Burna Boy wins Grammy for Twice as Tall in the best global album category

Burna Boy wins Grammy for Twice as Tall in the best global album category

- Burna Boy has finally won the Grammy Award with his album Twice as Tall, beating four others to it

- In his acceptance speech, the Anybody crooner said that his win should be a lesson to anyone out there, looking to make it big

- Many of his fans are all over social media basking in the joy of the new feat

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Burna Boy has won Grammy for his Twice as Tall album in the Best Global Music Album Category.

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It should be noted that this is the second time the Anybody's crooner would be making a shot at the Grammy.

Other albums that competed for the same category are:

  • FU Chronicles by Antibalas
  • Agora by Bebel Gilberto
  • Love Letters by Anoushka Shankar
  • Amadjar by Tinariwen

Watch his acceptance speech below:

His fans were all over social media to react to the news of the big win. Legit.ng compiled some of their reactions below:

@deejayfaremi said:

"Burna Boy telling you if you fail the first time, try again. Lost out with 'African Giant', but he's hit the target with 'Twice As Tall'."
Breaking: Burna Boy wins Grammy for album Twice as Tall in the global category
Burna Boy said his award should tell every African out there that they could achieve whatever their dreams are. Photo source: Burna Boy
Source: Instagram

@YomYom_ said:

"AFRICAN GIANT Stamped and Sealed!!!! Dude is now legit TWICE AS TALL!! Congrats King Burna Boy!"

@pengmanmodel said:

"Now I understand why Burna Dey call himself African Giant, Odogwu, Twice As Tall... All the names fit am true true."

@Sxmto_ said:

"No Album - I repeat - No album outta Naija last year is touching Twice as Tall. It's not even close. The quality of songs on that album is just on another level. Big win!"

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that a white young man has amazed many Nigerians on Twitter as he showed a lot of gbese moves to Burna Boy's Anybody song mixed with some club instrumentals.

Sharing the video on Twitter, the brilliant dancer said that it has been quite some time that he had some legwork sessions.

Sharing the video on Twitter, the dexterious dancer said that it has been quite some time that he had some legwork sessions.

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Joseph Omotayo writes for the human interest desk at Legit.ng. He graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University with a degree in Literature in English. He loves basketball and books. He tweets @omotayome.

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Joseph Omotayo (HOD Human-Interest) Joseph Omotayo has been writing for the human interest desk since 2019 and is currently the head of the desk. He graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, with a degree in Literature in English in 2016. He once worked for Afridiaspora, OlisaTV & CLR. He is a 2022/2023 Kwame Karikari Fact-Checking fellow. He can be reached via: joseph.omotayo@corp.legit.ng.