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Burna Boy Becomes First African Artiste To Hit 200 Million Streams On Boomplay

Grammy award-winning Nigerian afrobeats star Burna Boy has achieved the lofty feat of amassing over 200 million streams on Boomplay, becoming the first African artist to do so.

Burna Boy Becomes First African Artiste To Hit 200 Million Streams On BoomplayThe music streaming service announced the news on their social media platforms, one of their several posts accompanied with a photo of Burna Boy wearing a plaque of his 200 million streams.

“An #AfricanGiant standing #TwiceAsTall on 200,000,000 Boomplay streams! A BIG shoutout to Burna Boy for hitting this historic milestone,” it wrote.

On their official website, Boomplay extolled the musician for his artistry and achievements writing;

“Barely a year after Burna Boy was celebrated as the first artiste to hit the 100 million streams milestone on Boomplay, he has gone ahead to double the feat, making him the first African artiste to be streamed 200 million times on Africa’s #1 streaming service, Boomplay.

“The growth of the Grammy award winner has been exponentially upturned since the release of the Outside album, which stands as 10 million streams currently. His follow up album, African Giant, which was critically acclaimed and nominated for the Grammys, now has over 43 million streams, four times more than the previous body of work, indicating his broadening fanbase and growth.

“True to its title, his 2020 album Twice As Tall has been streamed twice more than African giant. Standing at over 80 million streams on Boomplay.”

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Burna Boy rose to prominence in 2012 after releasing “Like to Party”, the lead single from his debut album “L.I.F.E”. In 2017, he signed with Bad Habit/Atlantic Records in the US and Warner Music Group internationally.

His third studio album, “Outside”, marked his major-label debut. In 2019, he won ‘Best International Act’ at the BET Awards and also emerged as Apple Music’s Up Next artist. His fourth album “African Giant” came in July 2019.

The project won “Album of the Year” at the 2019 All Africa Music Awards. It was also nominated for ‘Best World Music Album’ at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2020. He emerged the ‘African Artiste of the Year’ at the 2020 VGMAs.

In 2021, his “Twice as Tall” album also got a nod at the 63rd Grammys, making him the first Nigerian with back-to-back Grammy nominations. At the award ceremony in March, he won his first-ever Grammy award. Meanwhile, he’s also being nominated in the 2022 edition of the Grammys.

 

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