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The Recording Academy, organisers of the Grammy Awards, have postulated that there is no Afrobeats star or African artiste who is \u201cbigger\u201d than Nigerian singer Damini Ogulu, aka Burna Boy.<\/p>\n
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 Performance category at the 2024 Grammys.<\/p>\n
The Grammys said Burna Boy is \u201cfirmly in his imperial era\u201d having collaborated with \u201cglobal stars such as Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber,\u201d and also earned his first UK No. 1 album this year with \u201cthe classic hip-hop influenced I Told Them\u2026, featuring appearances from 21 Savage, J. Cole, RZA, and GZA.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Academy said, \u201cThere\u2019s 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\u2019s also collaborated with global stars such as Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber.\u201d<\/p>\n
Burna Boy\u2019s \u2018City Boys\u2019 was nominated in the maiden Best African Performance category at the 66th Grammys.<\/p>\n
\u2018City Boys\u2019 will contest the award with Davido and Musa Keys\u2019 \u2018Unavailable,\u2019 Ayra Starr\u2019s \u2018Rush,\u2019 Asake and Olamide\u2019s \u2018Amapiano\u2019, and Tyla\u2019s \u2018Water.\u2019<\/p>\n
Burna Boy also bagged nominations in three other categories; \u2018Sitting On Top of the World\u2019 featuring 21 Savage \u2013 Best Melodic Rap, \u2018I Told Them\u2019 \u2013 Best Global Album, and \u2018Alone\u2019 \u2013 Best Global Performance.<\/p>\n
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