BET Awards 2023: Burna Boy Makes History As 1st African Artiste to Win Best Int Act 4 Times
- Nigerian superstar singer Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy made his countrymen and Africa as a whole proud once more
- The Last Last hitmaker has been named Best International Act at the 2023 Black Entertainment Awards, making it the fourth time he has won it consecutively
- The 'African Giant' singer won the BET Awards' most coveted category, beating out contenders such as Ayra Starr, Central Cee, and Stormzy, among others
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Nigerian international superstar Burna Boy has won the Best International Act award at the 2023 BET Awards.
Burna was nominated with Aya Nakamura, Ayra Starr, Central Cee, Ella Mai, K.O., L7nnon, Stormzy, Tiakola, and Uncle Waffles in the BET category.
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Even though he was not present for the concert, he is already having a fantastic time on the world stage.
Love, Damini, his 2022 album, was a worldwide triumph, and he has already won a BET Award in the same category in 2019, 2020, and 2021.
See the post below:
Nigerians celebrate Burna Boy
YEN.com.gh captured the excitement depicted by Burna's fans over his recent win. See below:
skrilezcc:
"Biggest artist in Africa. Bigger than Davido and Wizkid put together ."
rexxbeatz:
"I saw the other nominees and all I can say is; Odogwu you bad ."
versatile_anthony:
"Level has gon up, he doesn’t perform at the BET anymore. African Giant"
linda_finegurl:
"Burna is a big name in the industry. Odogwu aburo guy name."
dorimevibes:
"This guyyyyyy. I'm so proud of him. I wasn't wrong about him when I first heard like to party. Odogwu no dey disappoint. Congratulations ."
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"Don’t compare, just for him.. awon old cats ."
eminentgr8:
"Congratulations Odogwu! He's now won it the fourth time. Four in the last five editions. Most awarded international artist in this category. ."
Black Sherif becomes first Ghanaian artiste to reach 100m streams
In a previous story, YEN.com.gh reported that fast-rising Ghanaian singer Black Sherif, born Mohammed Ismail Sherif Kwaku Frimpong, garnered 100 million streams on Boomplay.
The award-winning singer makes history as the first Ghanaian artiste to reach 100 million on Africa's most expansive music streaming and downloading platform.
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