Music in 2020 and the numbers that capture the year
- “Ginger” was the first No. 1 song on the TurnTable Top 50; the TurnTable Top 50 combines radio, TV and streaming in Nigeria as the only standard aggregate music chart in the country
- The number of female artistes to top any of the weekly charts published by TurnTable Charts in 2020 was 2; Beyoncé (one week at No. 1 on TV Top Songs Chart with “ALREADY”) and Tems (one week at No. 1 on Top Airplay Chart with “Damages”)
- A Better Time spurned three No. 1s on the TurnTable Top 50 in 2020; “FEM,” “Holy Ground,” and “The Best.” No other album has spurned more than one No. 1 hit song on the chart.
- Omah Lay’s “Godly” was the longest running No. 1 song on Top 50 with 4 weeks.
- Omah Lay’s “Bad Influence” spent five consecutive weeks at No. 1 on Top Streaming Chart, which is the record for longest No. 1 song on the streaming chart
- Davido's "FEM" spent six weeks at No. 1 on the TV Chart; the record for longest No. 1 song on the TV chart.
- The number of international artistes with top ten entries on the Top Airplay Chart is seven; Drake, Ariana Grande, Sam Smith, HER, Master KG, Nicki Minaj and Nomcebo Zikode
- Olamide's "Infinity" featuring Omah Lay spent 8 weeks in the top ten of the TurnTable Top 50 making it the only song to appear in the top ten of the chart throughout 2020
- Davido’s “FEM” spent nine consecutive weeks at No. 1 on Top Airplay Chart; the record for a No. 1 song on the radio chart.
- Ten different songs peaked at No. 1 on the Top Airplay Chart in 2020; "Ginger Me," "MJ," "Betty Butter," "Woman," "Jah Guide Me," Abule," "FEM," "Damages," "The Best," and "Godly"
- Burna Boy had eleven entries on the Top Airplay Chart, which is the highest of any artiste; "Lenu (Remix)," "Odogwu," "Jerusalema (Remix)" "On the Low," "My Oasis," "Wonderful," "Way Too Big," "23," "Monsters You Made," "Real Life," and "Ginger." Interestingly, the artiste didn't peak at No. 1 with any of the songs with the closest being "Jerusalema (Remix)" peak at No. 2
- Davido spent a combined twelve weeks at No. 1 on the Top Airplay Chart; 9 weeks with "FEM," 2 weeks with "Betty Butter" and 1 week with "The Best."
- Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas is You” peaked at No. 13 on the Top Airplay Chart, the highest peak of any holiday song on the chart in 2020
- On the week of November 15, 2020, 14 songs recorded over 100,000 views on YouTube NG, which is the highest in a week throughout the year; "So Crazy," "Triumphant," "Infinity," "Doubting Thomas," "Johnny," "Ginger," "Jerusalema," "In My Maserati," "FEM," "Olorun Agbaye/You Are Mighty," "Nobody," "Abule," "No Stress," and "Cash App"
- Patoranking’s “Abule” spent 15 weeks in the top ten of Top Airplay Chart; the longest for any song in that region in 2020
- Sixteen different artistes topped the Top Streaming Chart in either lead or featured artiste capacity; Mayorkun, Davido, Omah Lay, Fireboy DML, D. Smoke, Dj Tunez, Adekunle Gold, Wizkid, Jamo Pyper, Naira Marley, Olamide, Burna Boy, Youssou N’Dour, Nicki Minaj, Mohbad, and Rexxie
- All seventeen songs on Davido's A Better Time peaked on the Top Streaming Chart on the chart dated November 24, 2020; that was the highest total entries by any artiste as a lead in a week.
- Eighteen different artistes topped the Top Triller Chart in either lead or featured artiste capacity; Mayorkun, Davido, Omah Lay, Dj Tunez, Adekunle Gold, Wizkid, Jamo Pyper, Olakira, Zlatan, Bella Shmurda, Lincoln, Dj Neptune, Laycon, Joeboy, Naira Marley, Olamide, Mohbad, and Rexxie.
- Davido had a total of nineteen entries on the TurnTable Top 50, which was highest for any artiste. All 17 songs from his A Better Time album, "Activate" with Stonebwoy and "Maserati (Remix)" with Olakira
- The chart dated August 23, 2020 on the Top Airplay Chart was the only time where there were more than 20 entries by international artistes on the chart; 24 songs by international artistes were on the chart that week, led by Sam Smith’s “My Oasis” featuring Burna Boy at No. 12.