Burna Boy is reported to have topped Africa’s best-selling artist rankings, achieving 14.46 million Equivalent Album Units worldwide, according to Chartmasters data. Multiple outlets say the figure represents “equivalent album units” rather than traditional album-only sales. The calculation combines several components, including album sales plus physical and digital single sales, and also streaming equivalents. One report notes that the 14.46 million units are derived from these aggregated metrics, meaning the total reflects performance across different formats and platforms, not just pure album purchases. Another outlet frames the result as Burna Boy reclaiming the “best-selling artist” crown, citing the same Chartmasters milestone and the same 14.46 million Equivalent Album Units figure. Both accounts present the ranking as a global measure of overall music consumption, using Chartmasters’ methodology that converts sales and streams into album-equivalent totals. The reports do not provide additional comparative details about other artists or the time period covered, focusing instead on the reported milestone and how it is calculated.