Burna Boy’s African Giant Album Nominated For Grammy Awards 2020

The nominees for the 62nd Grammy Awards have been announced and one of Africa’s biggest artists, Burna Boy was among the nominated artistes for the Grammy Awards 2020!

This nomination was released on the 20th of November by the board of Trustees on the official website of the prestigious Grammy awards.

The African Giant as he likes to call himself was nominated in the category of “World Music”, a category full of other great artistes like him self which includes but not limited to Altin Gün.

The prestigious award will air on CBS on the 26th of January 2020.

See a full list of nominations below;

Record of the Year

“Hey, Ma” – Bon Iver
“Bad Guy” – Billie Eilish
“7 Rings” – Ariana Grande
“Hard Place” – H.E.R.
“Talk” – Khalid
“Old Town Road” – Lil Nas X ft. Billy Ray Cyrus
“Truth Hurts” – Lizzo
“Sunflower” – Post Malone & Swae Lee

Album Of The Year
“i,i “— Bon Iver
“Norman F—– Rockwell!” — Lana Del Rey
“When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” — Billie Eilish
“thank u, next” — Ariana Grande
“I Used To Know Her” — H.E.R.
“7” — Lil Nas X
“Cuz I Love You (Deluxe)” — Lizzo
“Father Of The Bride” — Vampire Weekend

Best New Artist
Black Pumas
Billie Eilish
Lil Nas X
Lizzo
Maggie Rogers
Rosalia
Tank and the Bangas
Yola

Song of the Year
“Always Remember Us This Way” — Lady Gaga
“Bad Guy” — Billie Eilish
“Bring My Flowers Now” — Brandi Carlile
“Hard Place” — H.E.R.”Lover” — Taylor Swift
“Norman F—— Rockwell” — Lana Del Rey
“Someone You Love” — Lewis Capaldi
“Truth Hurts” — Lizzo

Best Pop Solo Performance
“Spirit” — Beyonce
“Bad Guy” — Billie Eilish
“7 Rings” — Ariana Grande
“Truth Hurts” — Lizzo
“You Need to Calm Down” — Taylor Swift

Best R&B Performance
“Could Have Been” — Daniel Caesar featuring Brandy
“Could’ve Been” — H.E.R. featuring Bryson Tiller
“Exactly How I Feel” — Lizzo featuring Gucci Mane
“Roll Some Mo” — Lucky Daye
“Come Home” — Anderson Park featuring Andre 3000

Best Country Song
“Bring My Flowers Now” — Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth & Tanya Tucker, songwriters (Tanya Tucker)
“Girl Goin’ Nowhere” — Jeremy Bussey & Ashley McBryde, songwriters (Ashley McBryde)
“It All Comes Out In The Wash” — Miranda Lambert, Hillary Lindsey, Lori McKenna & Liz Rose, songwriters (Miranda Lambert)
“Some Of It” — Eric Church, Clint Daniels, Jeff Hyde & Bobby Pinson, songwriters (Eric Church)
“Speechless” — Shay Mooney, Jordan Reynolds, Dan Smyers & Laura Veltz, songwriters (Dan + Shay)

Best Rap Album
“Revenge of the Dreamers III” — Dreamville
“Championships” — Meek Mill
“I AM > I Was” — 21 Savage
“IGOR” — Tyler, the Creator
“The Lost Boy” — YBN Cordae

Best Pop Vocal Album
“The Lion King: The Gift” — Beyonce
“When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?” — Billie Eilish
“thank u, next” — Ariana Grande
“No. 6 Collaborations Project” — Ed Sheeran
“Lover” — Taylor Swift

Best Rock Album
“Amo” — Bring Me The Horizon
“Social Cues” — Cage The Elephant
“In The End” — The Cranberries
“Trauma” — I Prevail
“Feral Roots” — Rival Sons

Best Dance Recording
“Linked” — Bonobo
“Got To Keep On” — The Chemical Brothers
“Piece Of Your Heart” — Meduza featuring Goodboys
“Underwater” — Rufus Du Sol
“Midnight Hour” — Skrillex & Boys Noize featuring Ty Dolla $ign

Best Jazz Vocal Album
“Thirsty Ghost” — Sara Gazarek
“Love & Liberation” — Jazzmeia Horn
“Alone Together” — Catherine Russell
“12 Little Spells” — Esperanza Spalding
“Screenplay” — The Tierney Sutton Band

Best Gospel Album
“Long Live Love” — Kirk Franklin
“Goshen” — Donald Lawrence Presents The Tri-City Singers
“Tunnel Vision” — Gene Moore
“Settle Here” — William Murphy
“Something’s Happening! A Christmas Album” — CeCe Winans

Best Latin Rock, Urban Or Alternative Album
“X 100PRE” — Bad Bunny
“Oasis” — J Balvin & Bad Bunny
“Indestructible” — Flor De Toloache
“Almadura” — iLe
“El Mal Querer” — Rosalia

Best Americana Album:
“Years To Burn” — Calexico And Iron & Wine
“Who Are You Now” — Madison Cunningham
“Oklahoma” — Keb’ Mo’
“Tales Of America” — J.S. Ondara
“Walk Through Fire” — Yola

Best Spoken Word Album (Includes Poetry, Audio Books & Storytelling)
“Beastie Boys Book” — (Various Artists) Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz, Scott Sherratt & Dan Zitt, producers
“Becoming” — Michelle Obama
“I.V. Catatonia: 20 Years As A Two-Time Cancer Survivor” — Eric Alexandrakis
“Mr. Know-It-All” — John Waters
“Sekou Andrews & The String Theory” — Sekou Andrews & The String Theory

Best Music Film:
“Homecoming” — Beyonce
“Remember My Name” — David Crosby
“Birth Of The Cool” — Miles Davis
“Shangri-La” — Various Artists
“Anima” — Thom Yorke

54. Best World Music Album
For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental World Music recordings.

• GECE
  Altin Gün
• WHAT HEAT
  Bokanté & Metropole Orkest Conducted By Jules Buckley
• AFRICAN GIANT
  Burna Boy
• FANM D’AYITI
  Nathalie Joachim With Spektral Quartet
• CELIA
  Angelique Kidjo

Click here for the remaining nominees.