With his “African Giant” album, Burna Boy sets a new record.
Burna Boy
Burna Boy comes to mind while discussing record-breakers.
A new record was just set by the acclaimed album “African Giant” by the “Last Last” Crooner.
African Giant is now the first African album to receive a Gold certification from Canada.
Burna Boy, a singer from Nigeria, released his fourth studio album, African Giant. On July 26, 2019, Spaceship Entertainment, Bad Habit, Atlantic Records, and Warner Music published the album. Afrobeats, Afrobeat, dancehall, pop, and hip hop are all represented on the album.
In an interview with Adesope Olajide, DJ Maphorisa said that Starboy Wizkid was the one who first introduced him to the amapiano sound.
During the interview, he explained how Wizkid first heard about the sound from a DJ while they were out and inquired about what it was all about.
Maphorisa claimed that in order to get into the sound, he had to conduct some research on what it was all about.
According to him: (Wizkid put me on Amapiano)
Today, September 14, 2022, Wizkid released a new song called “Bad To Me,” and in it, he sampled the sound that got people thinking back to the DJ Maphorisa interview.
As we all know, there is currently a social media uproar regarding the first Nigerian artiste who introduced the popular South African beat “Amapiano” to Nigeria. Even May D claims to be the one who introduced the popular beat to Nigeria.
A-list artists such as Wizkid, Burna Boy, and Davido have recently jumped on this beat.
Wizkid released his much anticipated single “Bad To Me” today, September 14th, and the song has elicited a variety of reactions from fans.
Wizkid will appear on the beat for the second time, having previously appeared on Kabza De Small’s “Sponono” with Burna Boy in 2020.
On the other hand, Davido has been jumping on the amapiano beat more than the other guys. Songs such as “Champion Sound,” “Ke Star,” “High,” and others.
Burna Boy then appeared on DJ Tarico’s “Yaba Buluku,” another amapiano-infused song, before releasing “Different Size” with Victony on his album “Love, Damini.”
Other artists who have jumped on the amapiano beat include Zinoleesky, Asake, Niniola, Falz, Adekunle Gold, Mohbad, and many more. We can say that 90% of Nigerian artists have jumped on the amapiano beat.
So here is the question for you:
Davido, Burna Boy, Niniola, Wizkid, and others – Which Nigerian artist popularized Amapiano in Nigeria?
Perhaps this is why football fans should not meddle in music matters.
A popular Manchester United fan on Twitter has sparked outrage after claiming Wizkid is NOT a top six artist in Nigeria. Hmmmm!
He even went so far as to say Wizkid’s last album, Made In Lagos, which was released in 2020, was overrated. Some of his followers agreed with his point of view.
I suppose we all have opinions… See his tweet below:
Burna Boy, a Nigerian Afrobeat and Afrofusion artist, is having a good run with his hit song “Last Last,” which has broken Wizkid’s “Essence” record in the United States.
The CEO of Spaceship Entertainment was not exaggerating when he stated that the number-one song has earned him more money than any of his previous top hits.
The African Giant’s most recent album, “Love, Damini,” contains the 2022 hit “Last Last,” which has sold over 500,000 units in the United States of America, marking yet another major career milestone for him.
Burna Boy’s “Last Last” becomes the fastest Afrobeats song to reach Gold status in the United States, only 121 days after its release.
Source: BurnaBoy stats
As a result of this achievement, the song is now eligible for a Gold Certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). ‘Last Last’ is also the first Afrobeats song to sell over 500,000 units in less than 17 weeks.
Burna Boy has officially broken the record set by Wizkid with ‘Essence,’ which took over 17 weeks to receive a gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
Roy Emmanuel, Wizkid’s bodyguard, has lashed out after his phone was allegedly stolen at the popular Quilox Club in Victoria Island, Lagos.
Roy stated on his Instagram story on Monday that he left his phone on top of a car at the Quilox car park on Friday, and a lady picked it up.
He shared CCTV footage of a woman retrieving a phone from the top of a car, and he asked the public for information on the woman in question.
Roy promised to keep the lady’s identity private after recovering the phone, after revealing that it was an iPhone.
He also promised to reward anyone who could provide him with useful information.
“I forgot my phone on a car at club Quilox on Friday, and the lady in brown picked it up,” Roy wrote. Anyone with information about her should contact +234 803 890 **** or the Club Quilox contact at 0803 345 ****.
“This is an iPhone.” I promise to reward, and after her recovery, we can keep her identity private. Thanks. #ONGOD”
Poco Lee, a famous dancer, reacted to the situation by criticizing the lady for taking the phone away.
He believes she should have asked for the owner or left it with a club employee.
Poco Lee commented on Roy’s Instagram post, “Not cool though.” You could have easily requested the owner! Or simply leave it with someone who works there rather than taking it away.”
A viral video shows an overzealous fan throwing a phone at music star WizKid in order to film him.
