Like a Hollywood star with two movies in the cinema simultaneously, two singles in the top 40 at once officially makes you a big deal.
East London’s Yxng Bane is currently riding high in our top 10 with a guest verse on Answerphone, by Ella Eyre and hot production duo Banx & Ranx.
At the same time, his latest solo song, Vroom, is knocking on the door of the top 30. He’s at the forefront of the sung-rapped Afrobeats sound that dominates Radio 1 at the moment.
Most people heard him first last summer on Bestie by rapper Yungen – his first top 10 hit. But a couple of other names he’s dropped suggest even greater ambitions. Ed Sheeran liked his energetic unofficial remix of Shape of You that he made it an official one.
Bane also has a smoochy ballad titled Rihanna. All these big songs should get an airing at the O2 Arena next week, when he’s part of the Afrorepublik show headlined by Nigerian star Wizkid. No doubt there are even more to come.
Afrorepublik, May 26, O2 Arena, SE10. the02.co.uk