"Biggest Right Now”: Burna Boy Becomes Only African Artist Featured on Cover of 66th Grammy Playlist

"Biggest Right Now”: Burna Boy Becomes Only African Artist Featured on Cover of 66th Grammy Playlist

  • Burna Boy has become the only African artist to be featured on the cover of the 2024 Grammy Awards playlist
  • The award ceremony is taking place on Sunday, February 4, 2024, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles
  • Fans have taken to the comment section to hail the singer, as some referred to him as the giant of Africa

Ebunoluwa Damini Ogulu, professionally known as Burna Boy, has shown that he is indeed the giant of Africa following his latest achievement.

Legit.ng had reported that the singer bagged some nominations at the 2024 Grammy Awards, taking place on Sunday, February 4.

Burna Boy on the cover of Grammys 2024 playlist.
Burna Boy graced the cover of Grammys 2024 playlist. Photo credit @burnaboygrm
Source: Instagram

In a new development, the Grammy Award winner emerged as the only African artist to be featured on the cover of the 2024 Grammy playlist.

Burna Boy's picture comes first

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Burna Boy and other international superstars across the world were seen on the 2024 Grammys playlist.

This did not come as a surprise because the recording academy made a shout-out to the singer a few months ago.

In the piece written by the organisers of the prestigious award, it was stated that Burna Boy was the biggest Afrobeat star in the world. 

See the Grammy playlist cover here:

How fans reacted to the post

Reactions have trailed the cover of the Grammy 2024 playlist. Below are some of the comments:

@onlyemson:

"@Giant of Africa."

@_tomi_lola_:

"Shey make them carry all of us put for cover, because na only African artist get GRAMMYs."

@his_execellcy1290:

"Assurance of getting the award."

@cash_on_god_jnr':

"We know the winner already."

@chinny_baeby:

"Odogwu for a reason."

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@carsbloggerrrr:

"Them fit use you do cover picture make them still no give you anything pbuy! OBO must win today oh!"

@oluwamike55:

"Davido go win."

@sexyvictory7':

"30bgs Abeg make Una take the mic and explain why them didn’t put Davido there but Burna Boy."

@verified_sidechick:

"God please let dream comes true."

@og.temitayo:

"Him deserve more than what him is getting, let’s all show some love to Burna always come through for our country."

Burna Boy and Davido to sit close at Grammys

Legit.ng had reported that Davido and Burna Boy are to sit next to each other at the 2024 Grammy.

A video of the sitting arrangement ahead of the award on February 4, 2024, was sighted online.

The two are to sit a table apart during the award ceremony.

Source: Legit.ng

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Shade Metibogun (Entertainment editor) Shade Metibogun is an entertainment editor at Legit.ng (since 2023). She has over a decade experience in both print and online media (THEWILL, Institute for Media and Society). Shade has a Post Graduate Diploma in Education ( 2016), Bachelor Degree in Literature in English, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria ( 2004), Email: shade.metibogun@corp.legit.ng

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