Afrobeat

West African music genre

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2025 Announced future studio album No Sign of Weakness, indicating continued artistic development.
November 2024 Nominated for Best African Music Performance at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards for the song 'Higher', to be held in February 2025 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
February 4 2024 Performed 'Sittin' on Top of the World' at the 66th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony, alongside Brandy and 21 Savage.
2023 Named by Billboard as the top Afrobeat artist of the year.
2023 Named the most streamed Sub-Saharan African artist globally on Spotify for the second consecutive year.
2023 Won the inaugural Best Afrobeats award at the Billboard Music Awards, becoming the first African artist to win a BBMA as lead artist.
2023 Became the first African artist to have two albums earn over 1 billion streams on Spotify.
2023 Released seventh studio album I Told Them..., maintaining his momentum in the music industry.
2023 Ranked number 197 on Rolling Stone's list of the 200 greatest singers of all time.
2023 His song 'Last Last' won Afrobeats Single of the Year and Song of the Year at The Headies.
2023 Won fourth Best International Act at the BET Awards.
2023 BOF (Business of Fashion) named Burna Boy as one of the people shaping the global fashion industry.
2023 Won fourth Best International Act at the BET Awards. His song 'Last Last' won Afrobeats Single of the Year and Song of the Year at The Headies.
November 2023 Nominated for four Grammy Awards, becoming the most nominated Nigerian artist in Grammy history with ten total career nominations and the first Nigerian to have nominations in five consecutive years (2019-2023).
July 2023 Became the first African artist to headline and sell out a stadium show in the United States, performing at Citi Field in New York.
June 10 2023 Became the first artist from Africa to perform at the UEFA Champions League Final Kick Off Show by Pepsi at the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, performing in front of over 71,412 supporters and a global audience of over 700 million people.
April 2023 Released 'Mera Na' featuring Sidhu Moose Wala, a tribute song that charted on international charts including Billboard Global 200, Canada Hot 100, and New Zealand Hot Singles chart.
January 1 2023 During the Lagos leg of his Love, Damini tour, Burna Boy publicly denied rumors about the nightclub shooting and claims about his mother's past as a backup dancer for Fela Kuti.
2022 Burna Boy and Stefflon Don ended their romantic relationship.
December 18 2022 Held his first concert in Jamaica at the Jamaica National Stadium.
October 2022 Awarded the Member of the Order of the Federal Republic plaque for his achievements in music.
July 8 2022 Released his sixth studio album 'Love, Damini', preceded by singles 'Kilometre' and 'Last Last'.
June 8 2022 Burna Boy's armed security escorts allegedly shot and wounded two people at a nightclub in Lagos after he was reportedly rejected by a woman in the VIP section. Five security guards were arrested and charged with attempted murder.
2021 Won Best International Act at the BET Awards for the third time.
2021 Pitchfork named Burna Boy one of the most important artists of their first 25 years, recognizing his significant impact on music.
September 17 2021 Collaborated with Jon Bellion on the single 'I Feel It', marking their first musical collaboration.
June 4 2021 Performed at the Belgravia Sports Stadium in Harare, Zimbabwe, where he reportedly refused to wear a ZANU-PF scarf as an endorsement of the Mnangagwa administration.
March 19 2021 Featured on Justin Bieber's song 'Loved by You' from his sixth studio album 'Justice'.
March 15 2021 Won the Grammy Award for Best Global Music Album for 'Twice as Tall'.
2020 Established a relief fund for victims of the #EndSARS anti-police brutality protests in Nigeria.
2020 Won African Artist of the Year at the Ghana Music Awards.
December 9 2020 Won Best International Act at the MOBO Awards, beating competitors Drake, Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Baby, and Roddy Ricch.
November 24 2020 Nominated for Best Global Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards for 'Twice as Tall', marking his second consecutive nomination in this category.
October 20 2020 Released the single '20-10-20' in solidarity with #EndSARS protesters, addressing the alleged Lekki shooting, bad governance, corruption, and police brutality in Nigeria.
August 14 2020 Released his fifth studio album 'Twice as Tall', executive produced by Diddy and his mother Bose Ogulu, which debuted at number one on the Billboard World Albums Chart.
July 30 2020 Collaborated with British singer Sam Smith on the single 'My Oasis', the lead single from Smith's third studio album.
June 19 2020 Featured on the remix of Master KG's viral song 'Jerusalema', incorporating his signature afrobeat style and singing in isiZulu.
April 2020 Burna Boy performed in the One World: Together at Home special, showcasing his music during the global pandemic.
2019 Burna Boy vowed not to visit South Africa again following the Johannesburg riots targeting African immigrants, demanding government action to address the xenophobic violence.
2019 Won Best International Act at the BET Awards and named an Apple Music Up Next artist.
November 2019 Became the first Afrobeat artist to sell out the SSE Arena, receiving a special commemorative plaque.
November 22 2019 Featured alongside Ed Sheeran on Stormzy's single 'Own It'.
July 2019 Announced as an Apple Music Up Next artist, accompanied by a Beats 1 interview and short documentary.
July 26 2019 Released his fourth studio album 'African Giant', which he described as his most personal project, supported by six singles.
June 24 2019 Won Best International Act at the 2019 BET Awards.
March 21 2019 Released a 4-track collaborative EP 'Steel & Copper' with electronic duo DJDS, blending dancehall, reggae, Afropop, and trap.
January 3 2019 Announced as a performer at the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
2018 Burna Boy began dating British rapper Stefflon Don.
October 9 2018 Announced as one of Spotify's Afro Hub takeover artists and YouTube's Artist on the Rise.

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