There’s a way you’ll believe in yourself, you just can’t fail. You might not get it right at first, you might have a slow process, but you’ll win at last.
Burna Boy has established a distinguished career marked by numerous “Firsts” for African artists…
• First African artist to perform at a Halftime Show at the FIFA World Cup Final.
• First African artist to hit 60M Spotify monthly listeners.
• First African artist to surpass 920M YouTube listeners.
• In 2023, he became the first African artist to headline a UK stadium at London Stadium.
• First African artist to perform at the Grammys.
• Also in 2023, he was the first African artist to perform at the UEFA Champions League Final Kick Off Show.
• In 2024, he became the first African artist to headline a U.S. stadium at Citi Field.
• He is the first African artist to surpass 2 billion Spotify streams as a lead artist.
• He is the first Nigerian artist to win the BET Award for Best International Act twice (2019 and 2021).
• In 2022, he became the first African artist to perform on the main stage at the Billboard Music Awards.
• He is the first African artist to sell out London Stadium, which has a capacity of 80,000.
• He is the first African artist to headline the Jazz in the Gardens Music Festival in the United States.
• He is the first African artist to achieve 1 billion career YouTube views as a lead artist.
@holardamolar In terms of what honestly, like streams, awards, plaque,global reach or what make me understand?
Wetin Olamidé get pass Burna boy I won know
@vitminazi I thought he said Dantata his uncle Loam him money or give him money for business something like that. Someone that was flying jet when he was young out here claiming to start from scratch
Burna Boy has reached a new all-time peak of 60 million Spotify monthly listeners (+27k)
He remains the current #1 African artiste with the most monthly listeners on the platform.