Tiwa Savage's ‘Celia’ Makes Time Magazine’s Top Ten Best Albums In 2020 List

Nigerian Singer, Tiwa Savage, is excited as her third album, Celia, has been named one of the 10 best albums of 2020 by Time Magazine.

Sharing the good news on Twitter, Tiwa Savage said Celia’s inclusion on the list encouraged her to follow her heart in her next project. 

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She wrote; 

“So many projects dropped this year all over the world and TIME MAGAZINE picked #CELIA as one of their top 10 albums released this year. I’m even more gingered to drop my next project, following my heart once again 2021, I’m ready for you. 

“I doubted many things but one thing I knew for sure was what a beautiful body of work myself and everyone involved created. We created MAGIC.” 

The 12-track album which was released on the August 27, 2020, under Motown Records, pays homage to Tiwa’s mother and other great women allover the world.

The album includes her prominent 2020 hit songs like “Koroba,” “Temptation” and “Dangerous Love”, also features the likes of Sam Smith, Naira Marley, Stefflon Don, Dice Ailes, Davido, and Hamzaa.

Time Magazine wrote partly; 

“A veteran of the American, British and Nigerian music industries, Savage has an innate understanding of how various strains of music from the Black diaspora fit together, so R&B, rap, Afrobeats, and global pop coalesce seamlessly on the record. 

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“inspired contributions make Celia a Nigerian standout in a year of creative excellence from the country, with other releases coming from Burna Boy, Davido, Fireboy DML, Olamide and Wizkid.”