He also released his fourth studio album, African Giant, which went on to win Album of the Year at the All Africa Music Awards and was nominated for Best World Music Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.
1963
It won Best World Music Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards.
He again won Best International Act at the 2021 BET Awards.
Burna Boy's sixth studio album Love, Damini was released in 2022 and became the highest debut of an African album on the Billboard 200 chart.
It also became the highest-charting African album in France, the Netherlands and the UK.
In October, Burna Boy was awarded the Member of the Order of the Federal Republic plaque for his achievements in music.
In 2023, Rolling Stone ranked him number 197 on its list of the 200 greatest singers of all time.
Burna Boy won his fourth Best International Act at the BET Awards in 2023.
He won The Headies Afrobeats Single of the Year category and also the Song of the Year for "Last Last".
1991
Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu (born 2 July 1991), known professionally as Burna Boy, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer.
He is credited for popularizing Afrobeats and Afrofusion globally.
Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu was born on July 2, 1991, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria.
His mother Bose Ogulu worked as a language translator, and his Father Samuel Ogulu managed a welding company.
His maternal grandfather Benson Idonije once managed Fela Kuti.
His mother later became his manager.
Ogulu grew up in Southern Nigeria and began making his own beats using FL Studio.
He attended Corona Secondary School in Agbara, Ogun State, and relocated to London, England, to further his studies.
2008
He studied media technology at the University of Sussex from 2008 to 2009, and also studied media communications and culture at Oxford Brookes University from 2009 to 2010.
Burna Boy returned to Port Harcourt and took up a year-long internship at Rhythm 93.7 FM.
He launched his music career after returning to Lagos.
2012
He rose to stardom in 2012 after releasing "Like to Party", the lead single from his debut studio album L.I.F.E (2013).
2013
Burna Boy's debut studio album, L.I.F.E, was released on 12 August 2013, serving as the follow-up to his second mixtape Burn Identity (2011).
The album sold 40,000 copies on the day of its release.
Aristokrat Records later sold its marketing rights to Uba Pacific for ₦10 million.
The album's release was preceded by five singles: "Like to Party", "Tonight", "Always Love You", "Run My Race", and "Yawa Dey".
L.I.F.E was produced entirely by Leriq and features guest appearances from 2face Idibia, M.I Abaga, Timaya, Olamide, Reminisce, and Wizkid, among others.
Nigeria Entertainment Today ranked the album 10th on its list of the 12th Best Albums of 2013.
The album's music was inspired by Fela Kuti, King Sunny Ade, and Bob Marley.
It received generally positive reviews from music critics, who applauded its production.
In August 2013, L.I.F.E peaked at number seven on the Billboard Reggae Albums chart.
2014
It was nominated for Best Album of the Year at the 2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards.
In 2014, Burna Boy split from Aristokrat Records; eight months later he founded the record label Spaceship Entertainment, in February 2015.
2015
Burna Boy's second studio album, ' On a Spaceship', was released on November 25, 2015.
2016
His 7-track debut extended play, Redemption, was released in September 2016.
Its lead single, "Pree Me" debuted on Noisey.
2017
In 2017, Burna Boy signed with Atlantic Records in the United States (and its parent company Warner Music Group internationally) to release his third studio album, Outside (2018).
2018
On January 19, 2018, Burna Boy was featured on American rock band Fall Out Boy's song "Sunshine Riptide", a track from their seventh studio album Mania.
2019
In 2019, he won Best International Act at the BET Awards, and was named an Apple Music Up Next artist.
2020
He was awarded African Artist of the Year at the 2020 Ghana Music Awards.
Burna Boy released his fifth studio album, Twice as Tall, in August 2020.
