Tems achieves major milestone in US music market

Nigerian euphony sensation Tems has made history, becoming the archetypal pistillate creator from Nigeria to merchantability implicit 10 cardinal copies of a azygous successful the United States.

The milestone was confirmed Tuesday, September 30, 2025, for her diagnostic connected the deed way Wait For U alongside Future and Drake. Selling 10 cardinal units successful the United States, a threshold often associated with the prestigious RIAA Diamond certification, shows Tems’ immense popularity and commercialized powerfulness successful the world’s largest euphony market.

Tems, whose afloat sanction is Temilade Openiyi, archetypal made waves globally with the song, which debuted astatine fig 1 connected the Billboard Hot 100 successful 2022. This made her the archetypal African pistillate creator to scope the apical of the chart. Her show connected Wait For U has besides earned her a Grammy Award for Best Melodic Rap Performance.

The accomplishment reflects not lone Tems’ bonzer endowment but besides the increasing planetary power of Afrobeats and African artists. From her breakout diagnostic connected Wizkid’s Essence to her solo projects, including her acclaimed debut medium Born successful the Wild, Tems has steadily transformed into an planetary euphony powerhouse, mounting caller benchmarks for Nigerian artists worldwide.

🚨 Tems becomes the FIRST Nigerian pistillate creator to person a azygous merchantability implicit 10 MILLION units successful the US with "WAIT FOR U" 🔥👏🏽 pic.twitter.com/c3sunlCygY

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