President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Nigerian stars, Damini Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy and Ayo Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid for winning the 2021 Grammy awards.
Buhari in a assertion issued on Monday by means of his spokesman, Garba Shehu, stated he is pleased with the two artistes for his or her contributions to the sphere of song which the sector has come to understand.
“Congratulations to Burna Boy on being conferred the 2021 Grammy, the sector’s maximum prestigious musical awards,” Buhari was quoted as pronouncing.
“He has made awesome contributions in the field of music that have brought glory to Nigerians at domestic and overseas. We are happy with his course-breaking achievements.”
President Buhari additionally mentioned the efforts of forerunners like King Sunny Ade and Femi Kuti whose creative labor earned them Grammy nominations, paving the manner and brought Nigerian music to international reckoning.
According to Buhari, the report-breaking musical achievements are a popularity of the Nigerian creative skills and the awards will open doorways to other aspiring residents.
Burna Boy on Sunday emerged winner of a Grammy on Sunday for his Album ‘Twice As Tall’, and that win is probably the stamp that affirms his authority as an African Giant of track.
The afrobeat singer who won his first-ever Grammy for the Best World Music Album, beat different sturdy contenders, Antibalas, Bebel Gilberto, Anoushka Shankar, and Tinariwen to stable the pinnacle spot.
Burnaboy’s 5th studio album which turned into released in August 2020, earned him the coveted Grammy Statuette and sent tongues on fire throughout Nigeria, Africa, and the arena at big.
Wizkid on his component gained his first-ever Grammy Award for his collaboration with Beyoncé and Blue Ivy at the track “Brown Skin Girl”.
This changed into announced at the Premiere Ceremony of the 63rd GRAMMY Awards.
The music ‘Brown Skin Girl’ comes off the 2019 album, ‘The Lion King’.
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