CNN —Grammy-winning Nigerian recording artist Burna Boy has become the first-ever international Afrobeats artist to earn the No.
1 spot on the official weekly UK album chart, published on September 1.
The achievement is for Burna’s latest album, “I Told Them…” – his fourth album to make the UK charts and the follow-up to his 2022 “Love, Damini,” which peaked at No.
“I’m absolutely thrilled and humbled by the incredible support and love that ‘I Told Them…’ has received from fans in the UK,” Burna Boy told CNN in a statement provided by his publicist.
“Thank you to everyone who made this possible.”In pictures: Afrobeats artists enjoying historic year in 2023It has been a historic summer for Burna Boy, 32, whose real name is Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu.
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New York, Johannesburg, South Africa