On October 29 and 30, Peruzzi, Zlatan and Shoday released “INFERNO,” Omah Lay added four new songs to Clarity of Mind, and Kirk Franklin put out an album with Davido on it. A song from each of those releases is new on Billboard’s U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart for the week of November 14, 2026, and the three are the chart’s only debuts, one after another: Omah Lay and Gunna’s “Back To Lagos” at No. 5, Franklin and Davido’s “Hope In You” at No. 6 and “INFERNO” at No. 7.
Each of them took a different road to get there.
“Back To Lagos” is Gunna’s guest spot on Clarity of Mind (Extended), the version of Omah Lay’s April album that arrived on October 30 with four songs added after “Amen.” The only hint beforehand was a photo of the two of them that Omah Lay posted the day before, with no caption. Larance Dopson and Louie Rubio produced it, and Gunna is credited as a writer alongside the Port Harcourt-born singer. The city in the title comes up only once, early in the first verse, and the second verse turns to morning push-ups. What Omah Lay hasn’t been able to do is take it on tour, because a knee ligament injury postponed every Clarity of Mind Tour date from October 30 on, OVO Arena Wembley on November 12 included, so the song is at No. 5 in the U.S. and No. 11 on the UK’s Official Afrobeats Chart while his tour waits on his recovery.
On “Hope In You,” the roles flip and Davido is the guest. The song sits on Kirk Franklin’s I Am What I Am, released October 30, and the same chart week also puts it at No. 6 on Billboard’s Hot Gospel Songs, Davido’s first entry there. Franklin produced it with Maxwell Stark and Daniel Bryant, and Davido shares the writing credit with Franklin and Oladeinde Okubajo. The first verse keeps its doubt quiet (“I lose hope / But I keep it to myself”), then a little past the one-minute mark Davido answers in Pidgin and Yoruba, and Apple Music credits ten background singers on the record. A week before the album came out, Franklin posted that he was “Grateful for every feature on this album!”
“INFERNO” is the only one of the three with no American act credited on it. It came out on October 29 through ONErpm, and by the time it reached the U.S. list it had already gone to No. 1 on the Official Nigeria Top 100 and debuted at No. 2 in the UK. The record opens straight on its chant, with no intro. Sensei, Irock Classic, Fresh VDM and Iroko bass are credited as co-producers, and Loud Urban Choir sings backing vocals.
On November 9, Peruzzi gave his own count: “Over 900k TikTok Videos For Inferno.”
Listen to “Back To Lagos,” “Hope In You” and “INFERNO” on Apple Music.