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King Sunny Adé’s album made U.S. Billboard history, U.S. Mission says

From Vanguard · () English

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  • The U.S. Mission Nigeria said King Sunny Adé’s “Jùjú Music” made Billboard 200 history in 1983.
  • The mission shared the claim on X as part of its #ThisWeekinUSNigeriaHistory series.

King Sunny Adé’s “Jùjú Music” made history on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart in 1983, according to the U.S. Mission Nigeria.

The mission shared the information on X on Thursday as part of its “This Week in U.S.-Nigeria History” series, highlighting Nigeria’s decades-old musical influence in the United States.

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