FEM (song)

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"FEM"
Single by Davido
from the album A Better Time
Released11 September 2020
Genre
Length3:22
Label
Songwriter(s) David Adedeji Adeleke
Producer(s) Napji
Davido singles chronology
"Jowo"
(2020)		"FEM"
(2020)		"The Best"
(2021)
Music video
"FEM" on YouTube

"FEM" is a song by Nigerian singer Davido, released on 11 September 2020 as the first single from his third studio album A Better Time (2020). The song was produced by Nigerian record producer Napji. It peaked at number two on TurnTable Top 50 chart. [1] As of October 2020, "FEM" received 1.3 million streams on Boomplay.

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Background

In July 2020, Davido announced his then-upcoming third studio album “A Better Time”, via twitter. [2] [3] "FEM" was released on 11 September 2020, [4] two months after he announced the release of his third studio album. [2] The production was handled by Napji. [5] Then mixing and engineering were handled by Dremo and STG. [6]

Music video

On 10 September 2020, Davido released the music video for "FEM", under Concord Music Publishing. [7] [8] The visual sees Davido with bouncers all of the street of Lagos and seen dancing with girls. The visual was directed by Dammy Twitch. [9] [10] [11] The music video reached 32 million views on YouTube, as of December 2023. [12] [13]

Commercial performance

The song debuted at number one on the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart, and number 13 on the Billboard World Digital Song Sales. [14] [15]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Genius. [16]

Charts

Chart (2022)Peak
position
Nigeria (TurnTable Top 50) [17] 2
Top Triller Global (Billboard) [18] 3
Top 50 Streaming Songs (TurnTable) [19] 1
Top Triller chart Nigeria (TurnTable)3
TurnTable Top 50 Airplay (TurnTable)40

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
Various11 September 2020 DMW

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