11 Facts About African Giant

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African Giant is the fourth studio album by Nigerian singer Burna Boy.

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African Giant won Album of the Year at the 2019 All Africa Music Awards and was nominated for Best World Music Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.

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3.

African Giant said that they spent six weeks in a Lagos hotel room recording 23 songs for the album.

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4.

African Giant was mixed in Los Angeles and London by Jesse Ray Ernster, a mixing engineer known for his collaboration with Kanye West.

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Also, shortly after his death in 2020, the Former Vice President of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar referred to the late president as an African Giant while giving him accolade for his remarkable leadership work.

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African Giant was initially announced as a 16-track album to be released in August 2019.

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7.

African Giant is an Afrobeats, Afrobeat, dancehall, pop and hip hop album.

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8.

African Giant was nominated for Best Collaboration and won Song of the Year for "Killin Den" at the 2019 African Muzik Magazine Awards.

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9.

Alake said African Giant is the "perfection of the journey that Outside pioneered".

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In contrast, Bede notes African Giant "certainly isn't aptly titled to reflect Burna's rightful place alongside the galaxy of music stars that have emerged from the black continent".

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African Giant won Album of the Year at the 2019 All Africa Music Awards and was nominated for Best World Music Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.

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