List of number-one songs of 2022 (Nigeria)

The TurnTable Top 100 (formerly known as TurnTable Top 50) is the official music chart for Nigeria, published weekly by TurnTable Charts. The chart ranks the most popular songs in the country based on a combination of streaming and airplay data. Streaming accounts for 50% of the chart, sourced from platforms including Apple Music, Spotify, Boomplay, Audiomack, YouTube, and Deezer, with paid streams weighted more heavily than ad-supported streams. Airplay, which also accounts for 50% of the chart, is tracked via Radiomonitor and includes both radio and television plays across Nigeria. ^[1]

During 2022, seventeen singles reached number one on the TurnTable Top 50 chart, which expanded to the TurnTable Top 100 in July. "Peru" by Fireboy DML and English singer Ed Sheeran topped the chart in early January, though it had originally been released and began charting in December 2021. Of the seventeen number-one singles, ten were collaborations, with twenty-three acts topping the chart as either lead or featured artists. Kizz Daniel's "Buga (Lo Lo Lo)" featuring Tekno, and Fireboy DML & Asake's "Bandana" were tied as the longest-running number-ones, each leading the chart for seven non-consecutive weeks. "Buga (Lo Lo Lo)" also topped the TurnTable Year-End Top 100, becoming the biggest hit of 2022 in Nigeria, while "Bandana" finished as the second biggest song of the year.

Asake spent a total of fourteen weeks at number one across six different songs, the most by any artist in 2022. TurnTable magazine named him the top artist of the year, ^[2] making him the first artist to achieve this honor following the chart's expansion. ^[2] He placed twelve songs on the year-end Top 100 chart, with "Sungba (Remix)" featuring Burna Boy peaking at number four. Other songs by or featuring non-Nigerian acts that reached the top position in 2022 included "For My Hand" by Burna Boy featuring Ed Sheeran in July, and "Kwaku the Traveller" by Ghanaian artist Black Sherif, which spent five consecutive weeks at number one from April to May.

Chart history

English singer Ed Sheeran achieved his first two number ones on the chart with his collaborations on "Peru" with Fireboy DML and "For My Hand" with Burna Boy.

Young Jonn scored his first number-one hit with "Xtra Cool".

"Kwaku the Traveller" by Black Sherif became the first solo song by a Ghanaian artist to top the chart for five consecutive weeks.

Nigerian producer and singer Pheelz earned his first number-one with "Finesse", a collaboration with BNXN that spent three weeks at the top.

Issue Date	Song	Artist(s)	Ref.
6 January	"Peru"	Fireboy DML and Ed Sheeran	[3]
13 January
20 January
27 January	"Baddest Boy"	Skiibii featuring Davido	[4]
3 February
10 February
17 February
24 February
3 March	"Omo Ope"	Asake featuring Olamide	[5]
10 March	"Finesse"	Pheelz & BNXN	[6]
17 March
24 March
31 March	"Sungba"	Asake featuring Burna Boy	[7]
7 April	"Kwaku the Traveller"	Black Sherif	[8]
14 April
21 April
28 April
5 May
12 May	"Buga (Lo Lo Lo)"	Kizz Daniel featuring Tekno	[9]
19 May
26 May
2 June
9 June
16 June
23 June	"Peace Be Unto You (PBUY)"	Asake	[10]
30 June	"Buga (Lo Lo Lo)"	Kizz Daniel featuring Tekno	[9]
7 July	"Peace Be Unto You (PBUY)"	Asake	[10]
14 July	"For My Hand"	Burna Boy featuring Ed Sheeran	[11]
21 July	"Bandana"	Fireboy DML & Asake	[12]
28 July
4 August
11 August
18 August
25 August	"Terminator"	Asake	[13]
1 September	"Bandana"	Fireboy DML & Asake	[12]
8 September
15 September	"Terminator"	Asake	[13]
22 September	"Organise"		[14]
29 September	"Rush"	Ayra Starr	[15]
6 October
13 October
20 October	"Cough (Odo)"	EMPIRE & Kizz Daniel	[16]
27 October
3 November
10 November	"Xtra Cool"	Young Jonn	[17]
17 November
24 November	"Cough (Odo)"	EMPIRE & Kizz Daniel	[16]
1 December	"Xtra Cool"	Young Jonn	[17]
8 December	"Won Da Mo"	Boy Spyce, Rema, Crayon, Bayanni Magixx, Ladipoe, Ayra Starr, Johnny Drille
15 December	"Asiwaju"	Ruger	[18]
22 December
29 December

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one

Position	Artist	Weeks at No. 1
1	Asake	14
2	Kizz Daniel	11
3	Fireboy DML	10
4	Tekno	7
5	Skiibii	5
	Davido
	Black Sherif
6	Ed Sheeran	4
	EMPIRE
	Ayra Starr
7	BNXN	3
	Pheelz
	Young Jonn
	Ruger
8	Burna Boy	2
9	Olamide	1
	Boy Spyce
	Rema
	Crayon
	Bayanni
	Magixx
	Ladipoe
	Johnny Drille

References

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8. Esomnofu, Emmanuel (19 April 2022). "TurnTable Top 50: Black Sherif's "Kwaku the Traveller" stays at No. 1". The NATIVE. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
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11. "Burna Boy & Ed Sheeran Debut at No. 1 in Nigeria with "For My Hand"". turntablecharts.com. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
12. "Fireboy DML & Asake's 'Bandana' Spends a Seventh Week at No. 1, Oxlade's 'Ku Lo Sa' Moves to No. 10". turntablecharts.com. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
13. "Asake's "Terminator" Becomes the Most Popular Song Ever in a Week". www.turntablecharts.com. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
14. "Asake Makes History as the Artiste with the Most No. 1 Entries in Nigeria as "Organise" Moves to the Summit of the Nigeria Top 100". turntablecharts.com. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
15. Osikoya, Wonu (4 October 2022). "TurnTable Top 100: Ayra Starr's "Rush" Is The No.1 Song In Nigeria". The NATIVE. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
16. Wangeci, Tela (25 October 2022). "TurnTable Top 100: Kizz Daniel Debuts At No.1 With "Cough (Odo)"". The NATIVE. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
17. Peter, Dennis Ade (16 November 2022). "TurnTable Top 100: Young Jonn scores first No. 1 with "Xtra Cool"". The NATIVE. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
18. ""Asiwaju" Becomes the Joint-Longest No. 1 Song Released Under Sony Music as it Logs a Fourth Week at No. 1". www.turntablecharts.com. Retrieved 11 January 2026.