Burna Boy takes second shot at Grammys

Nigerian Afrobeat superstar, Burna Boy has been nominated in the Best Global Music Album category at Sunday’s awards for his 2020 album “Twice as Tall”, alongside four others including Malian band Tinariwen and US band Antibalas.

It is the second Grammy nomination for the singer who has sold out London’s Wembley arena and broken a UK music chart and a Spotify streaming record with his Afrobeat and dance-hall style.

He clinched his first nomination in 2019 in the same category, for his “African Giant” album, and while he did not win last year, music critics predict he may have a better chance now.

UK-based Nigerian music critic Dami Ajayi says “This year’s nomination is very specific. There was a plan (by Burna Boy) to get another Grammy nomination.”

Ajayi said it was a deliberate choice to get US record executive Sean Combs as executive producer and to feature world music star Youssou N’dour.  But Burna Boy seems to have always been making deliberate choices.

NP/Confidence Okwuchi