{"id":1935,"date":"2026-02-19T05:20:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T05:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/?p=1935"},"modified":"2026-02-19T11:29:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T11:29:28","slug":"tems-burna-boy-break-record-for-most-billboard-hot-100-entries-by-african-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/tems-burna-boy-break-record-for-most-billboard-hot-100-entries-by-african-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"Tems, Burna Boy break record for most Billboard Hot 100 entries by African artists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1969\" src=\"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Black-Red-Urban-Magazine-Cover-212x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Black-Red-Urban-Magazine-Cover-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Black-Red-Urban-Magazine-Cover-724x1024.png 724w, https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Black-Red-Urban-Magazine-Cover-768x1086.png 768w, https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Black-Red-Urban-Magazine-Cover-1087x1536.png 1087w, https:\/\/africahalloffame.org\/Home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Black-Red-Urban-Magazine-Cover.png 1415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Afrobeats powerhouses Tems and Burna Boy have made history by becoming the African artists with the most Billboard U.S Hot 100 entries, surpassing South African group Seether.<\/p>\n<p>The duo earned new entries on the chart with their features on J. Cole\u2019s album, \u2018The Fall-Off\u2019, with \u2018Bounce Road Blues\u2019 featuring Tems and Future debuting at 34, and \u2018Only You\u2019 with Burna Boy debuting at 78, bringing their total to 8 entries.<\/p>\n<p>Tems now has three Billboard Hot 100 entries this year, making her the African artist with the most entries this year.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that she also became the first African female artist to achieve seven Billboard Hot 100 entries, tying Burna Boy and Seether.<\/p>\n<p>Burna Boy has also achieved a remarkable feat, becoming the first African artist to have a song on the Billboard Hot 100 for six consecutive years, with entries in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026.<\/p>\n<p>His entries over the years include Loved By You (2021), Last Last (2022), Sittin\u2019 On Top Of The World and Talibans II (2023), Just Like Me and We Pray (2024), WGFT (2025), and Only You (2026).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afrobeats powerhouses Tems and Burna Boy have made history by becoming the African artists with the most Billboard U.S Hot 100 entries, surpassing South African group Seether. 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