BNXN’s “If You Like” is No. 1 on Apple’s Nigeria Most Played songs feed updated November 10, 2026, and No. 2 on Spotify Nigeria’s daily chart dated November 9. Yet TurnTable’s Official Nigeria Top 100 for October 30 to November 5 puts the same song at No. 20. The different positions make this week’s useful chart story a question of timing and measurement, not a contest over which chart is right.
For a release team, the distinction matters. Apple and Spotify describe listening on their respective services at their latest reported dates. TurnTable combines streaming and radio over an earlier seven-day window. A campaign may have a strong current service result before that movement is fully visible in a weekly national ranking. The evidence here does not prove that the next TurnTable chart will close the gap.
Two current services put the song near the top
Apple’s own Nigeria feed, updated at 19:09 UTC on November 10, lists “If You Like” first, ahead of Peruzzi, Zlatan and Shoday’s “INFERNO”. Chartex’s November 10 Apple Music Nigeria display independently shows the same ordering, although both reflect Apple’s underlying chart. The Apple feed gives rank, artist and release date, but no public play count for the song.
Chartex’s transcription of Spotify Nigeria’s daily chart dated November 9 places “If You Like” second with approximately 281,000 charted streams, behind “INFERNO”. Kworb’s separately viewed Spotify daily page was still dated November 8 when checked: it placed BNXN second on that earlier day with 228,592 charted streams. Those are two dated observations of Spotify’s data, not two independent counts of plays. The November 9 Chartex figure should therefore not be presented as a separate-platform confirmation of the November 8 number.
This is a genuine development from our November 3 chart check, which found “If You Like” at No. 3 on Apple and No. 12 on Spotify’s November 1 daily list. We reported its Apple No. 1 on November 8. The new observation is the stronger Spotify position alongside an Apple lead that has persisted through today’s feed.
The weekly chart covers an earlier period
TurnTable’s chart for October 30 to November 5 places “If You Like” at No. 20, up from No. 26 the preceding week. TurnTable’s November 10 report repeats that move. Its chart lists the song in a fifth chart week and shows a No. 14 peak, so the current weekly rank is neither a new national peak nor evidence of a fall from the current service highs. The national chart is assessing a different mix of activity in an older window.
TurnTable’s published methodology says the Official Nigeria Top 100 incorporates audio and video streams and radio airplay in Nigeria. A Spotify No. 2 cannot simply be averaged with an Apple No. 1 to produce a TurnTable forecast. The services have different audiences, and the combined chart includes signals neither service chart measures. We also cannot infer royalty income or market share from ranks alone.
Catalogue depth remains part of the story
Apple’s November 10 Nigeria feed also places BNXN’s “Eja Meja” with Asake at No. 6 and “Online” at No. 11. Chartex’s display of the same Apple chart agrees on those ranks; it is a second reading of Apple’s list, not an independent listening sample. On Spotify’s November 8 list, Kworb puts “Eja Meja” at No. 13 and “Back Outside” with Sarz at No. 14. The differing companions illustrate that BNXN’s current audience is spread across more than one recording, while the exact order varies by service.
Apple dates “If You Like” to October 1 on its release listing, and Chartex carries the same release date. The song’s November positions therefore describe demand for a track already out for more than a month. That can be useful to managers planning continued promotion, but the charts do not reveal whether playlisting, radio, social video or another factor produced the rise.
The next test is the next dated TurnTable chart, followed by fresh Spotify and Apple snapshots. If the weekly ranking rises, it will support a broader story of momentum across the reporting windows. If it stays lower, the service-specific strength remains real but should be described at its actual scope. Today’s defensible conclusion is that “If You Like” leads one Nigerian platform chart, is second on another recent daily chart, and was twentieth on the earlier national weekly measure.
