After months of anticipation, Nigerian music star Asake has officially announced the release date for his highly-anticipated fourth studio album, titled 'M$NEY'. The album is set to drop on May 1, 2026, marking another major milestone in the artist's rapidly rising career.
Album Details and Tracklist
The new album will feature 13 tracks, including three pre-release singles that have already generated significant buzz. These singles are 'Why Love', 'Badman Gangster' featuring French star Tiakola, and his most recent release 'Worship', which features global musician and producer DJ Snake. This will be Asake's fourth LP in five years and his sixth overall project since he broke into the mainstream with the hit-filled EP 'Ololade Asake' in January 2022.
Asake unveiled the album release date through a post on his social media account, accompanied by a video of a stone carver working on what appears to be the album cover art. The post simply read: M$NEY MAY 1 #MM.
A Busy 2026 for Asake
The year 2026 has already been eventful for Asake. He released a joint EP with Afrobeats megastar Wizkid titled 'REAL VOL 1', which packed four tracks including the hit 'Jogodo'. The song reached the summit of Nigeria's premier music chart publication TurnTable Top 100. 'M$NEY' will build off this momentum, as Asake is expected to deliver an album that lives up to the success of his last three projects, which have helped him become the most-streamed artist of all time on Spotify Nigeria.
Global Appeal and Collaborations
While Asake has been tight-lipped about the full details of his upcoming album, the preceding singles suggest a desire to connect with a wider listener base. Featuring Tiakola and DJ Snake, who are household names in the European pop and dance music scenes, signals Asake's attempt to widen his sonic horizon and add a global appeal to his music. His third album, 'Lungu Boy', featured guest verses from Wizkid, American rapper Travis Scott, UK hip-hop heavyweights Central Cee and Stormzy, and Brazilian popstar Ludmila. This accessibility to a lineup of continental heavyweights is expected to be repeated in 'M$NEY', which will advance his agenda on the global pop scene.
Even as the album is shaping up to showcase an Asake ready for the biggest global stages, the award-winning star will predictably be singing predominantly in the Yoruba language, as he did in his previous projects. Since gaining pop superstardom, Asake has been one of Africa's pop music superheroes. His energetic blend of indigenous Yoruba music-inflected melodies, punchy hip-hop flows with speaker-rattling Amapiano log drums, helps create an era-defining sound.
His next album will mark another major milestone in the career of the superstar who has ended every year as the most-streamed artist in Nigeria since 2022. Fans around the world are eagerly awaiting the release of 'M$NEY', which promises to be another groundbreaking project from one of Africa's brightest musical talents.
