The African giant celebrates with the release of the official “Giza” music video
Grammy Award-winning icon Burna Boy is making history again being named the most streamed African artist worldwide on Apple Music in 2023. He has also earned the title of most Streamed Artist in Sub-Saharan Africa on YouTube with more than 2.5 billion streams. The global giant superstar celebrates the feat with the release of the official music video for the hit song “Giza” featuring Seyi Vibez from his acclaimed, seventh studio album I Told Them… and directed by TG Omori. As a special holiday treat for fans, Burna has also made available his last three albums from his award-winning catalog with an exclusive vinyl bundle featuring I Told Them…, Love, Damini, and Twice As Tall.
Burna Boy has made his fifth consecutive return to the Grammy spotlight with a total of four nominations for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards. Nominations include Best Melodic Rap Performance for the chart-topping “Sittin’ on Top of the World” featuring 21 Savage, Best Global Music Album for his seventh studio album I Told Them…, Best Global Music Performance for “Alone” which is featured on the also nominated Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack and the newly created Best African Music Performance for “City Boys.” He holds the crown as the most nominated African artist this year.
Burna can currently be seen on his entirely new I Told Them…Tour which features a new production and set designs and sees the African giant performing fan favorites from his most recent No. 1 album, in addition to hits like “Ye” and “Last Last.” The I Told Them…Tour will be making several stops including Houston, Washington DC, Chicago, Atlanta, Berlin, Toronto, Montreal, and more.
Burna Boy continues to make an impact shown through his nominations from this year alone. He’s celebrating recent nominations for Top Afrobeats Artist at the 2023 Billboard Awards along with four nominations at The Soul Train Awards including Best R&B/Soul Male Artist, Album of the Year for I Told Them… and both the Ashford and Simpson Songwriter’s Award and Best Collaboration for “Sittin’ On Top of the World” featuring 21 Savage. Earlier this year, he earned seven nominations at the BET Hip Hop Awards (Hip-Hop Artist of the Year, Best Live Performer, Lyricist of the Year, Best Hip Hop Video, Best Collaboration, Song Of The Year, and Hustler Of The Year) along with nominations at the BET Awards (International Act of the Year, which he won, and Song of the Year), MTV EMAS (Best Afrobeats, Best Live, Best African Act), MTV VMAs (Best Afrobeats), and he also led in 2023 Headies Awards nominations where he received a whopping 10 nominations (including African Artist of the Year, Best Afrobeats Album, Best Male Artist, Song of the Year & more).
Earlier this year, Burna Boy made history once again with his sold-out show at New York City’s Citi Field stadium. Becoming the first African artist in history to sell out a stadium in the US, the Nigerian showman commanded a crowd of more than 40,000 fans, including celebs like Busta Rhymes, Sza, NBA star Mo Bamba, NFL star Larry Ogunjobi, and British rapper Dave, who also joined Burna on stage for a special performance of their hit song “Location.” This history-making performance shortly followed his landmark London stadium performance where he became the first African to headline a stadium in the UK.
