Current:Home > ScamsBurna Boy becomes first Afrobeats star to take Grammys stage joined by Brandy, 21 Savage -WealthPro Academy
Burna Boy becomes first Afrobeats star to take Grammys stage joined by Brandy, 21 Savage
View
Date:2025-04-15 02:10:10
Burna Boy made Grammy Awards history Sunday night.
In a medley performance featuring Brandy and 21 Savage, the Nigerian musician became the first Afrobeats artist to take the stage.
Burna Boy kicked off his performance of "On Form" in a red bejeweled coat and jeans. He then performed his 2023 single "City Boys" before dancers separated and unveiled an appearance from Brandy, sporting glasses, a black trenchcoat and red boots, for the 2023 single "Sittin' on Top of the World." The track samples Brandy's 1998 single "Top of the World."
Featured artist 21 Savage rounds out the performance in an all-red leather outfit. The song spent three weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Burna Boy's performance followed the Grammys introduction of the best African music performance category, for which Burna Boy's "City Boys" was nominated. Burna Boy went up against artists including Ayra Starr, Davido and Musa Keys, and Asake & Olamide, but the honor eventually went to Tyla, for her single "Water."
Grammy Awards 2024 winners make history
Taylor Swift made history at the 66th annual Grammy Awards when she won album of the year for "Midnights," making her the first artist in the show's history to win the prize four times.
Swift, who also took home best pop vocal album, used her Grammy moment to reveal the title and release date for her upcoming album "The Tortured Poets Department" (out April 19).
Miley Cyrus scored her first pair of Grammys when she won best pop solo performance and record of the year for "Flowers." Meanwhile, Billie Eilish won song of the year for her "Barbie" soundtrack hit "What Was I Made For?"
Others who took home music gold include alt-R&B/soul songstress SZA, who opened the show with a leading nine nominations and won best R&B song and best pop duo/group performance. R&B songwriter-turned-singer Victoria Monét, who broke out with her song "On My Mama," won best new artist.
The complete 2024 Grammy winner listfrom Taylor Swift's album of the year to Miley Cyrus
veryGood! (46121)
Related
- The 401(k) millionaires club keeps growing. We'll tell you how to join.
- AP Week in Pictures: North America
- 2 endangered panthers found dead on consecutive days in Florida, officials say
- NY is developing education program on harms of medically unnecessary surgery on intersex children
- Meet the volunteers risking their lives to deliver Christmas gifts to children in Haiti
- Escapee captured after 9 days when dog bark alerted couple pleads guilty in Pennsylvania
- Angus Cloud’s Your Lucky Day Family Reflects on His “Calming Presence” 3 Months After His Death
- Louisiana governor announces access to paid parental leave for state employees
- Rams vs. 49ers highlights: LA wins rainy defensive struggle in key divisional game
- The 2024 Grammy Nominations Are Finally Here
Ranking
- Don't let hackers fool you with a 'scam
- 100,000 marijuana convictions expunged in Missouri, year after recreational use legalized
- Shawn Mendes Strips Down at the Beach With Big Brother UK’s Charlie Travers
- How to talk to older people in your life about scams
- Sam Taylor
- Former top prosecutor for Baltimore convicted in perjury case tied to purchase of Florida homes
- Chase on Texas border that killed 8 puts high-speed pursuits in spotlight again
- Police investigate report of doll found decapitated at Ohio home flying Palestinian flag
Recommendation
South Korean president's party divided over defiant martial law speech
Britney Spears' Mom Lynne Spears Sends Singer Public Message Over Memoir Allegations
Federal judge puts Idaho’s ‘abortion trafficking’ law on hold during lawsuit
High-tech 3D image shows doomed WWII Japanese subs 2,600 feet underwater off Hawaii
Rylee Arnold Shares a Long
Ransomware attack on China’s biggest bank disrupts Treasury market trades, reports say
Blinken says ‘far too many’ Palestinians have died as Israel wages relentless war on Hamas
Protesters stage sit-in at New York Times headquarters to call for cease-fire in Gaza