Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu, professionally known as Burna Boy, has made history as the first Nigerian artist to earn five career Grammy nominations in album categories.
Naijaonpoint reports that Burna Boy reached a new milestone with his latest project, No Sign of Weakness (2025), which was nominated for Best Global Music Album at the upcoming 2025 Grammy Awards.
Other nominees in the category include Siddhant Bhatia’s Sounds of Kumbha, Senegalese legend Youssou N’Dour’s Éclairer le monde: Light the World, Shakti’s Mind Explosion (50th Anniversary Tour Live), Chapter III: We Return to Light by Anoushka Shankar featuring Alam Khan and Sarathy Korwar, and Caetano e Bethânia Ao Vivo by Brazilian icons Caetano Veloso and Maria Bethânia.
Recall that Burna Boy’s previous Grammy-nominated albums include African Giant (2019), Twice As Tall (2020), Love, Damini (2022), I Told Them (2023), and now No Sign of Weakness (2025), further cementing his dominance on the global stage.
Burna also secured another nomination in the Best African Music Performance category for his track Love.
Other Nigerian singers also made it in the same category, with Davido earning recognition for With You featuring Omah Lay, while Ayra Starr and Wizkid were nominated for Gimme Dat.
The lineup also includes Hope & Love by Eddy Kenzo and Mehran Matin, and Push 2 Start by South African star Tyla.
These nominations underscore the increasing global impact of African music, with Nigerian singers taking the lead.
Winners of the Grammy Awards will be announced in Los Angeles next year.
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