Nigerian singer Tems is racking more No. 1 songs as her Black Panther soundtrack cover of Bob Marley’s No Woman, No Cry debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard World Digital Song Sales Chart.
The song also debuts at No. 7 on the Billboard Afrobeats songs chart. “Higher” by Tems is a No. 8 on that chart and “Free Mind” at No. 2.
Top 10 Songs On Billboard U.S Afrobeats Chart
1.@burnaboy -Last Last
2.@temsbaby -Free Mind
3.@wizkidayo -Essence
4.@burnaboy-For My Hand
5.@fireboydml -Peru
6.@clay_yo -Love Nwantiti
7.@temsbaby -No Woman No Cry
8.@temsbaby -Higher
9.@burnaboy -It’s Plenty
10.@Pheelz -Finesse— WMV (@worldmusicviews) August 2, 2022
“Wait For U” samples Tem’s “Higher” which was released last July. The track is produced by Oddio and was one of the standouts on her 2020 EP, ‘For Broken Ears.’
Bob Marley is widely believed to have written the song but he gave songwriter credit to Vincent Ford, a friend of Marley’s who ran a soup kitchen in Trenchtown, Kingston, Jamaica, where Marley grew up and is mentioned in the song.
The 1975 live recording of No Woman No Cry for the album Live! was released as a single and is the best-known version; it was later included on several compilation albums, including the greatest hits compilation Legend. It was recorded at the Lyceum Theatre in London on 17 July 1975 as part of his Natty Dread Tour.
The live version of the song ranked No. 37 on Rolling Stone‘s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
