Burna Boy has won the Best International Act Award at the 2021 BET Awards ceremony held last night at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
This is the third win in the category for the “African Giant” singer who took home the award in 2019 and 2020.
Burna Boy beat fellow Nigerian, Wizkid, and Tanzania’s Diamond Platnumz to the award. Others nominated in the category are Aya Nakamura (France), Emicida (Brazil), Headie One (United Kingdom), Young T & Bugsey (United Kingdom) and Youssopha (France).
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Burna Boy was accompanied by his mother, Bose Ogulu, to receive the award on stage.
At a backstage video after receiving the prestigious award, he said, “This is my third one back to back. You get me? Love you BET, no stopping.”
In March, the afro-fusion artiste outshined Malian band Tinariwen and U.S. band Antibalas to win the Grammy for ‘Twice as Tall’ under the Best Global Music Album category.
Although he got his first Grammy nomination in 2019 for his ‘African Giant’ album in the same category, he lost to Angelique Kidjo’s “Celia”.
Burna Boy released his first studio album, ‘LIFE’ — an acronym for ‘Leaving an Impact For Eternity’ in 2013, and followed it with two other albums, ‘Redemption’ in 2015 and ‘Outside’ in 2018, including Kanye West-endorsed song, ‘Ye,’ which had over 129 million views on YouTube.
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‘Ye’ got the attention of the international music community, and his 2019 ‘African Giant’ album, which followed, earned further acclaim.
African Giant’ earned him his first Grammy nomination, a win at the MTV EMA, and a nod from former U.S. President Barack Obama (who put it on his favourite songs of 2019 list).
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