Only recently, the Grammy award winner performed to the over 20,000 foreign fans who joined in his songs in Paris show. However, Burma Boy musical fame has continued to soar. Still in 2020, his album Twice as Tall was nominated for the same category at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, making him the first Nigerian with back-to-back nominations at the Grammys.Īmazingly, Burma Boy won the award for Best World Music Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards held this year. He was also awarded the African Artist of the year at the 2020 VGMA’s. His fourth studio album African Giant was released in July 2019 it won Album of the Year at the 2019 All Africa Music Awards and was nominated for Best World Music Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. In 2019, he won Best International Act at the 2019 BET Awards, and was announced as an Apple Music Up Next artist. His third studio album Outside marked his major-label debut. With his fusion of dancehall, reggae, Afro-beat, and pop, Burna Boy emerged in the early part of the 2010s as one of Nigeria’s fastest-rising starsīurna Boy, a singer, rapper and songwriter rose to prominence in 2012 after releasing “Like to Party”, the lead single from his debut studio album L.I.F.E done in 2013.įour years ago Port Harcourt born artist signed with Bad Habit/Atlantic Records in the United States and Warner Music Group internationally.
In May 2017, he headlined his first US show at the Playstation Theatre.There is no doubt that Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy, is one of the most successful musicians in Nigeria today. In November 2017, Burna Boy sold out the Apollo Aventim Theatre in London which has a capacity of 5,000. His debut studio album, L.We.F.E., received rave reviews and featured Wizkid, Timaya, 2face, and M.We. Burna Boy also featured on Drake’s ‘More Life’ album for the track titled “Get It Together” ft. LeriQ and Burna produced a track titled “Prefer to Party” which initiated his rise to prominence on a national and International level. His grandfather experimented with Afrobeat music and even managed Fela Kuti. This is where his early influence and music style stems from. His father always listened to dancehall and reggae music. MUSICAL BACKGROUND: Burna Boy started producing music when he was ten years old.
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When people are singing my lyrics, you can see the emotion because they can relate to what I’m saying - ‘no money, no life, no water.’ Burna Boy Full Tracklist: 1 More Life 2 PH City Vibration 3 Koni Baje 4 Sekkle Down (feat. I started knowing more about who I was, where I come from, and where my father’s father comes from. I didn’t really appreciate Africanisms like that, but as an adult I reconnected with my roots.
Burna Boy had to say “We watch TV and the only thing you really see about Africa is ‘Help a child’ or some shit like that.