Africa
Toto
As of 2026-07-21, "Africa" by Toto has charted in 58 markets across 5 platforms, peaking at #2 (BO) on the Rotation chart.
- Markets
- 58
- First seen
- 2026-06-17
- Latest chart date
- 2026-09-04
- Peak
- #2 bo
Started in 12 markets, now in 58.
Why it's moving
- Plays up 14% in Ireland, with gains across 12 markets
- Shazam's #25 across 7 marketsJul 21
- Climbed #152 → #124 worldwideJul 14–17
- Turned around worldwide: was slipping 9 places a day, now climbing 18.5 places a dayJul 14–17
- Climbed #141 → #116 in GermanyJul 14–17
- Climbing faster in Germany: 11.5 places a day, up from 2 places a dayJul 14–17
Score 62.3
Why it's here
"Africa" topped the Billboard Hot 100 for the week of February 5, 1983, and remains Toto's only US No. 1 single. [1] Toto was in the middle of a 32-date North American amphitheater tour with Christopher Cross and The Romantics that began July 15, 2026 in Bethel, NY, with "Africa" closing the band's setlist each night. [2] The song's catalog standing is documented by its RIAA Diamond certification and by the permanent solar-powered sound installation "Toto Forever," which artist Max Siedentopf set up in Namibia's Namib Desert to loop the track indefinitely. [3]
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- Chilecl · deezer spotify#71#28#71
- Switzerlandch · applemusic applemusic_kworb shazam spotify#100#34#100
- Belgiumbe · applemusic_kworb deezer shazam spotify#85#36#85
- Swedense · applemusic applemusic_kworb spotify#112#40#112
- New Zealandnz · applemusic applemusic_kworb shazam spotify#99#41#99
- Austriaat · applemusic applemusic_kworb deezer spotify#92#43#92
- Germanyde · applemusic applemusic_kworb deezer spotify#90#48#90
- Norwayno · applemusic applemusic_kworb spotify#120#52#120
Worldwide feeds · not markets
A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- Global feedglobal · applemusic_kworb deezer spotify#81#72#81
- World feedworld · shazam#128#101#128
City pickups
City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.
- us 1 city · best #34 columbia
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Editions
- 2026-07-21Chart-only edition#25
Identity
- ISRC
- USSM19801941
- Slug
- toto__africa
- Sources
- applemusic, applemusic_kworb, deezer, shazam, spotify
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