Burna Boy was awarded African Artist of the Year at the 2020 Ghana Music Awards.
26 Facts About Burna Boy
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Burna Boy released his fifth studio album, Twice as Tall, in August 2020.
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Burna Boy won Best International Act at the 2021 BET Awards.
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Burna Boy attended Corona Secondary School in Agbara, Ogun State, and relocated to London to further his studies.
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Burna Boy studied media technology at the University of Sussex from 2008 to 2009, and studied media communications and culture at Oxford Brookes University from 2009 to 2010.
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Burna Boy returned to Port Harcourt and took up a year-long internship at Rhythm 93.7 FM.
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Burna Boy launched his music career after returning to Lagos.
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On 19 January 2018, Burna Boy was featured on American rock band Fall Out Boy's song "Sunshine Riptide", a track from their seventh studio album Mania.
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Burna Boy released his third studio album, Outside, exactly a week later, on 26 January 2018.
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On 7 October 2018, Burna Boy performed before a sold-out crowd at London's O2 Academy Brixton.
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On 3 January 2019, Burna Boy was announced alongside Mr Eazi as one of the artists performing at the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
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Burna Boy won four awards at the Soundcity MVP Awards Festival, including African Artiste of the Year, Listener's Choice, and Best Male MVP.
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On 24 June 2019, Burna Boy won Best International Act at the 2019 BET Awards.
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Burna Boy recorded "Ja Ara E" for Beyonce's The Lion King: The Gift and was the only guest artist with their own track on the soundtrack album.
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Burna Boy began recording the album in 2018 and told Billboard that it is his most personal project yet.
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Burna Boy first revealed plans to release it in April 2019 and held a private listening session in Los Angeles.
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On 22 November 2019, Burna Boy was featured alongside English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran on British rapper Stormzy's single, "Own It", the fourth single from his second studio album, Heavy Is the Head.
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Burna Boy used his signature afrobeats style on the song and partly sings in the isiZulu language.
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On 30 July 2020, Burna Boy was featured on British singer Sam Smith's single, "My Oasis", the lead single from their third studio album, Love Goes.
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Burna Boy won Best International Act at the 2021 BET Awards, becoming the first African artist to win the award three consecutive times.
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On 19 March 2021, Burna Boy was featured on Canadian singer Justin Bieber's song "Loved by You", a track from his sixth studio album, Justice.
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On 4 June 2022, Burna Boy performed at the Belgravia Sports Stadium in Harare, Zimbabwe, where he allegedly refused money to wear a ZANU-PF scarf as an endorsement of the Mnangagwa administration.
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Burna Boy released his sixth studio album, Love, Damini, on 8 July 2022.
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Five security guards affiliated with Burna Boy were arrested and charged with attempted murder.
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Burna Boy held his first concert in Jamaica on December 18,2022, at the Jamaica National Stadium.
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Burna Boy began dating British rapper Stefflon Don in 2018.