The Recording Academy, organisers
of the Grammy Awards, have postulated that there is no Afrobeats star or
African artist who is “bigger” than Nigerian singer Damini Ogulu, aka Burna
Boy.
The Academy made the assertion in
a statement published on its website on Saturday, congratulating Burna Boy and
other nominees for the newly created Best African Music Performance category at
the 2024 Grammys.
The Grammys said Burna Boy is
“firmly in his imperial era” havimg collaborated with “global stars such as Ed
Sheeran and Justin Bieber,” and also earned his first UK No. 1 album this year
with “the classic hip-hop influenced I Told Them…, featuring appearances from
21 Savage, J. Cole, RZA, and GZA.”
The Academy said, “There’s not a
bigger star in Afrobeats, or even the whole of Africa itself, than Burna Boy.
He nabbed two consecutive Best Global Album GRAMMY nods for his albums Twice as
Tall and African Giant, and he’s also collaborated with global stars such as Ed
Sheeran and Justin Bieber.”
Burna
Boy’s ‘City Boys’ was nominated in the maiden Best African Music Performance
category at the 66th Grammys.
‘City Boys’ will contest the
award with Davido and Musa Keys’ ‘Unavailable,’ Ayra Starr’s ‘Rush,’ Asake and
Olamide’s ‘Amapiano, and Tyla’s ‘Water.’
Burna Boy also bagged nominations
in three other categories; ‘Sitting On Top of the World’ featuring 21 Savage –
Best Melodic Rap, ‘I Told Them’ – Best Global Music Album, and ‘Alone’ – Best
Global Music Performance.
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