Burna Boy's album 'Twice As Tall' has been nominated for a Grammyaward in the Best Global Music category. This will be Burna Boy's second nomination in this category.
Angelique Kidjo, however, hailed Burna Boy after picking up the award. She dedicated it to him for "the immense work he's done to put Africa on the global map".
Supermodel Naomi Campbell has written an open letter to the organizers of Grammy Awards after Burna Boy's loss to Angelique Kidjo at the 2020 edition of the awards.
Organizers have released the full list of nominees for the 2024 Grammy Awards. The list for the 66th award ceremony was released on the evening of Friday, November 10, 2023.
Also, Burna Boy's album,' African Giant' was nominated for GrammyAward alongside Gece 'Altin Gun' and Celia 'Angelique Kidjo' The 62nd Grammy Awards will air on Sunday, January 26, 2020.
The Grammy "Best African Music Performance" category is open to both contemporary and traditional music from the African continent including Afrobeats, Afro-pop, Amapiano, High Life, Fuji etc.
The 2021 annual Grammy Awards have been announced with Beyonce leading the nominations, and Burna Boy getting a nomination. The 63rd Grammy Awards will be hosted by American comedian Trevor Noah.
His decision follows an earlier tweet before the award night where he pledged to resign from the 'Illuminati' if he fails to win an award at the Grammy ceremony.
Nigerian singer, Mr Eazi has won the Latin Grammy2020award alongside J Balvin, for their collaboration on the track "Arcoiris" off J Balvin's 2020 album "Colores" album.