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Nigerian Grammy award-winning singer, Damini Ogulu, a.k.a Burna Boy, has shown he is truly twice as tall with his outing at the 63rd Grammy Awards where he bagged the prize for Best Global Music album.
The singer was nominated two consecutive times, and that was simply because he chose to evolve.
From ‘Like To Party’, the singer became the ‘African Giant’ and further evolved to be ‘Twice As Tall’, which enabled him to attain the feat last night.
Not only did he go home with the prestigious Grammy Award, thanks to his Twice As Tall album, he also gave a stellar performance at the awards ceremony.
How Davido, Wizkid, Olamide, Burna Boy broke streaming records in 2020
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By Ayo Onikoyi
From all available statistics, facts and figures no other Nigerian musical artiste, male or female, was able to pull off what the quartet of Davido, Wizkid, Burna Boy and Olamide pulled off in 2020.
The duopoly of Davido and Wizkid, which has been going on for years was questioned most especially by Burna Boy and the new face on the international scene, Olamide.
Each one of them released an amazing album and it was a staggering success story on all streaming platforms. The figures showed Nigerian music has arrived on the international stage.
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Four musical giants of Nigeria in 2020
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By Ayo Onikoyi
From all available statistics, facts and figures no other Nigerian musical artist, male or female was able to pull off what the quartet of Davido, Wizkid, Burna Boy and Olamide pulled off in 2020. The duopoly of Davido and Wizkid which has been going on for years was questioned most especially by Burna Boy and the new face on the international scene, Olamide.
Each one of them released an amazing album and it was a staggering success story on all streaming platforms. The figures showed Nigerian music has arrived on the international stage. Particularly of interest is Olamide whose music has not really been able to cross the continent to the international stage. Well, thanks to his international connection which has given wings to fly over the Atlantic. For Burna Boy, his fortunes have changed since the “African Giant” exploit in 2019. Davido and Wizkid however, have never left the horizon, both at home an