{"id":44622,"date":"2024-08-21T11:05:31","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T11:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=44622"},"modified":"2024-08-21T11:05:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T11:05:31","slug":"wizkid-sets-new-record-for-longest-gap-between-no-1-songs-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/08\/21\/wizkid-sets-new-record-for-longest-gap-between-no-1-songs-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Wizkid Sets New Record for Longest Gap Between No. 1 Songs in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Jesusemen Oratokhai<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nigerian music icon Wizkid has reached a new milestone in his illustrious career by setting a record for the longest gap between No. 1 songs on Nigeria&#8217;s TurnTable Top 100 chart. His feature on Asake&#8217;s hit track &#8220;MMS&#8221; from the album <em>Lungu Boy<\/em> soared to No. 1, marking Wizkid&#8217;s second chart-topping single.<\/p>\n<p>This achievement comes 3 years, 9 months, and 12 days after his last No. 1 hit, &#8220;Ginger&#8221; featuring Burna Boy. With this, Wizkid surpasses the previous record held by Omah Lay, who had a gap of 1 year, 10 months, and 16 days between his No. 1 singles.<\/p>\n<p>Wizkid&#8217;s longevity and influence in the Nigerian music industry are undeniable, having consistently remained a top-tier artist for over a decade. The Grammy-winning star is gearing up for the release of his highly anticipated sixth album, <em>Morayo<\/em>, named in honor of his late mother.<\/p>\n<p>Leading up to the album&#8217;s release, Wizkid has been featured on several tracks, including &#8220;Apala Disco,&#8221; &#8220;Work Me Out,&#8221; and &#8220;MMS.&#8221; He has promised that <em>Morayo<\/em> will feature a range of Nigerian artists and described it as his best project yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jesusemen Oratokhai Nigerian music icon Wizkid has reached a new milestone in his illustrious career by setting a record for the longest gap between No. 1 songs on Nigeria&#8217;s TurnTable Top 100 chart. His feature on Asake&#8217;s hit track &#8220;MMS&#8221; from the album Lungu Boy soared to No. 1, marking Wizkid&#8217;s second chart-topping single. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":44623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44624,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44622\/revisions\/44624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}