This year the GRAMMYs put the spotlight on Afrobeats and its stars on its official website. They acknowledged some popular African Afrobeats stars who were nominated for Best African Music Performance such as Davido, Burna Boy, Arya Starr and Asake. Tyla was also listed as one of the nominees.
“No matter who takes home the GRAMMY for Best African Music Performance, they’ll be making history in the process.” – GRAMMY.com
The Recording Academy organizers of the GRAMMY Awards, have postulated that there is no Afrobeats star or African artist who is “bigger” than Nigerian singer Damini Ogulu aka Burna Boy.
The Academy made this known in a statement published on its website on Saturday, congratulating Burna Boy and other nominees for the newly created Best African Music Performance category at the 2024 Grammys.
On its website, the GRAMMY’s stated Burna Boy is Africa’s biggest Afrobeats star.
There’s not a bigger star in Afrobeats, or even the whole of Africa itself, than Burna Boy. He nabbed two consecutive Best Global Album GRAMMY nods for his albums Twice as Tall and African Giant, and he’s also collaborated with global stars such as Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber.” – GRAMMY.com
Afrobeats fans who are not Burna Boy’s fans don’t seem to be okay with this assertion.
