Water debuted in July and has since become the song of 2023. The melodic song also earned a spot on the Billboard Top Global 200 list. On the Music platform, Spotify Water has gained over 124 million streams. According to Charts Africa, the most streamed Afrobeats Songs on Spotify in 2023 so far are
Tyla has also been nominated for Best New Artist at the BET Soul Train Awards. Other nominees for this category are Ayra Starr, Ambre, Coco Jones, Flo, Doechii, Wanmor, and Fridayy. The rise of ”Water” also lifts Tyla’s fortunes on the Billboard Artist 100, where she lept from 72 to 58 in her second week on the 100-position list, which measures artist activity across key metrics of music consumption.