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    Home » A Rundown of Burna Boy’s biggest Achievements
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    A Rundown of Burna Boy’s biggest Achievements

    KrystalBy KrystalJuly 2, 2021No Comments4 Mins Read
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    Since his rise to fame in 2012, Burna Boy has stamped his legacy in the music scene, with his achievements proving him to be the “African Giant.”

    A Rundown of Burna Boy's biggest Achievements
    A Rundown of Burna Boy’s biggest Achievements

    Burna Boy, who turned 30 on July 2, 2021, has been in the music industry for a long time but didn’t the deserved recognition until recent times when his achievements began more prominent.

    Furthermore, The versatile artist has in today times become of one Africa’s influential artists and the face of Afrobeat.

    Not only has he conquered the Nigerian Music Market but he has been able to represent his homeland on the global stage.


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    To honour his 30th birthday, Mp3bullet.ng has gathered a list of achievements Burna Boy has materialised in recent times;

    Grammy win

     

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    His album, Twice As Tall, won a Grammy for Best Global Album in 2021 giving the self-styled Odogwu another chance after he lost to Angelique Kidjo the previous year.

    He became the first Nigerian and the first Afrobeat artist to do so making this is a historical win.

    3-time winner of BET Best International Act award:

    Burna Boy wins his third BET award in a row.
    Burna Boy wins his third BET award in a row.

    Burna Boy won the award for Best International Act at the recent BET Awards, impressing the country for the umpteenth time. This was his third victory, and he became the first African act to receive three BET nominations and win in a row.

    Achieving a Billion streams with “African Giant”

    Burna Boy- African Giant

    Burna boy released his game-changing album, “African Giant” in 2019 and while it didn’t win the Grammys Best World Album category in 2020, it was a critical success.

    In 2020, Burna celebrated the one year anniversary of the album and revealed that the album achieved one Billion streams making it one of the few albums by an African artist to achieve this.

    The only other Nigerian artist who has topped this record is Davido with his “A Good Time” album.

     

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    The first African artist with three albums that have 100 million streams each on Spotify;

    Burna Boy becomes African artist to have three albums with at least 100 million streams each on Spotify
    Burna Boy becomes African artist to have three albums with at least 100 million streams each on Spotify

    In 2021, Burna Boy broke another record after he became the first African artist to have three albums with 100 million streams each on Spotify

    The albums to achieve this feat include his three last albums; Outside(2018), African Giant(2019) and Twice as Tall(2020).


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    Other achievements by Burna Boy includes;

    TTop Nigeria's digital best-selling songs of all time
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    • “Ye” becomes certified gold in the US and France.
    • “On Low” is one of the two Nigerian songs to have surpassed 200 Million views on Youtube.
    • He is the first Afrobeat artist to perform at the Grammys, BET, and BRIT Award shows.
    • His songs ‘Ye” and “On The Low” are two of the three Nigerian Songs to have surpassed 100 Million streams on Spotify.
    • In 2020, he was nominated for the Music of Black Origin Award in the Best International Act category, which he won.
    • His list of international collaborators includes Beyonce, Sia, Justin Bieber, Stormzy, Ed Sheeran, Chris Martins, Naughty by Nature, Diddy, Future, Becky G e.t.c
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