By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Nigerian singers, Davido, Burna Boy, Ayra Starr, Asake and Olamide have made the 2024 Grammy Awards nomination list. According to the list released on Friday night, the five Nigerian artists and South African Singer Tyla are nominated for the Best African Music Performance...
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Budding music artiste, Onyekachukwu Mba, popularly called ‘Don Lamba’, has described how Grammy Award winner, Burna Boy’s consistency as well as relevance, influenced and inspired his decision to venture into music. Don Lamba told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos that Burna Boy’s style...
Nigerian musician Divine Ikubor, known professionally as Rema’s most popular single, Calm Down won several awards on Sunday night at the 16th Headies in Atlanta, Georgia. The event, tagged “Celebrating African Renaissance,” was hosted by Nollywood actress, Osas Ighodaro and American media personality, Terrence J. Rema won...
Ace Afrobeats singer, Damini Ogulu, better known as Burna Boy, has won the “Best International Act” award at the 2023 BET Awards held on Sunday night in the United States of America. The 23rd edition of BET Awards held to celebrate achievements in entertainment and honors music, sports,...
Billionaire Bill Gates has admitted doing a quick research about Afrobeat singers, Burna Boy and Rema, ahead of his trip to Bill gates Gates Mr Gates, the co-chair of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, stated this on Wednesday in Lagos at a forum with students and young innovators from...
Indian rapper, singer, and songwriter Sidhu Moose Wala’s legacy lives on with the release of his third posthumous song, “Mera Na,” featuring Grammy Award winner Burna Boy. The music video, directed and edited by Navkaran Brar, portrays colossal fame and how his fans continue to pay tribute to him. The video also includes a...
Afrobeats frontrunners Burna Boy, Davido and Wizkid emerged the biggest winners at the 2022 installment of the Africa Union’s All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) on a night Africa’s brightest stars failed to make an appearance. The trio received their prizes in absentia, leaving fans in host city Dakar, Senegal...
The host of #WithChude, Chude Jideonwo has released the third instalment of his annual list of some of the most interesting people in the culture. #TheJoy150 list profiles 150 Nigerians whose lives and work inspire and bring joy. The list was announced in a special annual episode of the show along with co-hosts...
The historical concert – “Lagos loves Damini” – that featured Grammy Award winning singer and song writer Burna Boy, was a huge success, its organisers, Wonder X, said in a statement on Monday. “The Burna Boy team took the bustling mega city by Storm. “Burna Boy, leading a 30-...
Nigerian superstars: Burna Boy, Ayra Starr and Rema, have made it to the list of Barack Obama’s favourite songs for 2022. Ghanaian musicians have, again, missed the list, according to ghanaweb.com. Since 2015, the former United States president has been releasing an annual list of his favourite songs. the...
‘Last Last’ a hit song by Grammy Award winning Nigerian, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, has climbed up the chart to number 77 on the Billboard Top 100. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the song debuted on the chart at number 86, a week ago....
Nigerian singer, Simisola Ogunleye, also known as Simi has became the first female artiste to reach 100 million streams on Boomplay. Boomplay, which is one of Nigeria’s leading music streaming platforms made the announcement across their social media platforms on Saturday to celebrate the monumental achievement. Tosin Sorinola, Boomplay’s...
About three Nigerian celebrity marriages made it to the social media during the week over divorce, alleged separation and extramarital affairs. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) while keeping tab on weekly trends, however, observed that the week had kicked off with record breaking achievement for a Nigerian singer...
Burna Boy, the Grammy award-winning Nigerian singer, has been spotted on stage with several brassieres The Afrobeats star Burna Boy became the first Nigerian artiste to sell out a show at the Madison Square Garden, US. In a viral video, which captured his energetic performance as he thrilled guest, some...
Nigerian Afro beat singer, Burna Boy, has taken to social media to respond to his colleague, Davido’s disclosure of the amount of money he used in buying his new land in Banana Island, Lagos State. Recall that Nigerian-American singer, Davido, had earlier on, taken to his official Twitter account...
Multi-award winning Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, has revealed that money does not give him satisfaction. Burna Boy said this on his official Twitter handle in the early hours of Saturday. The Grammy award-winning singer also claimed to be the highest-paid artist in African music...
Singer BurnaBoy was reportedly involved in a car accident in Lekki, Lagos on Saturday evening, February 26. The singer was driving in his $282,000 Ferrari when the crash happened. In a post shared on his page, Burna stated that he feels a little pain in the leg, but he...
Grammy winner, Burna Boy has said he’s ready to fight with Ghanaian singer, Shatta Wale after he disrespected Nigerians. Burna Boy challenged Shatta Wale to a street fight as he accused the musician of having bad intentions towards Nigerians. He urged Shatta Wale to take up the...
Grammy award winner Burna Boy electrified fans at the FirstBank Decemberissavybe campaign with a sterling performance at the ‘Burna Boy The Live Experience’. The 30-year-old singer expressed how delighted he was to have relocated back to Nigeria at the concert. The self-claimed ‘African Giant’ performed a catalog of his...
The list of nominees for the 64th annual Grammy Awards is out and Nigerian artists Wizkid and Femi Kuti earned nominations in two categories. They both were nominated in the Best Global Music Performance and Best Global Music Album categories. Femi Kuti’s Pà Pá Pà was nominated in the...