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Lagos Loves Damini! Why Burna Boy’s January 1st Concert Is the Perfect Homecoming Story

By Modaculture Editors January 1, 2023

2022 has been an interesting year for Afrobeats as a genre. It’s been a year brimming with peculiarities and transformational events that either redefined the genre or extended its frontiers. We witnessed several artistes pull their weight as the competition stiffened and the sophistication of listeners heightened, resulting in a handful of career-defining projects and moments. The spate of releases saw artistes straddle between genres or explore new sounds typically outside of their artistic predisposition, making for a sonically intriguing year for the genre both domestically and internationally. A fundamentally important event that contributed to the trajectory of Afrobeats in…

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Burna Boy & Wizkid Win Big At The Grammy Awards 2021

By Valentine Ofordum March 15, 2021

History has finally been made as our very own Burna Boy and Wizkid won the much coveted Grammy Awards last weekend. The show dubbed as “music’s biggest night” was monumental for African artists. They become Nigeria’s second and third Grammy Awards winners after Sikiru Adepoju. Burna Boy, a nominee for a second consecutive year, won the Best Global Album with his ‘Twice As Tall’ album, after losing last year to Angelique Kidjo in same category. Africa is here! we are here! You hear me? This is something fantastic for all Africans of my generation, all over the world, and this…

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Sam Smith and Burna Boy Team Up On New Music Collaboration “My Oasis”

By Valentine Ofordum July 29, 2020

Music lovers are in for an orgasmic experience as Sam Smith and Burna Boy release music collaboration “My Oasis”. The English singer and songwriter, Sam Smith, announced earlier a new song with African Giant, Burna boy and this got fans highly anticipating. Source: Twitter/@samsmith He released the new track on his Twitter saying: https://twitter.com/samsmith/status/1289995631831011329?s=19 The song “My Oasis” serves as a prelude to Smith’s 3rd album, ‘To Die For’, scheduled to drop before the end of 2020. Everyone is certainly excited about this one. Listen here https://youtu.be/byO74UGa8bI

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African Giant SZN! Burna Boy nominated for Best World Music Album at 62nd Grammy Awards || See Full List of Nominees Inside

By Mide Michael November 20, 2019

It’s definitely another great year for Nigerian superstar Burna Boy as he has now grabbed a nomination at the 62nd Grammy Awards which is set to hold at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on the 26th of January, 2020. Burna Boy’s latest body of work, “African Giant” was nominated for the “Best World Music Album” category, further cementing the singer’s place as Africa’s biggest export currently. See the full list of nominees below: Record of the Year “Hey, Ma” — Bon“Bad Guy” — Billie Eilish“7 Rings” — Ariana Grande“Hard Place” — H.E.R.“Talk” — Khalid“Old Town Road” — Lil Nas…

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Burna Boy Wins ‘Best Africa Act’ Award at 2019 MTV EMA’s

By Valentine Ofordum November 9, 2019

Serial hitmaker Burna Boy recently was announced as the winner of the just concluded Best Africa Act award at the 2019 MTV EMA’s. Burna who was nominated alongside fellow Nigerian, Teni the Entertainer, South Africa’s Prince Kaybee and Nasty C, Harmonize from Tanzania and Togo’s duo TooFan, took home the prestigious award at a star studded event held in Seville, Spain on Sunday, November 3rd, 2019. With his 2019 MTV EMA win, Burna Boy joins an exclusive list of Nigerian superstar artistes who have won the much coveted international honour. Past Nigerian winners of the MTV EMA Best Africa Act…