote in an Instagram post. “Thanks for loving me all the way.”