Nigerian artists led the 9th All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) on Sunday night, claiming multiple top honours across regional and continental categories. Leading the accolades was Rema, who won Artiste of the Year, Best Male Artiste, Western Africa, and Best African Artiste – RnB & Soul. Other notable winners include Burna Boy (Album of the …
Nigeria’s music industry has long been a force to reckon with on the global stage, blending Afrobeat, R&B, hip-hop, and soul into sounds that resonate far beyond the country’s borders. Today, the world is taking notice, and nowhere is this more evident than at the Grammys, the music world’s most prestigious awards. In recent years, …
Grammy-winning Nigerian singer Burna Boy has broken another global record, becoming the African artist with the most entries on the prestigious US Billboard Hot 100 chart. His latest collaboration with American rapper Gunna, titled “WGFT” from the rapper’s new album The Last Wun, debuted at number 96 on this week’s Hot 100, bringing Burna Boy’s …
By Esther Ososanya American music magazine Billboard has unveiled its list of the Top 50 Best Afrobeats Songs of All Time, ranking 2Baba’s iconic hit African Queen at number one. Wizkid emerged as the only artist with double entries in the top 10, with Ojuelegba at number two and Essence featuring Tems at number five. …
By Esther Ososanya Grammy-winning Nigerian megastar Burna Boy recently revealed a surprising chapter in his life, a time when he saw himself as “more Jamaican” than Nigerian. In a candid interview, Damini Ogulu, known globally as Burna Boy, traced this identity shift back to his early years in Brixton, United Kingdom. Brixton is a melting …
