Burna Boy’s seventh studio album titled ‘I told them’ has shot straight to top spot in the British charts, setting a new record.
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| Burna Boy breaks UK chart record |
At a packed London Roundhouse Friday night, Burna Boy took to the stage with his Number 1 Award in hand.
On the importance of his achievement, he told the crowd:
This right here, this means more to me than any of you can imagine because where I come from is a colony of this place. For me to be here today with the Number 1, that just tells you that anything is f***ing possible.
So this right here is a big thank you to every one of you because you made this possible. Without you, none of this is happening.”
The Port Harcourt, Nigerian-born star, whose real name is Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu came close to earning the accolade with last year’s “Love, Damini”, which climbed to second in the UK album rankings.
The new album was released on 25 August 2023. In France it is 6th on the chart billboard.
Homegrown British talents making Afrobeats music, such as J Hus, have enjoyed chart-topping success but Burna Boy is the first foreign artist to do so.
The feat marks the continued rise of the Afrobeats genre in Britain and around the world, as artists like Wizkid and Davido also enjoy mainstream success and increasingly shape segments of popular culture.
Martin Talbot, chief executive of the Official Charts Company, paid tribute to Burna Boy for “blazing the trail” and landing a “fantastic achievement”.
British music fans have always been renowned for their love of new music and embracing cultures from around the world, and the explosion of interest in Afrobeats’ musical culture over the past decade has been a concrete example of this,” he said.
Afrobeats takes its name from the Afrobeat musical genre of the 1970s popularised by the music icon Fela Kuti and which exploded in Nigeria.
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