Popular Nigerian singer, Bred has recounted how he met Grammy-winner, Burna Boy.
Speaking during an interview with Echo Room, B-Red said he first saw Burna Boy in Port Harcourt when he was running after a car he was in with his cousin, Davido.
This is coming hours after a video of Davido addressing Burna Boy and others as “new cats coming up in the industry” went viral.
Superstar Nigerian singers, Burna Boy, Tems, Asake and Ayra Starr have bagged nominations for the 2023 BET Awards.
Grammy award winner, Burna Boy, was nominated for Best Male R&B/Pop Artist, Video Director of the Year, Viewer’s Choice, and Best International Act categories.
Tems, who is also a Grammy winner was nominated for Best Female R&B/Pop Artiste, Best Collaboration, and Viewers Choice categories.
Asake got a nod in the Viewer’s Choice and Best New International Act category, while Ayra Starr was nominated in the best international act category Burna Boy was also nominated for.
Nissi, the sister of Grammy-winner, Burna Boy has taken a swipe at Davido following his comment about her brother.
Davido in an interview shared on social media said that he and Wizkid were the first young Nigerian artists to hit stardom and described Burna Boy, Rema, Fireboy, Mayorkun and Asake as ‘new cats’, which implied up-and-coming artiste.
This has since generated alot of controversy from fans of both singers.
Reacting to this, Nissi shared a video from Burna Boy’s concert on her Instagram account and wrote in Pidgin English, “New cats dey face their hustle.”
Burna Boy, the groundbreaking Nigerian singer, has made history again.
He made history after selling out the 80, 000-capacity London Stadium.
Burna Boy’s concert, which was held on Saturday in the United Kingdom, UK, generated immense excitement among his fans with his performances.
The singer became the first African artiste to sell out the 80, 000-capacity London Stadium in the UK.
Confirming the report via its official Twitter handle on Saturday before the show, the London Stadium congratulated the singer for the achievement.
It tweeted: “NOW SOLD OUT @burnaboy’s RECORD-BREAKING concert has now officially SOLD OUT.
What an incredible achievement for the first-ever African artist to solo headline a UK stadium. For those lucky enough to make it, enjoy the show.”
🚨NOW SOLD OUT!!🚨 @burnaboy’s RECORD BREAKING concert has now officially SOLD OUT!
What an incredible achievement for the first ever African artist to solo headline a UK stadium! 🏟️ 👏
For those lucky enough to make it, enjoy the show 🤩🤩🤩
@cokobarcom | @RoboMagicLive pic.twitter.com/gnMx3Sa7BI
— London Stadium (@LondonStadium) June 3, 2023
Burna Boy had earlier announced the show as part of the stops for his ‘Love, Damini’ world tour.
Rema, the superstar Afrobeat singer, has hailed his senior colleague, Burna Boy.
Rema showered accolades on Burna Boy, the Grammy award musician, following the sell-out of the 80K capacity London Stadium.
Recall that the self-acclaimed African Giant sold out the 80K capacity and set a record as the first African artiste to ever do so.
Following the feat, Rema took to his Instagram story to shower accolades on the singer for being an inspiration to upcoming singers, to the entertainment industry and to Nigeria at large.
“Big congrats Uncle B. You say African Giant & you stand on it!
“God strengthen you to keep inspiring the boys True icon. Love u OG,” he wrote.
Aside from the latest achievement, Burna Boy has consistently made history with his remarkable artistry over the years.
His previous accomplishments include selling out the renowned Arena in London and the impressive 40,000-capacity La Defense Arena in Paris on Saturday, May 20, 2023.
Grammy-winning Nigerian singers, Burna Boy and Tems attended the 2023 edition of the world’s most prestigious and glamorous fashion event, Met Gala.
The afrobeats stars stunned the red carpet of the Met Gala held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, on Monday night.
Burna Boy graced the event donning a matching black and blue slightly checkered outfit and a generous cape-like extension of the same material flowing behind him.
Tems made a fashion statement with a custom Rober Wun dress – a black corset-like top, a flowing regal white finishing at the bottom, and elbow-length gloves.
The Oscar-nominated singer was styled by Dunsin Wright.
The 2023 Met Gala, titled “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty”, also had celebrities such as Rihanna, Kim Kardashian, Cardi B, Diddy, Dr. Dre, Naomi Campbell and South African comedian, Trevor Noah in attendance.
