Burna Boy Wins Grammy With 'Twice As Tall' Album

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Nigeria Afrobeats stars Burna Boy and Wizkid have won at the 2021 Grammys.

Burna Boy won the Best Global Music Album category while Wizkid won the Best Music Video for his song with Beyoncé; Brown Skin Girl, from Lion King: The Gift album.

Beyoncé's daughter Blue Ivy was also a winner on the song.

Burna Boy, real name Damini Ogulu, a nominee for a second consecutive year, won with his Twice As Tall album.

The 29-year-old beat four others including the Malian band, Tinariwen.

The Grammys described Twice As Tall as "a masterclass in the vibe and hustle that have made Burna Boy an international musical force".

"[He] continues to torch limitations, seamlessly blending styles and genres and fearlessly fuelling the fire heating the melting pot of pop, Afrobeat, dancehall, reggae and more," it said.

The album features a wide range of international artists such as Stormzy, Youssou Ndour, Naughty By Nature, and Chris Martin of Coldplay, and had Sean Combs as executive producer.

Second time lucky
Burna Boy was nominated in the same category in 2019 - then known as Best World Music Album - but lost out to Angelique Kidjo at the awards ceremony in 2020.

However, Kidjo dedicated her win to him, saying: "Burna Boy is among those young artists that come from Africa that is changing the way our continent is perceived and the way that African music is the bedrock of all music."

Born in Nigeria's Port Harcourt, Burna Boy released his first album, LIFE, an acronym for Leaving an Impact For Eternity, in 2013.

That album was followed by the release of Redemption in 2015 and Outside in 2018 that included the international hit track, Ye.


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But it was with his 2019 African Giant album that Burna Boy really hit the international scene and earned his first Grammys nomination.

Often compared to Nigerian superstar Fela Ransome-Kuti, whose songs Burna has sampled generously, he has become increasingly vocal about social causes in Africa.

At the height of the xenophobic attacks in South Africa in 2019, he threatened to never set foot in the country again unless the government took action, although he has since performed in the country.

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How come no one is talking about it in Nairaland. Burna Boy with his Twice as Tall Album wins Grammy. This is a bigggg deal. The First Nigeria solo Artist to win it

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Bose Ogulu: Burna Boy’s Grammy Win Is Best Mother’s Day Present (Video)

Afro-fusion singer Burna Boy’s mother and manager Bose Ogulu led the celebrations as her son was announced a winner at the 2021 Grammy awards held on Sunday night, Igbere TV reports.

In a video Burna Boy shared on Twitter, Mrs Ogulu could be seen leading the chants in a room filled with relatives and close associates as they sang and danced to the rhythm of Burna Boy’s ‘Ye’ after he was announced winner of Best Global Music Album category.

In another video, Ogulu also revealed that Burna Boy’s Grammy win was the best Mother’s Day present she could ever receive and that she was a proud mother.

Burna Boy beat fellow nominees Antibalas, Bebel Gilberto, Anoushka Shankar, and Tinariwen to win the Best Global Music Album category.

The ‘Odogwu’ crooner dedicated his win to every African child trying to make a name.



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Don Jazzy, Fireboy, Davido Celebrate Olamide On 32nd Birthday (Photos)

Mavin Records boss Don Jazzy, DMW boss Davido, rapper Phyno and YBNL signee Fireboy DML among others on Monday celebrated YBNL Records boss and rapper Olamide on his 32nd birthday, Igbere TV reports.

In separate posts on their Instagram pages, the superstars celebrated the rapper and prayed for more years for him.

Don Jazzy posted a picture of the rapper with the caption:

“Happy birthday King @olamide. Thanks for everything. We appreciate and celebrate you. More Wins.”

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Phyno also shared Olamide’s picture with the caption:

“�+1 Strength, guidance and more wisdom. God bless u brother @olamide.”

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On his part, Davido reposted Phyno’s post on his Instastories.

Meanwhile, Fireboy shared the rapper’s picture with the caption:

“Big inspiration, living legend. birthday blessings to you, thank you for everything. you’ll live forever! @olamide.”

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Olamide released his debut studio album Rapsodi while signed to ID Cabasa’s Coded Tunes in 2011.

YBNL, his follow-up album, was released under his label imprint YBNL Nation (YBNL is an abbreviation for Yahoo Boy No Laptop) in November 2012.

Olamide has 11 studio albums to his name with the latest being Carpe Diem released in October 2020.

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Grammy Award: Burna Boy's Acceptance Speech & After Party (Video) 

Burna Boy Grammy Award Speech: Nigerian singer, Burna Boy won the Best Global Music Album at the 63rd Grammys with his album, Twice As Tall.

The 29-year old, who was full of excitement about the achievement said the award is a big win for his generation of Africans all over the world.

In his acceptance speech, he said

“Yes oh! Yes oh! Yes oh! Africa is in the House men! Africa, we are in the House!

“This is a big win for my generation of Africans all over the world!

“And this should be a lesson to every African out there: No matter where you are, no matter what you plan to do, you can achieve it.

“No matter where you’re from, because you are a king.

” Look at me now, Grammy Award-winning Burna Boy!


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