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On music’s biggest night, GRAMMY-winning Afrobeats artist burned boy brought a piece of his homeland to Crypto.com Arena.
Clad in bejeweled threads, the Nigerian superstar danced among a crowd of performers and colorful buildings. Her joyous performance featured several of her nominated works, including “On Form,” “City Boys” and “Sitting On Top Of The World”; the latter featured a special appearance by brandy and 21 wild.
Her single “City Boys” had a brief moment in the spotlight before Brandy wowed with her divine vocals, showing why her 1998 single “Top of the World” was great for “Sittin’ on Top of” sampling. the World” by Burna Boy. Along with a guest verse from 21 Savage, the trio delivered the updated version in style, as Burna Boy sings, “I stand still with my couture, every light flickers.”
Burna Boy arrived at the 2024 GRAMMYs with four nominations, including Best Global Music Album (I told them…), Best Overall Musical Performance (“Alone”) and Best Melodic Rap Performance (“Sittin’ on Top of the World”). The powerhouse was also nominated at the inauguration. Best African Music Performance Category (“City Boys”), one of three new categories introduced this year. Burna Boy is a previous winner of Best Global Music Album with his 2020 LP twice as tallmaking him the first male Nigerian artist to win for an original work.
As one of the key contemporaries of Afrofusion, Burna Boy is as much a student of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti as he is of American hip-hop and R&B. In I told them…leaned even more towards the sounds of the latter, providing J Colehe Wu Tang Clan‘s GZA and RZAand 21 Savage as collaborators. The LP debuted at the top of the UK Albums Chart, marking their first number one album and the first time an international Afrobeats artist has achieved that feat. I told them… it also topped the UK R&B Albums Chart.
Those were just some of the highlights Burna Boy collected in 2023. In June, he was the first Nigerian artist to headline a US stadium show when he arrived at Citi Field in New York City. In July, he was the first African artist to headline a UK stadium show when he sold out the London Stadium.
Before hitting the road again next month, Burna Boy is scheduled to appear on Usher’s next album, Coming home.
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