Burna Boy Tops Apple Ranking After Grammy Win

Hamilton Nwosa
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By Hamilton Nwosa(Head, The New Diplomat’s Polling, Research & Data desk)

Burna Boy’s Grammy-award-winning album ‘Twice as tall’ is the leading albums on popular music streaming platform, Apple.

The album has returned to the number one spot on Apple music’s top albums in Nigeria many months after its release.

“Twice as tall” had peaked at the number one spot for several weeks after it was released in October 2020.

The ranking was disclosed by Apple Music’s official Twitter handle.

“Burna Boy’s “Twice as Tall” peaks #1 on Apple Music top albums Optical disc Nigeria…” the tweet reads.

While Burna Boy’s fifth studio album leads as the number one on the music app, his fourth and third studio albums have also occupied different spots.

“African Giant” occupies the fourth position on the top albums list while his third studio effort, “Outside” occupies the number ten spot.

In the spirit of his wins, American-based recording company, Atlantic Records sent a congratulatory message to the man, who is now referred to as the African Giant.

“HUGE congrats to Burna Boy on his #GRAMMYs win for Best Global Music Album for #TwiceAsTall,” the record label tweeted.

In the same vein, popular African band group, Sauti Sol, joined several African acts to congratulate Burna Boy on his win.

“Congratulations Burna Boy. Happy to be a part of the dream. Thank you for showing us it can be done. #GRAMMYs,” the group’s official handle tweeted.

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