Billboard has shared its record of finest R&B albums of 2024, with Nigeria’s Tems occupying the second place for her debut ‘Born within the Wild’ whereas ‘Mutt’, the second studio album by American musician and actor Leon Thomas, launched on 27 September positioned first.
Different entries on the record embrace Chris Brown’s 11:11 (Deluxe), which occupies the tenth place; Bryson Tiller’s eponymous album positioned ninth; Marsha Ambrosius’s Casablanco is eighth; and Laila!’s Hole 12 months! is seventh.
Others are NxWorries’s ‘Why Lawd?’ occupying the sixth place, PARTYNEXTDOOR’s PARTYNEXTDOOR 4 at quantity 5, Muni Lengthy’s Revenge is quantity 4, and Ravyn Lenae’s Fowl’s Eye is quantity three.
Tems’ debut album, launched in June 2024 by way of RCA Information/Since ’93, featured collaborations with Afrobeats star Asake and US rapper J. Cole.
Reviewing the album, PREMIUM TIMES described it as a ‘‘assured debut that cements her place within the world music scene, reaffirming her roots and influences’’.
Past the album’s influence, the singer has had a powerful run in 2024, particularly within the US, the place she is predicated. She carried out at Coachella, headlined her first worldwide tour by the identical title and earned three Grammy nods: finest world album, finest R&B track (“Burning”) and finest African music efficiency (“Love Me JeJe”).
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Justifying the selection of Tems on the record, Billboard mentioned with ‘Born within the Wild’, the Nigerian star finds her footing within the world highlight and stands firmly in her function on her dazzling debut album.
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‘‘She opens up about surviving her psychological wilderness and studying to thrive in it on the opening acoustic ballad that shares the album’s title. And on the mid-tempo standout “Burning,” Tems confronts the trimmings of her newfound stardom however finds consolation within the collective wrestle. As somebody who’s studied Céline Dion, Future’s Youngster and Mariah Carey and dreamt of constructing soul-stirring songs that ship folks into their emotions, Tems succeeded with aplomb.’’
Moreover, they added that ‘Born within the Wild’ grew to become her highest-charting undertaking on High R&B Albums (reaching No. 5) and marked her career-first entry on the Billboard 200, peaking at No. 56.
‘‘And whereas Born within the Wild and “Love Me JeJe” earned Tems 2025 Grammy nominations for Finest International Music Album and Finest African Music Efficiency, respectively. Her finest R&B track nod for “Burning” additional bolstered the wealthy range of her music– and the notion that African artists like Tems can’t be sure to the catchall “Afrobeats” time period, as their music has travelled effectively previous the borders of the continent,’’ they added.
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