The TurnTable Top 50 ranked the best-performing singles in Nigeria between 2020 and mid-2022. Launched on 9 November 2020, the chart employed a three-metric methodology in 2021 that combined radio airplay from 54 stations tracked by Radiomonitor, television airplay from five cable channels monitored through Radiomonitor and media planning service, and streaming data from three freemium platforms including YouTube, Boomplay Music, and Audiomack. The chart was compiled on Wednesdays and published every Monday by TurnTable magazine. In March 2022, its data sources were expanded to include Apple Music, Deezer, and Spotify, and by July, the chart had transitioned from Top 50 to Top 100.
Thirteen singles reached number one on the TurnTable Top 50 chart during 2021. Four of the thirteen were collaborations, with fourteen acts topping the chart as lead or featured artists. Joeboy's "Sip (Alcohol)" was the year's longest-running number-one song, spending ten consecutive weeks at the summit between October and December. Omah Lay led the chart in 2021, accumulating thirteen weeks at number one across three songs: "Godly," which opened the year with six consecutive weeks at the top, "Forever (Remix)", and "Understand", making him the only act to score more than two chart-toppers, while Kizz Daniel earned two with "Lie" and "Pour Me Water", which spent seven weeks and one week at number one, respectively.
Teni's "For You", featuring Davido, also logged seven non-consecutive weeks at number one from February to April, becoming the year's longest-running collaboration. The song became both the longest-running number one by a female artist in TurnTable history and the first song by a lead female artist to debut at number one. Gyakie became the first Ghanaian artist to top the chart when "Forever (Remix)" reached number one in March, remaining there for four weeks. Ayra Starr's "Bloody Samaritan" became the first solo song by a female artist to reach the top position. The year concluded with Fireboy DML and Ed Sheeran's "Peru" reaching number one in the final week of December, a position it would continue to hold into 2022.
Chart history
Issue DateSongArtist(s)7 January"Godly"Omah Lay14 January21 January28 January4 February11 February18 February"For You"Teni featuring Davido25 February4 March11 March18 March25 March"Forever (Remix)"Gyakie featuring Omah Lay1 April8 April"For You"Teni featuring Davido15 April22 April"Forever (Remix)"Gyakie featuring Omah Lay29 April6 May"Kilometre"Burna Boy13 May20 May27 May"Rock"Olamide3 June"Feeling"Ladipoe featuring Buju10 June17 June"Rock"Olamide24 June1 July"Feeling"Ladipoe featuring Buju8 July15 July"Understand"Omah Lay22 July"Feeling"Ladipoe featuring Buju29 July"Understand"Omah Lay5 August12 August"Lie"Kizz Daniel19 August26 August2 September9 September16 September23 September"Bloody Samaritan"Ayra Starr30 September"Lie"Kizz Daniel7 October"Sip (Alcohol)"Joeboy14 October21 October28 October4 November11 November18 November25 November2 December9 December16 December"Baby Riddim"Fave23 December"Pour Me Water"Kizz Daniel30 December"Peru"Fireboy DML and Ed Sheeran
Number-one artists + List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one Position Artist Weeks at No. 1 1 Omah Lay 13 2 Joeboy 10 3 Kizz Daniel 8 4 Teni 7 Davido 5 Ladipoe 5 Buju 6 Gyakie 4 7 Olamide 3 Burna Boy 8 Ayra Starr 1 Fave Fireboy DML Ed Sheeran
See also TurnTable End of the Year Top 50 of 2021
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