Burna Boy
Afrofusion, Afrobeat
Award Statistics
# | Category | Year | State |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Best African Artist | 2020 | Nominated |
2 | Best African Song | 2020 | Nominated |
3 | Biggest African Music Exporter | 2020 | Nominated |
4 | Best African Artist | 2021 | Nominated |
5 | Biggest African Music Exporter | 2021 | Nominated |
6 | Best African Album/EP | 2021 | Nominated |
About
Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu (born 2 July 1991), known professionally as Burna Boy, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence in 2012 after releasing Like to Party, the lead single from his debut studio album L.I.F.E (2013). In 2017, Burna Boy signed with Bad Habit/Atlantic Records in the United States and Warner Music Group internationally. His third studio album Outside marked his major-label debut.In 2019, he won Best International Act at the 2019 BET Awards, and was announced as an Apple Music Up Next artist. 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.
Achievements
Burna boy recorded over 600 plus million music streaming in 2019. His album African giant was nominated for the 2020 grammy awards. He became the most listened African artist on spotify with over 13million listeners in a year African giant was number one on a lot of charts in the world 70 shows across America and Europe sold out Was African artist of the year for the soudcity award,afrrima and mvp awards 2019