Updated · Source dates
Sources & update history10 datasets · observation dates & evidence
Updated · . This is the edition date. Each source keeps its own observation date or chart period below. A source check can confirm the same figures; it does not create new chart positions.
| Dataset | Checked / evidence date | What this means |
|---|---|---|
| Current 50, regions & artist totals | 9 Nov 2026 | 100/100 ledgers refreshed across 50 artists. Publisher observations: 28 Sept 2026 – 8 Nov 2026. |
| Songs, albums & 2026 release charts | 9 Nov 2026 | Source-linked Spotify totals, daily observations and Apple release identities. 2026 lists rank releases by lifetime totals; they are not catalogue-wide year-to-date gains. |
| TurnTable Top 100 songs ↗ | 9 Nov 2026 | Official chart period: 23 Oct 2026 – 29 Oct 2026. Latest publisher snapshot available when checked. |
| TurnTable Top 100 albums ↗ | 9 Nov 2026 | Official chart period: 23 Oct 2026 – 29 Oct 2026. Latest publisher snapshot available when checked. |
| Upcoming releases | 9 Nov 2026 | 5 scheduled music releases checked against Release-Cal. Announcement dates may change. |
| News | 9 Nov 2026 | Latest indexed article: 7 Nov 2026. Article dates stay attached to the original reporting. |
| Editorial ranking factors & All-Time | Retained evidence | The locked editorial baseline is dated 5 Oct 2026. All-Time placements were reviewed for presentation; no new editorial marks or awards were invented. |
| Certifications | 9 Nov 2026 | 512 TurnTable matches revalidated; Ayra Starr’s Rush added from RIAA (Platinum, 5 Nov). RIAA and Music Canada recent registers checked; BPI returned 404 and SNEP 403. Other certificate dates remain unchanged. |
| Awards calendar | 9 Nov 2026 | Organiser dates rechecked for the Grammys, Headies and AFRIMA. Submissions remain separate from nominations. |
| Artist biographies | 9 Nov 2026 | 48 of 50 career-source pages rechecked. Missing evidence retains its original date. |
| Release identities | 9 Nov 2026 | Apple release metadata is checked independently from Spotify stream observations. Future releases are excluded from released-record tables. |
| Net Worth | 24 Aug 2026 | Estimates from public reports. This edition does not represent a new financial verification. |
| Artists to Watch | 9 Nov 2026 | Directory revision; individual artist verification notes remain visible. |
Why an artist moved
Current combines the fixed editorial contribution, normalized to 83 points, with up to 17 points from comparable tracked Spotify totals. Each artist’s streaming total is divided by the largest total in the chart. Positions can change when an artist’s score or a peer’s score changes.
Arrows compare this edition with , the previous published snapshot. They do not imply that those snapshots are exactly seven days apart. Each mover’s note shows the change in streaming points; the artist profile shows the score and sources.
Method
All-Time (no streams)
Streams excluded so the formula stays fair across generations.
Current: editorial + tracked streams
Editorial points = 83 × the artist’s locked contribution / the largest contribution in the complete locked baseline. Stream points = 17 × comparable audio streams / the largest comparable total. Monthly listeners have no scoring weight. Current coverage is Spotify; unavailable providers are not estimated. YouTube views stay separate.
Release-year album & song lists
Eligibility: the 2026 page covers matched recordings and primary-artist projects dated 2026 in the checked catalogue. Albums, EPs and live projects need at least four tracks. Unreleased projects and unmatched credits are excluded. Coverage is limited to the Current 50 artist ledgers; this is not an exhaustive Africa-wide chart.
Albums: Kworb’s global tracked project totals, checked against Apple release identities and primary-artist credits. Songs: global recording totals in the artist ledgers. Both lists sort by total_streams; they do not measure calendar-year consumption. Album totals may include earlier advance-single plays. Nigeria Top 100 remains a separate weekly TurnTable chart. YouTube, Boomplay and Audiomack are not mixed into these Spotify totals.
Refresh: source checks are recorded separately from publisher updates. Each row links to its stream ledger, publisher date and release record. The header shows when Afri Index checked the sources. Historical editions retain their own coverage notes.
Awards & certifications audit
Awards: Wikipedia’s artist award table or dedicated “awards and nominations” list is used as the coverage guide. Where that guide publishes totals by award body, AFR/INDEX displays the complete body-level ledger plus total wins and nominations; individual highlighted results retain a direct source link. Wikipedia is a discovery guide, not the final authority.
Certifications: only Gold, Platinum, Multi-Platinum or Diamond entries matched to public recording-body registers are displayed. RIAA, BPI, Music Canada and SNEP register links remain visible on every profile, including profiles with no matched plaque in the current snapshot. Markets use different thresholds, so certifications are never combined into one global total.