Nigerian artist Burna Boy wins Best Global Music Album for his album Twice As Tall at the Premiere Ceremony of the 63rd GRAMMY Awards.
This marks the Nigerian star’s first career GRAMMY award win. Burna Boy becomes among the first winners of the recently renamed category, formerly known as Best World Music Album.
This was his heart-warming acceptance speech below, given in English and Yoruba.
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His album bested fellow nominees Antibalas, Bebel Gilberto, Anoushka Shankar and Tinariwen.Â
Later, Burna gave a fire performance to close out the Premiere Ceremony, featuring two Twice As Tall tracks—watch it here.
Source: Grammy, Afronews.de