THE 21st CENTURY ONLINE AWARDS Nominees For The Best [Male-Female] African International Artiste.

Joshua KING Bolatunji Imahfidon
Jan 11, 2021
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Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu aka burna boy

Born - 2 July 1991 (age 29) Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

instagram - https://www.instagram.com/burnaboygram/

Genres

Afro-fusion
Afrobeat
reggae
dancehall
hip hop
pop

Occupation(s)

Singer
songwriter
rapper
dancer

instruments - Vocals

Years active - 2011 present

Labels

Spaceship
Bad Habit
Atlantic
Warner Music

Associated acts

Leriq
Stormzy
Chris Martin
Naughty by Nature
Kel P
Diddy
Sauti Sol
Youssou N'Dour
Stefflon Don
Beyoncé

Website - onaspaceship.com

Port Harcourt owns nigerian international singer, songwriter,rapper and dancer. He rose to prominence in 2012 after releasing "Like to Party", the lead single from his debut studio album L.I.F.E (2013). In 2017, Burna Boy signed with Bad Habit/Atlantic Records in the United States and Warner Music Group internationally. His third studio album Outside marked his major-label debut.In 2019, he won Best International Act at the 2019 BET Awards, and was announced as an Apple Music Up Next artist. His fourth studio album African Giant was released in July 2019; it won Album of the Year at the 2019 All Africa Music Awards and was nominated for Best World Music Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards.[4][5] He was awarded the African Artiste of the year at the 2020 VGMA's.

In 2020, his album Twice as Tall was nominated for the same category at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, making him the first Nigerian with back-to-back nominations at the Grammys.[6] He is one of the biggest and most successful African artists.