What Sportify Said About Asake’s New Album

The most recent album by Ahmed Ololade (Asake), “Work of Art,” has been hailed by Spotify as “a sprawling compendium of auditory splendor that demonstrates the breadth and depth of Asake’s sonic ingenuity.”

This was said in a statement released on Thursday by Mr. Victor Okpala, Spotify’s West African artist and label partnerships manager.
Nigerian Afrobeat musician and multi-award-winning singer Asake.

On June 16, the “Work of Art” album, which features 14 songs, was made available on Spotify.
According to Okpala, the songs demonstrated Asake’s skill and ability to expertly meld several musical genres, including afrobeat, pop, and R&B, to produce a distinctive aural experience that keeps listeners interested and craving more.

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He said Spotify had revealed that since Asake’s arrival on the mainstream music scene in January 2022, he had maintained his sizzling form with his EP “Ololade Asake” and his debut album “Mr. Money With The Vibe”.

“The first of these, Omo Ope, is Asake’s first song to cross one million streams on Spotify, hitting the threshold in March 2022- just weeks after its official release.
“The track which was produced in collaboration with Olamide Baddo, founder of YBNL Nation where Asake is signed, kicked off the artiste’s blistering run on the world stage.

While Nigeria makes up the largest market for Asake’s music, the bulk of his total Spotify streams were coming from outside of the country.
“The UK is the second biggest market for his music, with the United States, Canada and France rounding out the top five.

“Looking at this data, it is almost hard to believe that Asake is still relatively new on the music scene.
“Spotify is excited to be part of his journey, as he shares this new album and his talent with a growing global audience,” he said.

Okpala noted that Asake’s debut album “Mr. Money With The Vibe” dominated the soundscape and propelled him to superstar status, producing six of his most streamed songs on the platform including the Burna Boy remix of Sungba.

He said the track was Asake’s number-one streamed song on Spotify and his most exported track.

“Amapiano, the third single from “Work of Art”, is already doing numbers since its release last month.

“It currently occupies the number ten spot among Asake’s most playlisted songs. The singer’s tracks have already featured on over 2.5 million user-generated playlists on Spotify,” he said.

Asake emerged winner in the “Best African Artiste Of The Year” category at the 24th edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards held at the Grand Arena, Accra International Conference Centre Ghana.
Asake’s 2022 single “ORGANISE” which became a major jam across the continent of Africa cruised past songs of fellow Nigerian musicians; Burnaboy, Kizz Daniel, and Ayra Star as well as songs from “The Therapist from Sierra Leone” and Libianca from Cameroon to win the award. (NAN)

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