The multi-award-winning singer was on stage miming his hit song, Essence, when a fan approached him and asked for a video selfie.
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In a daring move, the fan flung a mobile phone at Wizkid, who picked it up and began filming himself while singing, eliciting more appreciative chants from the crowd of excited fans.
As he continued his stage performance, he threw the phone back in the direction it had come from.
Rolling Loud is a hip hop music festival that takes place in the United States, Europe, Australia, and Canada. Complex calls it “one of the biggest rap-only festivals in the world,” while Billboard calls it “the be-all of hip-hop festivals.”
An estimated 210,000 people attended the event in Miami in 2019.
Matt Zingler and Tariq Cherif, who met in elementary school in Hollywood, Florida, founded the festival in 2015. When they were in high school, they began organizing and promoting parties that “leaned heavily on a mix of Southern and Midwestern rap.” In 2010, they transitioned to professional live music events, beginning with an after-party headlined by Rick Ross. By the summer of 2013, they were hosting monthly events in Miami with emerging artists such as Travis Scott and Kendrick Lamar. Before recognizing the need for a genre-specific music festival, the pair promoted artists from Florida’s burgeoning SoundCloud rap scene under the brand name Dope Entertainment.
The first Rolling Loud took place in February 2015 in Miami, Florida, and featured artists such as Schoolboy Q, Juicy J, Currensy, and Action Bronson. It was held at Soho Studios in the city’s Wynwood district, though the venue was temporarily flooded due to rain.
Rolling Loud 2016 was held at the larger Mana Wynwood convention center and featured headlining acts Ty Dolla $ign, Young Thug, and Future.
Rolling Loud relocated to Bayfront Park in Downtown Miami in 2017.
It has been held at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens since 2018. The festival also expanded to other cities in 2017, with the inaugural editions of Rolling Loud Bay Area and Rolling loud Southern California.
Rolling Loud Australia in Sydney, Australia, and Rolling Loud NYC were added to the list of host cities in 2019. The same year, they announced Rolling Loud’s first European festival would be held in Portugal in July 2020.
However, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the 2020 festival, which was originally scheduled to take place from May 8 to May 10, has been rescheduled for July 23 to July 25, 2021.
Due to similar circumstances, the European edition in Portugal had to be rescheduled for 2021.
Rolling Loud hosted a post-pandemic festival in Miami in 2021, with over 200,000 attendees. The festival collaborated with WWE and included a Friday Night Smackdown.
Rolling Loud continued to expand into new countries in 2022. Rolling Loud’s first collaboration with a European festival was announced in 2021 as a collaboration with the 2022 edition of Woo-Hah!, which will take place from July 1-3, 2022.
Rolling Loud Portugal took place on July 6-8, 2022, after being postponed in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Rolling Loud Toronto is set to take place in Canada on September 9-11, 2022. From March 3-5, 2023, the festival will hold its first California edition at Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium.
Rema performing at rolling loud Toronto Skepta performing at rolling loud Toronto
Wizkid is to headline today’s event at the rolling loud Toronto
At the 2022 edition in Atlanta, Georgia, Wizkid, who won his first Headies Award in 2011 with “Holla at your Boy,” shone brightly.
Ayodeji Balogun, better known by his stage name Wizkid, is a prominent music artist from Nigeria who has won the Headies award more times than any other artist ever.
The artist took home five prizes at the 15th Headies Awards, which took place on Sunday in Atlanta, Georgia’s Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center.
Viewers witnessed live performances by Ruger, Ladipoe, Flavour, and other artists during the event, which was hosted by Nollywood actress Osas Ighodaro and Hollywood actor Anthony Andersen.
Wizkid won two of the four album categories, including Album of the Year and Best Afrobeat Album (Made in Lagos) (Made in Lagos-Deluxe Edition). His other two honors came from his song “Essence,” which he co-wrote with Tems. It was named Best Collaboration, Best R&B Single, and Song of the Year. On Saturday, September 4, 2022, Kanye West uploaded the single’s cover on his Instagram profile and said, “Best song in music history to date.”
Wizkid, who began winning Headies Awards in 2011 with the Next Rated Category song “Holla at your Boy,” has now won a total of 16 Headies.
Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, known professionally as Wizkid, has set a new record as his album ‘Made In Lagos’. He is the first African Artiste whose album would be certified Gold the Recording Industry Association America (RIAA). His 4th studio album, “Made In Lagos” sold over 500k units and was confirmed in the 25th of August, 2022.
The award-winning album was released October 30, 2020. This is the first African album to be certified gold by RIAA. The album received a nomination at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Global Music Album. Artistes featured on the album are Burna Boy, Skepta, H.E.R., Ella Mai, Tay Iwar, Projexx, Tems, Damian Marley, Terri and was executively produced by Richard Olowaranti Mbu Isong, professionally known as P2J.
Below is a video posted by Wizkid news on Twitter.
The Afrobeats greatest of all time now has the best selling African album and best selling African song in USA.
