Tyla achieves top 25 Billboard 200 debut & lands at No. 1 Billboard World Music chart
Tyla, the Grammy-Winning Amapiano pop and R&B global sensation behind the record-setting hit song “Water” and one of 2023’s most exhilarating runs, continues her ascent with another historic mark. Tyla’s debut studio album, Tyla, becomes the highest-charting album on the US Billboard 200 Albums Chart by a female African soloist in chart history with its Top 25 debut at No. 24, thanks in part to over 26 million domestic streams.
The new album, released on March 22nd via Epic Records, also achieved several other Billboard Top 5 chart debuts, including a No. 1 slot on the Current R&B Album Chart, No. 2 on the R&B Overall Consumption Chart, and No. 3 on the Current R&B & Hip-Hop Chart. It also marks Tyla as the first artist to occupy seven of the top ten spots on the Afrobeats chart.
Additionally, Tyla enjoyed Top 20 debuts on several global charts, including the UK, New Zealand, Netherlands, and Switzerland—a true breakout campaign for one of the international music scene’s brightest new stars.
Tyla, which clocks at 14 tracks and features Travis Scott, Becky G, Gunna, Skillibeng and Kelvin Momo, is available now.
Tyla became the highest-charting female African soloist on the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart last year, during the meteoric rise of “Water,” which earned a RIAA platinum plaque and a peak as the No. 7 song in the country on the Billboard 100. To start 2024, Tyla received her first-career Grammy Award off her first career nomination when “Water” took home Best African Music Performance.
The follow-up singles to “Water” have been testaments to Tyla’s staying power. “Truth Or Dare,” which flaunts a recently released Nabil-directed music video, has become a fan favorite and has been viewed over 12 million times on YouTube and racked up over 50 million Spotify streams in just over a month. The video feature for album standout “Art,” released the same night as the album, has racked up five million YouTube views in just ten days.
