Nigerian singer / songwriter and 2024 Grammy nominee Asake returns with a birthday gift to himself, a new single called “Only Me” out today via YBNL / EMPIRE. Asake sings with pure joy at the realization that he’s claimed his own lane and not worried about anyone else on his rise. The record celebrates self sufficiency, true peace and happiness, and the closing chant shows he is now enjoying the fruits of his labor.

“Only Me” arrives just weeks prior to the 66th Annual Grammy Awards where Asake earned his first ever nomination in the Grammy’s first ever Best African Music Performance category for “Amapiano” (with YBNL founder and Afrobeat legend Olamide). Before this, Asake and award winning singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, H.E.R., shared the ****“Lonely At The Top (Remix)" – the original record was the first ever song to reach 100 million streams on Audiomack, cementing him as Artist of The Year, and is the longest #1 charting song in Nigeria. Both “Amapiano” and “Lonely At The Top” are featured on Asake’s latest album, Work of Art, where all of the albums __singles ****landed immediately on the Billboard US Afrobeats Songs Chart with the album debuting at #4 on Billboard World Albums Chart and #66 on Billboard 200.

In the past year alone, Asake has proved to be one of the most exciting artists to emerge from the African continent. He sold out and headlined both The Barclays Center and The O2 Arena, was nominated for MTV VMA, MTV EMA, Mobo, and Headie Awards, and performed Rosendal Garden Party in Sweden, Broccoli City Festival, Afronation Miami and more. The New York Times named Work of Art as the #1 Album of the Year, along with other Best of 2023 nods from Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, The Fader, Slant, Uproxx, and many more. Asake also made his late-night TV debut on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, been featured in CNN, Good Morning America, Flaunt Magazine, Rolling Stone Future 25, and more, and reached a career milestone of 2 billion streams and counting.