Apostolos, the debut album of the Lead Pastor of Celebration Church International, Pastor Emmanuel Iren, has become the first gospel album to hit the top ten chart.
The album which was released in August gained massive acceptance and in less than a week of its release achieved great feats, holding strong positions on multiple music leaderboards.
“Apostolos is the first Christian album to peak in the Top 10 this year. It is also the first Christian album to peak in the Top 10 of the Apple Music Album chart since Dunsin Oyekan’s “The Gospel of the Kingdom which peaked at number 4 in January 2021.”
A few hours after the initial announcement, Album Talks announced again that the album had moved up to number 6 on the Top 10 of the NG Apple Music Album Chart. The album peaked at number 5 on the said chart. The album is currently number one on the NG Apple Music Christian Chart.
The Apostolos album also captured the attention of the YouTube Music audience. The 6th track on the music project “Holy Ghost (Live)” maintained a strong position as #16 on the Top 20 Trending songs in Nigeria chart on the music streaming platform.