Omah Lay breaks his own record with 12 songs on Billboard's U.S. Afrobeats chart, led by new album 'Clarity of Mind' and top 5 hit "I Am.
- April 19, 2026
AceShowbiz - Omah Lay has set a new personal record by placing 12 songs simultaneously on the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart dated April 18. This chart ranks tracks based on a combination of streaming and sales data within the United States.
Omah Lay's latest album, Clarity of Mind, is the driving force behind this achievement. The standout track "I Am" leads the pack with a No. 5 debut, marking the highest entry among his dozen charting songs. During the tracking week of April 3-9, "I Am" accumulated 626,000 official U.S. streams, according to Luminate.
In addition to "I Am," Omah Lay has three other songs in the top 10: "Waist" climbed from No. 14 to No. 8, "Don't Love Me" improved to No. 9 from No. 18, and "Artificial Happiness" debuted at No. 10. These two new top 10 entries, "I Am" and "Artificial Happiness," mark the artist's seventh and eighth appearances in the top 10 on this chart.
Overall, Omah Lay's 12 concurrent chart appearances double his previous best weekly total, which was set on the January 28, 2023 chart.
Clarity of Mind, released under The KeyQaad, Sire, and Warner labels, earned 4,000 equivalent album units in the United States during the April 3-9 tracking period. This performance propelled the album to No. 8 on the World Albums chart, making it Omah Lay's first top 10 entry there. His prior album, Boy Alone, had peaked at No. 12 in July 2022.
Here is a breakdown of Omah Lay's tracks on the April 18 Billboard U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart. All tracks are from Clarity of Mind except where noted:
No. 5 – "I Am"
No. 8 – "Waist"
No. 9 – "Don't Love Me"
No. 10 – "Artificial Happiness"
No. 12 – "Jah Jah Knows"
No. 13 – "Canada Breeze"
No. 14 – "Coping Mechanism," featuring ELMAH
No. 15 – "Water Spirit"
No. 19 – "Mary Go Round"
No. 20 – "Julia"
No. 23 – "Amen"
No. 38 – "Angels," by Lekaa Beats featuring Omah Lay and ODUMODUBLVCK
This impressive chart presence reflects the growing impact of Omah Lay's music in the U.S. market, particularly within the Afrobeats genre.