A famous American music producer, Swizz Beats disclosed the part he and his ex-wife, Alicia Keys, played in introducing Nigerian Afrobeats singers, Wizkid and Burna Boy to audiences in America.
He made this known on Amazon Music’s Roundtable audiovisual podcast. Swizz Beats stated that at a time when the genre was not yet popular in the US, he was the first to play Wizkid’s songs.
Additionally, he mentioned that he provided Burna Boy with an opportunity to perform in front of an audience in the United States before he gained widespread recognition.
In his words;
“I introduced Wizkid to America. I was the first person to play his song. Me and my wife [Alicia Keys] were on a trip and we danced to his songs.
“I was [also] the first person to bring Burna Boy to the States. I introduced him on the stage. When I was playing Fela Kuti, people thought I was being too African.
“And that how ignorant the energy was at that time. But I didn’t let that stop me from moving what I’m moving because it’s what it’s. It’s about education.
We [Americans] can’t be scared of the educational journey of something that sounds different or feels different,” he stated.
Burna Boy, the world-famous Nigerian musician, has been ranked the African artiste with the highest revenue from a single concert.
Top Charts Africa, a pop magazine, curated a list of artistes whose reported single-concert revenue stood out.
The numbers, it clarified, were sourced from Bloomberg and the boxscore aggregators Touring Data and Pollstar.
In the 10-entry list, Burna Boy occupied seven slots, leaving two for Wizkid and one for Tiwa Savage.
Burna Boy’s highest-yielding concert was listed as his Madison Square Garden gig of April 28, 2022, in New York City.
The acclaimed concert at the 20,789-capacity stadium, according to the list, earned Burna Boy a whopping $1,576,641.
It was reported to have sold a total of 13,586 tickets.
Following closely is the self-acclaimed African Giant’s concert in Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam (April 14, 2022) with $1,564,720 in revenue.
The music show, which was part of the singer’s Space Drift tour, was reported to have sold a total of 17,000 tickets.
The third and fourth consecutive slots are for Washington DC’s Capital One Arena and London’s O2 Arena where the Grammy-winning megastar reported $1,434,525 and $1,347,333 respectively in concert revenue.
It is until the fifth slot that Wizkid made his first entry on the ranking with an MSG show that raked in $1,002,709.
The ‘Ojuelegba’ crooner made the sixth slot with the London O2 concert that generated $958,489, having sold a total of 16,938 tickets.
Burna Boy snagged the next three slots, leaving the 10th position for Tiwa Savage whose O2 Brixton gig earned her $344,500.
Popular British rapper/songwriter, Stefflon Don has lambasted trolls who insisted that she has not gotten over her ex-boyfriend, Burna Boy.
It would be recalled that the singers went their separate ways in 2020 after being in a relationship for two and a half years.
Stefflon Don in a recent tweet, without a particular context, noted how her side of the story might change the mindset of many.
“Hearing my side of the story would change everything,” she wrote.
Trolls, however, flooded her page alluding that the tweet was about Burna Boy and how their relationship went south.
One of the troll’s replies read, “2 years and u never still forget your ex na wah oo🤣🤣🤣men plenty abeg we no won hear leave burna alone save the story for your self I hope u learnt from it abi u won chase clout with burna?”
In a new tweet, Don lost her cool while rubbishing the ill comments on her post.
“Delusional rats I have a life your brain cells must be the size of a sand grain are you not tired move along stray dog,” she stated unapologetically.
Grammy winner, Burna Boy, reportedly received the whooping sum of $750,000 (N577.5M) for his performance at the 2023 Coachella.
The Coachella event took place at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California and was held over two weekends, which started on April 14 and ending on April 16, 2023.
Burna Boy entertained the audience for 50 minutes on Friday, April 14, and allegedly earned $750k as his booking fee.
Business journalist, Trung Phan revealed that the headliner and other musicians in the first row were paid $4 million, while $750,000 was fixed for those on the second row, where Burna Boy was placed.
“Interesting rule-of-thumb for the Coachella poster. Headliners make $4,000,000+ per weekend while artists in the 2nd row make $750,000 per weekend,” he wrote in a tweet.
See post below;
Interesting rule-of-thumb for the Coachella poster.
Headliners make $4,000,000+ per weekend while artists in the 2nd row make $750,000 per weekend. pic.twitter.com/66MDiT8MhP
— Trung Phan (@TrungTPhan) April 15, 2023
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