WHAT IT IS: With 2b+ streams, American-born Nigerian Afrobeats sensation Davido has solidified his position as a global music icon. Following his critically acclaimed 2019 release, A Good Time—which secured 1.2b+ streams—Davido dropped his third studio album, A Better Time, in 2020. In 2022, he was tapped by FIFA to headline the 2022 World Cup Qatar soundtrack collaboration with “Hayya Hayya (Better Together).” Davido’s highly anticipated fourth LP, Timeless, dropped on 3/31.
ALBUM: Timeless
RELEASE DATE: 3/31
SINGLE: “Unavailable” f/Musa Keys
TV: CNN’s African Voices Change Makers, Kimmel, Fallon, Netflix’s Afrobeats: The Backstory, Colbert, The Daily Show, Road to Afro Nation YouTube special, Channel 4 News
LIVE: Headlined concerts globally, including U.S., U.K., Europe, Asia, Africa and South Africa; performed a pop-up show in NYC; tour plans TBA
INTERNET: 2b+ global streams, 1.5b+ global video views; 26.1m+ Shazams; 4.6m+ monthly Spotify listeners; Timeless had the most first-day streams for an African album on Apple Music
RADIO: “Fall” (4/19 add date) reached Top 15 at Urban, Top 50 at Rhythm
PRESS: Time 100 “Next 2021,” Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, The Guardian, NME, The Face, Music in Africa
BOOKING: Randall Uritsky/WME
PUBLISHING: Concord
MANAGEMENT: Asa Asika/The Plug and Tunde Balogun/LVRN