Burna Boy Biography, Net Worth, Awards And Nominations

 

Today we present to you Burna Boy Full Biography, Net Worth, Awards And Nominations (Everything About Burnaboy)

Burna Boy is a Nigerian Afro-fusion singer and songwriter  born on 2^nd July 1991, His real name is Damini Ogulo.

Early Life

Damini Ogulo populary known as burna boy was born in Port Harcourt on July 2^nd 1991. He was born into the family of Bosede and Samuel Ogulu. He is the only son and the eldest of three children. Damini junior attended Montessori International primary school in Port Harcourt from 1993 – 2002 and Corona Secondary School, Lagos 2002-2008 after which he left for the UK.

Musical Career

Damini Ogulo is a Nigerian Artist who has worked with several top Nigerian and International artists. In 2012 he release his first single “Like To Party“, the first single off his debut album “L.I.F.E”. Like to party is the big hit that rose him to prominence. The musical video was released On September 5^th 2012.

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Burna Boy released a single tagged “Tonight” on 24 September 2012 and the video was released on 31 December 2012.

The debut album of Burna boy “L.I.F.E” was released on August 12, 2013.

He was under Aristokrat records not until 2014 when he split and later created his own label “Spaceship Ent” in 2015.

Awards And Nominations

Nigeria Entetainments Awards 2013, Burna boy won the award of the “Best New Act of the Year”, He was nominated for the Next Rated award in Headies 2013 and also in 2013 his song “Like to Party” won the award of Best Pop in the South South Music Awards.

MTV Africa Music Awards  2014, He won the award for the Best New Act. He got nomination for the category of Best R&B Single, Best R&B/Pop Album, Hip Hop World Revelation of the Year and Album of the Year in The Headies.

Nigeria Entertainment Awards 2015, He won the award for Best Album of the Year category and was also nominated for the award of Best Pop Artist of the Year.

Soundcity MVP Awards 2019, Burna boy won 4 awards for the following categories Listener’s Choice Award, Best Male MVP Award, Song of the Year Award and African Artiste of the Year Award.

Net Worth Of Burna Boy

Burna Boy is currently the most influential artist in Africa with an estimated net worth of $1.2 million dollars.