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Iren’s Apostolos debuts on Apple Music’s Top 10

By Chinonso Ihekire
01 October 2022   |   2:41 am
After gaining massive acclaim since its August release, Apostolos, the debut album of the Lead Pastor of Celebration Church International, Pastor Emmanuel Iren, also debuted on the Apple Music Top 10 chart

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After gaining massive acclaim since its August release, Apostolos, the debut album of the Lead Pastor of Celebration Church International, Pastor Emmanuel Iren, also debuted on the Apple Music Top 10 chart, becoming the first Christian Gospel album to do so this year.

The 13-track album, in less than a week of its release, achieved great feats, holding strong positions on multiple music leaderboards.

Reviewing music albums released in the year 2022, ALBUM TALKS—a renowned musical online hub with Twitter handle @AlbumTalks—announced the position of Pastor Emmanuel Iren’s debut album “Apostolos” as #10 on the Top 10 of the NG Apple Music Album Chart on the 12th of August 2022. “Apostolos is the first Christian album to peak in the Top 10 this year. It is also the first Christian album to peak in the Top 10 of the Apple Music Album chart since Dunsin Oyekan’s “The Gospel of the Kingdom which peaked at #4 in January 2021” they further stated. 

A few hours after the initial announcement, ALBUM TALKS announced again that the album had moved up to #6 on the Top 10 of the NG Apple Music Album Chart. The album peaked at #5 on the said chart. The album is currently number one on the NG Apple Music Christian Chart. 

The Apostolos album also captured the attention of the YouTube Music audience. The 6th track on the music project Holy Ghost (Live) maintained a strong position as #16 on the Top 20 Trending songs in Nigeria chart on the music-streaming platform. Holy Ghost (Live) was also the only Christian song on the list of the Top 20 Trending songs in Nigeria on YouTube for weeks. 

Pastor Emmanuel Iren highlighted the influence of God in the writing and the delivery of the songs on the album and how listening to the songs from the project can activate the spiritual.

“These songs came directly from the Spirit and the divine realm. Listening to the songs will take you to the place from whence it came,” he said. 

Apostolos: Sounds of Transition is available on streaming platforms. 

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