African Giant Burna Boy Bags Third Grammy Nomination

Oyinlola Awonuga
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African Giant Burna Boy Bags Third Grammy Nomination

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The African Giant Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, better known as Burna Boy is at it again as he has been nominated for the prestigious Grammy Awards for the third time.

He was first nominated for the award two years ago in the Global Music Award category with his album, African Giant, but lost out to Angelique Kidjo.

However, the singer was nominated in the same category in 2021 with his album, Twice As Tall, and he cliched the award to the delight of his teeming fans.

Born Dami Oguluhas, the artiste has been nominated once more, and the third time in a row for the Grammy award as the Recording Academy revealed the nominations for the 2022 Grammy Awards in a live stream on Tuesday.

Also global singer, Wizkid, was nominated in the ‘Best Global Music Performance’ category for ‘Essence’ his collaborative song with Tems.

In July, ‘Essence’ became the first Nigerian song to crack the highly coveted music chart and the third in Africa.

The 2022 Grammys’ main event will air on January 31, 2022, at 8 pm ET/5 pm PT on the CBS Television Network.

It is understood that the award show would also be available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount.

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