Asake: Nigerian Artist Breaking Global Ground

Kristian Gorenc Z

Jul 26, 2025

Ahmed Ololade, known professionally as Asake, is one of the most talked-about artists in the Afrobeats scene today. Born in Lagos, Nigeria, Asake made his breakthrough in 2020 with the track "Lady" and quickly gained recognition with hits like "Sungba," "Peace Be Unto You (PBUY)," and "Terminator." His debut album, Mr. Money With The Vibe, topped Apple Music charts in multiple countries and set streaming records. Asake combines traditional Yoruba influences with streetwise delivery and high-energy production, making him one of the most promising talents in the Nigerian music scene.

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Artist Analytics by Viberate

Viberate's Artist Analytics tool provides centralized, cross-channel insights for any artist. Instead of manually gathering data from multiple platforms, music marketers, managers, and A&Rs can get everything in one place: Spotify, YouTube, TikTok, and more.

Career Overview

The Career Overview feature offers a 12-month snapshot of an artist's trajectory. It includes highlighted top-performing content, a "Career Health" speedometer that benchmarks the artist's performance against peers in the same subgenre, and condensed metrics to quickly assess progress and spot trends. For someone tracking Asake’s explosive rise, this feature provides instant clarity.

Fanbase Size and Engagement

Understanding the scale and activity level of an artist’s fanbase is crucial. Viberate tracks total followers and subscribers across all channels, monitors changes in fanbase over time tied to key releases and milestones, and shows engagement ratios that reveal whether fans are passively following or actively interacting. For Asake, whose career has grown largely thanks to viral moments and grassroots support, this kind of metric can highlight the effectiveness of releases or campaigns.

Audience Maps & Demographics

To plan tours, launches, or targeted campaigns, knowing where your fans are matters. Viberate’s Audience module includes gender and age distribution of the fanbase, country-level and city-level heatmaps showing where the artist has the most followers, and trends in fanbase growth across geographies. For Nigerian artists like Asake aiming to expand beyond Africa, this helps localize efforts and optimize promotion in specific regions like the US, UK, or France.

Spotify Analytics

Asake has consistently performed well on Spotify, a platform essential for measuring streaming traction. Viberate’s Spotify module includes overall stream count, performance of each individual track, monthly listeners trend analysis, and listener distribution by country and city. These metrics give a clear picture of an artist’s streaming power and can identify emerging listener markets before they peak.

Playlist Performance

Asake’s music has been featured on numerous editorial playlists, helping him reach millions of new listeners. Viberate tracks playlist additions and their cumulative reach, playlist trends over time, a breakdown of editorial vs. user-generated playlists, and provides a customizable chart showing playlist impact on tracks. Playlist data is key for understanding exposure—especially for artists who rely on organic growth through streaming.

Compare Tracks

Viberate makes it easy to benchmark multiple tracks. For instance, a user could compare the performance of "Peace Be Unto You" and "Lonely At The Top" to understand which one gained traction faster, or which markets responded more. You get graphs comparing selected tracks over time, overview charts of all available tracks, and channel-specific filters for detailed benchmarking. This is a powerful feature when preparing case studies or adjusting release strategies.

TikTok and Social Media

Asake has had viral moments on TikTok, contributing significantly to his rapid ascent. Viberate provides engagement rates and top-performing posts on TikTok and X (formerly Twitter), along with metrics for Instagram, Facebook, and other social media. It also offers channel-specific breakdowns to fine-tune social media plans. Artists can identify what content resonates and which platforms generate the most impact.

YouTube Analytics

YouTube remains a top platform in many African and diaspora markets. Viberate tracks views and subscribers, performance of music videos and other uploads, and regional performance of videos. These insights can guide decisions on video budgets, release scheduling, and advertising.

Beatport, Deezer, SoundCloud and Shazam Stats

Asake’s genre mix might occasionally cross into other distribution platforms, and Viberate covers them too. For SoundCloud, the platform tracks uploads, fanbase trends, and total plays. For Beatport, it includes positions in the Top 100 charts. For Shazam, it identifies the most searched tracks and trends over time. These platforms can signal new audience segments or viral potential.

Why Music Professionals Choose Viberate

For managers, labels, promoters, or DSP curators watching artists like Asake, reliable data can make or break decisions. Viberate’s platform provides cross-channel visibility in one dashboard, clear visualizations and charts for fast interpretation, and exportable data and reports for meetings or presentations.

Whether you’re planning a tour, pitching for playlisting, or just tracking growth, Viberate is a go-to solution for music analytics that actually work.

To explore Asake’s performance data in more detail, visit his profile .

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