Continuing his global ascension, Asake released his third album ‘Lungu Boy’. The album was released on August 9, 2024, and it features several superstars including Grammy-winning Nigerian superstar Wizkid, British rappers Central Cee and Stormzy, American superstar Travis Scott, and Brazilian singer Ludmila..

Asake’s third album tallied 5.86 million streams on Spotify Nigeria on its opening day. This is a new record on Spotify Nigeria as ‘Lungu Boy’ breaks the previous record of 4.91 million streams held by Davido’s ‘Timeless’.

‘Lungu Boy’ also set a new record for the biggest opening day global streams for a Nigerian album on Spotify with 9.2 million streams.

‘Lungu Boy’ garnered 3.03 million streams on Spotify Nigeria in its second day of release. It is the biggest second-day stream for any album in 2024 and it surpasses the opening-day streams of any other project released this year.