Nigerian music celebrity Burna Boy won the Best World Music Album category at the 2021 Grammy Awards.
The 63rd ceremony of Grammy Awards held in Los Angeles. This event, which is traditionally presented as ” the greatest night of music Has been superb different this year, due to the current Coronavirus pandemic. There is no audience. Performers are separated on five stages, which are arranged in a circle inside the Los Angeles Convention Center, in order to maintain social distancing.
Damini Ogulu, better known by the professional pseudonym Burna Boy, who is nominated for a second year in a row won with his album Twice As Tall.
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Indeed, the Grammy nomination describes Twice As Tall as “a masterclass in the vibe and bustle that made Burna Boy an international musical force, which continues to blaze the limits, seamlessly blending styles and genres and fearlessly fueling the fire that heats melting- pot of pop, afrobeat, dancehall, reggae and more ».
As a reminder, Burna Boy was nominated in this same category in 2019, which was known more as Best World Music Album. But he unfortunately lost to the Beninese music diva Angélique Kidjo, during the awards ceremony in 2020. However, Angélique Kidjo dedicated her victory to him. “Burna Boy is one of those young artists from Africa who is changing the way our continent is perceived and the way African music is the foundation of all music.She had suggested.
It should be noted that Blue Ivy, Beyonce’s daughter, had also recently won an award with the same song.
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