A list of the top 50 albums of 2022 was released by the international music streaming service Audiomack, and it features albums from renowned Nigerian Afrobeats singers including Wizkid, Beyonce, Daddy Yankee, The Weekend, and others.
The Villain I Never Was, an album by Ghanaian artist Black Sherif is one of the top 50 albums of 2022.
Black Sherif’s voice has increasingly improved Ghana’s rap industry. Following a string of both contemplative and anthemic breakthrough hits, Sherif released her debut album, The Villain I Never Was.
Black Sherif’s voice has increasingly improved Ghana’s rap industry. Following a string of both contemplative and anthemic breakthrough hits, Sherif released her debut album, The Villain I Never Was. Sherif, whose song has the makings of an instant classic, is currently enjoying success in the entertainment sector and has been nominated for the 2022 BET Hip Hop Award.
After the rapper’s 14-track album was released, fans and music lovers expressed their gratitude for it, praising Burna Boy, an African giant, who appears on track 14 (“Second Sermon Remix”).
On the streaming and music discovery platform Audiomack, the album The Villian I Never Was reached 70 million views in less than 24 hours after its release. The album also peaked at number 12 on the Billboard list, sandwiched between BTS’s “Love Yourself: Tear” album at number 13 and Wizkid’s “Made In Lagos” album at number 11.
On Ghana’s Apple Music Top 100 Charts, the songs “Oil In My Head,” “The Homeless Song,” “45,” and “Konongo Zongo” also made their debuts.
Black Sherif has attracted the attention of worldwide award programs after receiving two nominations in as little as a month. He is not only dominating streaming algorithms and appearing on global charts.
Afrobeats’ dominance is further supported by Audiomack’s ranking of the “50 Best Albums of 2022.”
Along with Wizkid’s “More Love, Less Ego” discography, “Love, Damini” by the self-described “African Giant,” Burna Boy, and the critically acclaimed albums by Fireboy DML and Asake of the YBNL Nation, “Playboy” and “Mr Money With the Vibe,” were among the greatest albums.
Other Nigerian Afrobeats artists on the list included Seyi Vibez’s “Billion Dollar Baby,” T.I. Blaze’s “The Fresh Prince of Lagos,” T Dollar’s “Born 2 Shine (EP),” and the talented FAVE’s debut EP “Riddim 5”.
View the complete ranking of the top 50 albums of 2022 below.
Ambré — 3000°
Ankhal — ANKHALINO
Ari Lennox — age/sex/location
Asake — Mr. Money With The Vibe
Babyface Ray — FACE
Bad Bunny — Un Verano Sin Ti
Baky — Rap ap rete Rap
Beyoncé — RENAISSANCE
Black Sherif — The Villain I Never Was
Brent Faiyaz — WASTELAND
Burna Boy — Love, Damini
CEO Trayle — HH5
Costa Titch — Mr Big Flexa
Daddy Yankee — LEGENDADDY
Destroy Lonely — NO STYLIST
Diamond Platnumz — First Of All
Eslabon Armado — NOSTALGIA
FAVE — Riddim 5
Feid — FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS FERXXO TE PIRATEAMOS EL ÁLBUM
Fireboy DML — Playboy
Flume — Palaces
Future — I NEVER LIKED YOU
Jahmiel — Legend
Jay Wheeler — Emociones
Koffee — Gifted
Latto — 777
Lil Baby — It’s Only Me
Lil Silva — Yesterday Is Heavy
Luis R Conriquez, Tony Aguirre — Corridones Belicones Duetos
Mura Masa — demon time
Natanael Cano — NataKong
Omar Apollo — Ivory
Phabo — Before I Let Her Go EP
Prem Dhillon — No Lookin’ Back
Prince Swanny — Swanology
Ravyn Lenae — HYPNOS
Seyi Vibez — Billion Dollar Baby
Sleazyworld Go — Where The Shooters Be
Skeng — Beast of the Era
Steve Lacy — Gemini Rights
Sudan Archives — Natural Brown Prom Queen
The 1975 — Being Funny in a Foreign Language
The Weeknd — Dawn FM
TiaCorine — I Can’t Wait
T.I Blaze — The Fresh Prince of Lagos
T Dollar — Born 2 Shine
Wizkid — More Love, Less Ego
Yeat — 2 Alivë (Geëk Pack)
Yung Kayo — DFTK
