By our reporter| Nigerian afrobeat superstar, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, better known as Burna Boy has won his first-ever Grammy Award for the Best World Music Album at the 2021 Grammy Awards.
After being nominated and losing to Angelique Kidjo for the 2020 edition of the Grammy, the Nigerian singer and songwriter has made a bigger comeback in the 2021 installment of the awards.
The singer won the Best Global Music Album category for his latest body of work, ‘Twice As Tall’.
This marks their first career GRAMMY win. They are the first winner of the recently renamed category, formerly known as Best World Music Album.
He beats American, Brooklyn-based afrobeat band Antibalas; a group of Tuareg musicians, Tinariwen; British-Indian composer, Anoushka Shankar and Brazilian-American singer, Bebel Gilberto.
The self-acclaimed African Giant’s win makes it the second time a Nigerian would be returning home with the Grammy plaque.
Sikiru Adepoju is the only Nigerian to have won a Grammy. He won it in 2009 with the “Global Drum Project” a collaborative album with Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, and Giovanni Hidalgo.
-Wizkid wins grammy with Beyonce’s collaboration
Also on Sunday, another Nigerian artist, Ayo ‘Wizkid’ Balogun won his first-ever Grammy Award.
The Nigerian superstar won his first-ever Grammy Award for his collaboration with Beyoncé and Blue Ivy on the song “Brown Skin Girl”.
The song ‘Brown Skin Girl’ comes off the 2019 album, ‘The Lion King’.
This win which also marks the first Grammy Award for Beyoncé’s daughter will be shared with Jenn Nkiru who directed the video.
According to the official Grammy website, the Best Music Video award is given to the artist, video director, and video producer.
Their video bested fellow nominees Future with Drake, Anderson Paak, Harry Styles, and Woodkid.
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