Current:Home > reviewsBurna Boy becomes first Afrobeats star to take Grammys stage joined by Brandy, 21 Savage -FundSphere
Burna Boy becomes first Afrobeats star to take Grammys stage joined by Brandy, 21 Savage
View
Date:2025-04-27 20:13:35
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! (3)
Related
- Residents worried after ceiling cracks appear following reroofing works at Jalan Tenaga HDB blocks
- Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte turns 20: The famous fall beverage that almost wasn't
- Trump set to surrender at Georgia jail on charges that he sought to overturn 2020 election
- R. Kelly, Universal Music Group ordered to pay $507K in royalties for victims, judge says
- Can Bill Belichick turn North Carolina into a winner? At 72, he's chasing one last high
- Former USC star Reggie Bush files defamation lawsuit against NCAA: It's about truth
- UK: Russian mercenary chief’s likely death could destabilize his private army
- Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt are among 6 nations set to join the BRICS economic bloc
- $1 Frostys: Wendy's celebrates end of summer with sweet deal
- Far away from Trump’s jail drama, Ron DeSantis and his family head to Iowa’s ‘Field of Dreams’
Ranking
- Krispy Kreme offers a free dozen Grinch green doughnuts: When to get the deal
- Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Lattes return; new pumpkin cold brew, chai tea latte debut for fall
- See you on Copacabana? Unusually balmy weather hits Brazil in a rare winter heat wave
- Good Luck Charlie Star Mia Talerico Starting High School Will Make You Feel Old AF
- Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people
- COVID hospitalizations climb 22% this week — and the CDC predicts further increases as new variants spread
- FIBA World Cup 2023: Who are the favorites to win a medal?
- Brooklyn man charged with murder in 'horrific' hammer attack on mother, 2 children
Recommendation
'Meet me at the gate': Watch as widow scatters husband's ashes, BASE jumps into canyon
Connecticut officer submitted fake reports on traffic stops that never happened, report finds
Dispatcher fatally shot in Arkansas ambulance parking lot; her estranged husband is charged
Camila Alves sets record straight on husband Matthew McConaughey: 'The guy doesn't even smoke'
Family of explorer who died in the Titan sub implosion seeks $50M-plus in wrongful death lawsuit
Lawsuit over deadly seaplane crash in Washington state targets aircraft operator and manufacturer
Jurors convict Alabama woman in 2020 beating death of toddler
Gov. Ron DeSantis' education overhaul continues with bathroom rule at Florida state colleges