Victony has landed his first-ever entry on a Billboard chart. Starlife has debuted at No. 20 on the US Billboard World Albums chart, a milestone that arrives just as the album’s streaming numbers continue to climb week over week.
The entry caps off a run that has already seen Starlife atop the Spotify Nigeria and Apple Music Nigeria albums charts, hit No. 2 on Spotify’s Global Top Albums chart, and chart across 75 countries on Apple Music. A Billboard World Albums debut adds a different kind of validation to that pile, placing Victony on a US industry chart for the first time in his career, following his breakout via “Soweto” in 2022 and his 2024 debut album, Stubborn.
It’s a fitting addition to the Starlife rollout specifically. The album was always going to travel beyond Nigeria given how much international momentum “Slick” had already built before release, topping the UK Official Afrobeats Chart and reaching No. 2 on Billboard’s US Afrobeats Songs chart. Starlife’s arrival on Billboard’s broader World Albums chart suggests the pull extended to the full project once it landed, not just the pre-album singles.
For an artist who has spent the past two years methodically building out from Lagos to the UK to the US charts, a first Billboard entry is a confirmation that the international audience Victony has been courting is finally showing up.