Burna Boy
Best Global Music Album.
Burna’s 2020 album
Best Global Music Album category at the 63rd Grammy Awards.
Twice As Tall came out on top against Brooklyn-based afrobeat band Antibalas’s
Fu Chronicles, Brazilian-American singer Bebel Gilberto’s
Agora, British-Indian player Anoushka Shankar’s
Love Letters and Mali band Tinariwen’s
Amadjar. The award was handed out today, March 14, before the socially-distant telecast.
In his jubilant online acceptance speech, Burna declared “This is a big win for my generation of Africans all over the world.”
“This should be a lesson to every African out there, no matter where you are, no matter what you plan to do, you can achieve it, no matter where you’re from because you are a King,” he said. “Look at me now Grammy-awarding winning, Burna Boy.”