Burna Boy Emotionally Celebrates 5 Years of His Grammy-Winning Album African Giant: “Highest ODG”

Burna Boy Emotionally Celebrates 5 Years of His Grammy-Winning Album African Giant: “Highest ODG”

  • Burna Boy is filled with gratitude and joy as he is set to celebrate 5 years of his highly praised studio album African Giant 
  • The Nigerian international superstar on his social media account revealed the initial way he felt  before he released the body of work
  • He further appreciated his fans and followers for their dedication over the years, sparring sweet reactions online

Nigerian singer Damini Ogulu, aka Burna Boy, is celebrating five years of his highly acclaimed and Grammy-winning studio album African Giant.

Legit.ng reported that Burna Boy will be commiserating the milestone with a special live event at YouTube Music Nights.

Davido, Burna Boy
Fans compared Davido's Timeless to Burna Boy's African Giant album. Credit: @davido, @burnaboygram
Source: Instagram

The event, scheduled for July 26, 2024, will be streamed live on Burna Boy's YouTube page, allowing fans from all around the world to watch. 

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On his official X account, the City Boy crooner noted that he didn't expect music when he released the Afrocna Giant album on July 26, 2019, but expressed immense gratitude to his fans and followers for sticking with him all the years,

"When I made this album, I literally had no expectations at all! I wanted to get shiit off my chest, and I appreciate you all for fuckinn with it. #AFRICANGIANTIS5.”

Burna Boy's fourth studio album was supported by six singles: "Gbona", "On the Low", Killin Dem", "Dangote", "Anybody", and "Pull Up".

Aside from winning the Best World Music Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards, the studio work also bagged several other awards: African Giant won Album of the Year at the 2019 All Africa Music Awards, Best Collaboration for "Killin' Dem" at The Headies 2019, Viewers' Choice award for "On the Low" at the 2020 Soundcity MVP Awards Festival, and many others.

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See Burna Boy's tweet below:

Burna Boy spurs reactions online

Legit.ng compiled the reactions as some netizens compared the studio work to Davido's recent Timeless album. See them below:

@Daffydre2:

"Good morning odokwu."

@Dagreatdey4you:

You did a classic and evergreen album

@Neyoo06:

"I know this is not Burna Boy tweeting."

@bigwizarrdd:

"Timeless by Davido better."

@EmaazDr:

"CONGRATS BRODIE. MORE WINS!"

@kajisijoLFC:

Some people in East Africa said that Diamond Platnumz is better than you, this is killing me

@TheDamiForeign:

"That was a solid album, tbvh."

@nuggetman1_:

"Congratulations OdG more to come."

Burna Boy's Glastonbury show breaks net

The Nigerian international superstar ignited the internet following his previous concert at the Glastonbury Festival.

The Glastonbury Music Festival is one of the highly recognised music events in the United Kingdom, drawing thousands of people from all over the world.

During his spellbinding stage moment, Burna Boy was about to perform his 2018 monster hit YE when he told the multitude of fun-seekers to take off their shirts and wave them in the air.

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Chinasa Afigbo (Editor) Chinasa Afigbo is a pop culture/music journalist and content writer with over four years of experience in other mainstream media organisations, including Vanguard Media and Guardian Life. She holds a degree in Information Management Technology from the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO). She also moved on to pursue courses in writing & media communications. Chinasa has also been published in other Intl journals, like The African Report. Reach her at: chinasa.afigbo@corp.legit.ng.