BNXN’s “If You Like” reached No. 1 on Apple Music’s Nigeria Top Songs list on November 8, 2026, moving above Peruzzi, Zlatan and Shoday’s “INFERNO”. Apple’s feed updated at 12:01 UTC places the songs first and second; ChartStats’ dated archive shows the same order, after listing “If You Like” second on November 7.
That climb gives the Nigerian trade a useful example of a release gathering momentum well beyond its first week. “If You Like” was released on October 1, according to Apple’s listing and Chartex’s track entry. Its present lead is a result on one service, not a measure of all Nigerian listening or a public stream total. The question for managers and labels is whether the track can keep gaining across services rather than merely hold a brief top spot.
A climb across dated snapshots
The song’s path is visible without inventing a play count. Our November 3 chart check recorded “If You Like” at No. 3 on Apple’s Nigeria feed that day, after No. 5 on November 1 and No. 7 on October 30. ChartStats’ November 7 archive placed it at No. 2 behind “INFERNO”. On its November 8 archive, those two songs exchanged places. Each rank describes the chart at its stated date; none discloses the gap in plays between them.
The change also has context. Apple and ChartStats both place Asake’s “Forgiveness” third on November 8, with Seyi Vibez’s “BACK 2 U” fourth and “GTA” fifth. The new No. 1 therefore sits in a crowded upper tier of established tracks, rather than arriving as the only fresh entry. “INFERNO” had led Apple’s Nigeria list on November 7, a position InterSpace Daily reported earlier in its run. Today’s switch is a change in the order, not proof that its audience has disappeared.
Apple is ahead of the latest available Spotify result
The latest Spotify Nigeria daily chart available to this desk is dated November 6. Kworb and Chartex both put “If You Like” at No. 4 there, with 209,842 charted streams in Kworb’s transcription and 209.8K after rounding on Chartex. “INFERNO” was No. 1 on that Spotify chart, followed by Seyi Vibez’s “BACK 2 U” and Skepta and Asake’s new “Aloe Vera”. The Spotify date is two days earlier than the November 8 Apple observation, so those ranks cannot establish what Spotify listeners did today.
Nor should the Apple and Spotify positions be added together. They reflect different services, update schedules and audiences. Apple publicly gives rank order in its Most Played feed but no song-level play totals there. Spotify’s dated daily list gives charted streams for that service and territory. The evidence supports a specific pattern: “If You Like” has reached the top of Apple Music Nigeria while the latest available Spotify list already had it in the top four. It does not support a claim about the song’s overall market share or royalty income.
One song, a wider project
“If You Like” is the closing track on BNXN’s six-song Still In Charge EP, released October 1, according to JB Republic’s November 8 report and Apple’s release metadata cited in our earlier coverage. The November 8 Apple chart also lists another BNXN song, “Eja Meja” with Asake, at No. 7 and “Online” at No. 13; Apple’s own feed and ChartStats agree on both positions. That wider presence matters because the lead track has not climbed in isolation from the artist’s current catalogue.
There is a slower weekly measure, although its reporting window is older: TurnTable’s Official Top 100 Albums chart for October 23 to 29 placed Still In Charge at No. 5 in its fifth chart week. That is an album rank, not a confirmation of today’s song lead. The next TurnTable song chart and the next Spotify Nigeria daily update will help test whether the Apple move accompanies a broader rise.
For now, the defensible story is a month-old EP track taking Apple’s Nigeria No. 1 on November 8, after a documented climb through the list. It gives the release team a new milestone to work with. How durable that lead is, and whether it extends beyond Apple, remains for the next dated charts to show.
