Tyla Makes History in the Billboard US Afrobeats Charts Amid Backlash

• South African singer Tyla has made history in the United States amid backlash from the American black community
• The star is dominating the Billboard US Afrobeats charts despite the people in the country claiming to boycott her music
• The Water hitmaker trended on social media when her recent EP did not perform well in its first week of release

Grammy winner Tyla has surpassed all the hate online by dominating the Billboard US Afrobeats chart. This year alone, the singer has managed to stay in the top 5, occupying three spots.

Tyla is on everyone's lips of late due to the low sales of her recent EP, We Wanna Party. According to music bloggers, her EP only managed to sell a shocking 3.7K copies in its first week. This saw Tyla receiving a lot of hate from Americans, especially those in the black community.

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Tyla dominates Billboard chart

X blog page @PopBase shared the latest numbers on the Billboard Afrobeats chart in the US, saying three of Tyla's songs are currently in the top 5. The blog shared that this has been a trend where three of her songs would sit comfortably in the 5 best songs since the beginning of the year.

"Tyla is the only artist to have multiple songs inside the Top 5 of the Billboard US Afrobeats chart every week of this year so far.'DYNAMITE’, ‘Water’ & ‘PUSH 2 START’ are all charting in this week’s Top 5," they wrote.

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This opened the floor to a mix of reactions from haters and her fans. Below are some of the reactions:

@tdkimber gushed:

"She's on an absolute heater, making and breaking records every week - guarantee she finishes out the year in the same fashion."

@TheCinemaura shared:

"It’s rare to see an artist lock down a genre’s chart for this long, especially with three different songs. Tyla’s run this year feels like one of those moments we’ll look back on and say, ‘Yeah, that was the year she became unstoppable."

@WeriBomb said:

"She is a legend already."

@IsiOmega exclaimed:

"Looks like she is now the face of Afrobeat!"

@SirTopiano said:

"Tyla runs the Afrobeats lane this year, with these 3 tracks all in heavy rotation."

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The multi-award-winning singer shared a get-ready-with-me on TikTok, documenting her preparation for the show. In the video clip, Tyla revealed that she did her own hair due to a tight budget, but people did not believe her, questioning whether she is broke or not.

Source: Briefly News