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Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu (born July 2, 1991) is a well-known Afrobeats performer known professionally as Burna Boy. Burna Boy is widely regarded as one of the best songwriters and vocalists on the African continent, having a lengthy record and multiple awards to his name.

Twice As Tall, his fifth studio album, was named Best World Music Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards in 2021.

The music legend rose to prominence in 2012 after signing with Aristokrat Records and releasing the song Like To Party as the lead single off his debut album, L.I.F.E, which was released in 2013. The first Afrobeats artist and three-time International Best Act at the BET Awards.

Early Life

Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu (born July 2, 1991) is a well-known Afrobeats performer known professionally as Burna Boy. Burna Boy is widely regarded as one of the best songwriters and vocalists on the African continent, having a lengthy record and multiple awards to his name.

Twice As Tall, his fifth studio album, was named Best World Music Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards in 2021.

The music legend rose to prominence in 2012 after signing with Aristokrat Records and releasing the song Like To Party as the lead single off his debut album, L.I.F.E, which was released in 2013. The first Afrobeats artist and three-time International Best Act at the BET Awards.

Education

Burna Boy is from an upper-middle-class family, which provided him with a good education.

He finished creche and primary school at a prestigious private institution in Port Harcourt. He attended Corona Secondary School in Agbara, Ogun State, for his middle and high school studies.

He moved to the United Kingdom for his university study, where he earned a degree in Media Technology from the University of Sussex.

Career

After learning how to make beats with FruityLoops, Burna Boy recorded two mixtapes, Burn Notice and Burn Identity, before signing with Aristokrat Records. It was under this label that he released his 2012 hit "Like To Party," which catapulted him into the limelight.

"Like To Party" is his lead single from his debut studio album L.I.F.E, released on August 12, 2013. The project included other chart-topping singles such as "Run My Race," "Yawa Dey," "Always Love You," and "Tonight."

Burna Boy has been nominated for her 2013 Next Rated Artiste Award for The Headies. However, he lost the award to fellow singer Sean Tizzle, whose debut album L.I.F.E. was nominated for Best Album of the Year at the 2014 Nigerian Entertainment Awards.

Two years after he became a music star, he parted ways with his Aristokrat Records and launched his own music label Spaceship Entertainment in February 2015. Under Spaceship, he has released his four other commercially successful albums and music projects.

On November 25, 2015, he released his long-awaited second studio album.
on a spaceship. The album was supported by their debut EP Redemption, released in September 2016.

Burna Boy released her third album, Outside, in January 2018, and she made her comeback on the 26th of that month. The album launched him on the international music scene with his rave singles such as 'Ye', 'Heaven's Gate', 'Rock Your Body', 'Koni Baje', 'Sekkle Down' and 'Streets Of Africa'. I pushed him to be recognized. The album won Album of the Year at the Nigerian Entertainment Awards.

In 2019, he was one of a group of African artists invited to work on Beyoncé's The Lion King album.
gift. He wrote and recorded the single "Ja Ala E" and had the honor of being the only guest artist to have an original track on the album.

Burna Boy became the first Afrobeat artist to sell out Wembley Arena that same year. Additionally, he won four awards at his 2019 Sound City MVP Awards Festival, winning the coveted African Artist of the Year, Listener's Choice and Best Male MVP categories.

His fourth studio album, African Giant, which includes chart-topping singles from Anybody, Killin 'Dem, Gbona, On The Low, Dangote, and more, was released on July 26, 2019, and received critical acclaim. It was a commercial success with accolades and a nomination in the Best World Music Album category. At the 62nd Grammy Awards in 2020. However, he lost the award to Beninese singer Angelique Kidjo.

In 2020, during the pandemic, Berna Her Boy began recording her fifth studio album, Twice As Tall. The album was executive produced by American music icon P. Diddy (Sean Combs) and his mother Bose her Ogle. Released on August 14, 2020, the album won Best World Music Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. Burna Boy made history by becoming the first Nigerian artist to be nominated for consecutive Grammy Awards. Burna Boy's single Destiny (one of the tracks on the African Giant album) was on Joe Biden's playlist during his inauguration as President of the United States. His song "My Money, My Baby" is on his album for the soundtrack of the movie "Queen and Slim". The latest single with Wizkid, Ballon d'Or, was released in January 2022.

Discography

• Twice As Tall
• African Giant
• Outside
• On A Spaceship
• L.I.F.E
• Redemption
• Burn Notice
• Love, Damini

Personal Life

Burna Body is widely regarded as the "Giant of African Music," and is regarded as one of the continent's top three performers, alongside Wizkid and Davido. On July 2, the Port Harcourt-born musician turned 31 years old, and as predicted, his family, close friends, and management team hosted a lavish party to commemorate the occasion.

Bose Ogulu, his mother, is currently in charge of him. He travels between Lagos and London, where his girlfriend lives. Burna Boy started dating UK female musician Stefflon Don in 2018.

He is one of the country's wealthiest artists, as seen by his lavish lifestyle. He has appeared in prestigious publications such as Vogue, British GQ, and the Evening Standard. He