2025 Grammy Awards: Asake, Tems, Yemi Alade, Burna Boy, others nominated – See full list of nominees

The nominees for the highly anticipated 67th Academy Grammy Awards were on Friday unveiled, with several Nigerian artistes making the list. Yemi Alade, Asake, Wizkid, Davido, Lojay, Burna Boy and Tems are nominated in the ‘Best African Music Performance’ category dominated by Nigerians. Tems was also nominated in the ‘Best R&B Song’ category alongside Ronald Banful for […]

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66th GRAMMY: South Africa’s Tyla wins Best African Music category as Burna Boy, Davido lose all nominations

Nigerian singers Davido (David Adeleke) and Burna Boy (Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu), have failed to win any of their categories at the 2024 Grammy Awards. Davido, who is a first-time Grammy nominee, was nominated in three categories — including ‘Best Global Album’ for his latest album, ‘Timeless’. Others are ‘Best African Performance’ for his song ‘Unavailable’ […]

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2023 Headies award winners list as Asake, Burna Boy, Victony, Rena, Seyi Vibes win big

YBNL signee, Asake, won the ‘Next Rated’ award at the 2023 Headies. The 16th edition of the biggest award ceremony that celebrates Afrobeats and African culture took place on Sunday at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center in Atlanta. The show,  themed ‘Celebrating African Renaissance,’ saw artistes from across the continent of Africa converge to […]

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Burna Boy to perform at Champions League final in Istanbul

Nigeria’s superstar, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, known by his stage name, Burna Boy will perform live at the UEFA Champions League final in Istanbul, Turkey in June. UEFA made the announcement via its official Twitter handle on Thursday. “Big news! @burnaboy will be performing at the Champions League final in Istanbul alongside another amazing headliner,” the […]

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God punish una – Burna Boy insults fans at Lagos concert after late arrival

Popular Nigerian singer, Burna Boy, has faced criticism for insulting his fans at a concert in Lagos. The Grammy award winning singer was supposed to perform at the concert on Sunday night, but did not arrive until Monday morning, causing frustration among his fans. When he finally arrived, he was seen addressing some fans who […]

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Cubana club shooting: Police begin probe on Burna Boy, police escorts arrested for attempted murder

The Nigeria Police Force have commenced a probe of Burna Boy  whose real name is Damini Ogulu, over the shooting at Cubana Club in Victoria Island, Lagos. Burna Boy and officers attached to him are accused of attempted murder. In a report filed at the Bar Beach Police Division, the singer and five police escorts […]

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Billboard’s Most Streamed Nigerian Musicians 2020: Burna Boy, Davido, Wizkid top the list

Ace Nigerians singers, Burna Boy, Wizkid, and Davido have topped American entertainment media brand, “Billboard” as the most streamed Nigerian Musicians in 2020. The entertainment media brand released its list for the year and the artistes listed out are the ones pushing different genres of music across the world. Topping the list is Burna Boy […]

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GRAMMYS: Burna Boy Loses to Angélique Kidjo

Ace Nigerian Afrofusion artiste, Damini Ogulu, better known as Burna Boy, has lost out in his category to Angelique Kidjo, a Beninese singer-songwriter, at the 2020 Grammys. Angélique Kidjo was announced the winner of the ‘Best World Music Album’ category at the the 62nd Grammy awards, held at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles, in the […]

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Burna Boy makes New York Times’ ‘The 54 Best Songs of 2019’

Ace Nigerian musician, Burna Boy has made it to New York Times’ ‘The 54 Best Songs of 2019’ for his song ‘Anybody.’ Burna Boy’s Anybody was on number three on the list of 54 while the first two are Lizzo for the song ‘Cuz I Love You’ and FKA twigs for ‘Cellophane.’ Others include Tame […]

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