It is Nigeria music to the world, as rave of the moment, Tems has achieved her first ever solo entry on the Billboard Hot 100 chart with her 2020 song ‘Free Mind’ off her ‘For Broken Ears’ EP.
Tems Equals Wizkid’s Record, Makes Billboard Hot 100 Chart Debut With ‘Free Mind’ | VIDEO
Free Mind debuts at number ninety on the chart which now makes it Tems fourth appearance on the Billboard following ‘Essence (remix) with Wizkid & Justin Bieber, which peaked at number nine, Drake’s ‘Fountains,’ which peaked at number twenty-six, and most recently ‘Wait for You’ featuring Future and Drake, which peaked at number one.
Tems Equals Wizkid’s Record, Makes Billboard Hot 100 Chart Debut With ‘Free Mind’ | VIDEO
Tems now shares the title with Wizkid as the only Nigerian musician to have four songs appear on the prestigious Billboard Hot 100 chart
- Chris Brown’s “Call Me Everyday,”
- Beyonce’s “Brown Skin Girl,”
- Drake’s “One Dance,”
- Wizkid’s “Essence.”
Here are Tems ten songs included on the newly launched Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs list.
- “Essence,”
- “Free Mind,”
- “Higher, Found,”
- “Damages,”
- “Replay,”
- “The Key,”
- “Ice T,”
- “Crazy Things,”
- “Interference,”
Tems was most recently recognized as a songwriter for the song “Move” on Beyonce’s forthcoming album “Renaissance” using her full name Temilade Openiyi.
Tems also made an appearance on the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever album, where she sang a song of Bob Marley’s No, Woman No Cry that featured a sample from Kendrick Lamar’s Alright.
See the video below!
