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Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, has made history as the first African artist have Grammy nominations in six consecutive years.
The ‘African Giant’ crooner has earned back-to-back Grammy nominations since 2018, a rare feat for an African artist.
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He has now garnered a total of 11 nominations, winning just one.
His hit song, ‘Higher’, is nominated in the Best African Music Performance category at this year’s Grammys.
Meanwhile, Tems is the Nigerian artist with the most nominations at the 67th Grammys. She was nominated in three categories.
Tems received nominations in the Best Global Music Album, Best African Music Performance and Best R&B Song categories for ‘Born In The Wild’, ‘Love Me Jeje’, and ‘Burning’, respectively.
The singer now has a total of eight Grammy nominations.
In other news, former top supermodel Naomi Campbell has been indefinitely banned from managing a charity after investigative inquiry had revealed thatsome of the funds which had been raised by an organisation she founded, Fashion for Relief, were used for spa treatments and room service expenses.
The investigation into Fashion for Relief, which was published on Thursday, revealed “numerous cases of misconduct,” such as the utilisation of charitable funds to cover Campbell’s stay at a luxurious hotel in the south of France.
The findings by the UK Charity Commission mean Campbell, 54, has been disqualified from running a charity for five years. Two other trustees also received bans.
The watchdog probe found that between April 2016 and July 2022, only 8.5 per cent of Fashion for Relief’s overall expenditure went on grants to charities.
In 1987, Campbell became the first black model to feature on the cover of UK Vogue in 20 years, she achieved worldwide fame in the 1990s and remains a highly influential figure in the industry.
