Burna Boy
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- Born
- 1991-07-02
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Acting · Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu MFR, known professionally as Burna Boy, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record producer. He gained recognition in 2012 after releasing "Like to Party", the lead single from his debut studio album L.I.F.E.
Known for
- Le Gala des Pièces Jaunes 2025 : Le concert événement — Self - Guest2025
- Tapis Rouge Gala Des Pièces Rouge2025
- Apple Music Live: Burna Boy — Self2023
- Voices Rising: The Music of Wakanda Forever — Self - Musician2023
- Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 4 — Self2022
- Ed Sheeran: Full Circle2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self - Guest2022
- Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times — Self2020
- One World: Together at Home — Self2020
- Beyoncé Presents: Making The Gift — Self2019
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Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu (born 2 July 1991), known professionally as Burna Boy, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence in 2012 after releasing the lead single "Like to Party" from his debut studio album, L.I.F.E (2013). In 2017, Burna Boy signed with Bad Habit/Atlantic Records in the United States and Warner Music Group internationally. His third studio album Outside (2018) marked his major-label debut. In 2019, he won Best International Act at the 2019 BET Awards <a href="htt
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Progress in hydroformylation and carbonylation
· 1995 · cited 845x
- Physiological Studies of Conditional Lethal Mutants of Bacteriophage T4D
· 1963 · cited 544x
- Neural Signatures of Body Ownership: A Sensory Network for Bodily Self-Consciousness
· 2006 · cited 510x
- Epigenetic Reactivation of Tumor Suppressor Genes by a Novel Small-Molecule Inhibitor of Human DNA Methyltransferases
· 2005 · cited 457x
- Critical assessment of the current state of scientific knowledge, terminology, and research needs concerning the role of organic aerosols in the atmosphere, climate, and global change
· 2006 · cited 433x
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Key facts
- Born
- Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu , ( 1991-07-02 ) 2 July 1991 (age 34) , Port Harcourt , Rivers State, Nigeria
- Other names
- African Giant ODG Big 7
- Citizenship
- Nigerian
- Occupations
- Singer songwriter record producer
- Years active
- 2010–present
- Title
- Founder of Spaceship Records
- Mother
- Bose Ogulu
- Relatives
- Nissi Ogulu (sister) Ronami Ogulu (sister) Benson Idonije (grandfather)
- Awards
- Full list
- Origin
- Lagos , Nigeria
- Genres
- Afrobeats reggae dancehall pop
- Instruments
- Vocals keyboards
- Works
Key dates
- Born
- 2 July 1991
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Nigeria
- Place of birth
- Port Harcourt
- Mother
- Bose Ogulu
- Occupation
- record producer
- Educated at
- Oxford Brookes University
- Languages spoken
- Yoruba
- Religion
- Islam
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Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu (born 2 July 1991), known professionally as Burna Boy, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record producer. He gained recognition in 2012 after releasing "Like to Party", the lead single from his debut studio album L.I.F.E (2013). In 2017, Burna Boy signed a record deal with Atlantic Records and its parent company Warner Music Group. His third studio album Outside, which became his major label debut, was released in 2018.
In 2019, Burna Boy won Best International Act at the BET Awards and was named an Apple Music Up Next artist. That same year, he released his fourth studio album, African Giant, which won Album of the Year at the 2019 All Africa Music Awards and was nominated for Best World Music Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards. In 2020, Burna Boy won African Artist of the Year at the Ghana Music Awards, and released his fifth studio album Twice as Tall, which won Best World Music Album at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. He won Best International Act at the 2021 BET Awards for the third time.
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1991 births21st-century Nigerian male rappers21st-century Nigerian male singers21st-century Nigerian rappers21st-century Nigerian singer-songwritersAfrobeats musiciansAlumni of Oxford Brookes UniversityAlumni of the University of SussexAtlantic Records artistsEnglish-language Nigerian singersGrammy Award winnersLiving people