Burna Boy Biography & Net Worth: Career and Awards [Updated]

Burna Boy is a Nigerian and an International Grammy Awards winner for Best World Music Album, the name Burna Boy isn’t a strange name in the Nigerian music space, as he has been in the game for over a decade which leads us to write about Burna Boy biography and net worth.

The Nigerian music industry is the largest in Africa and one of the biggest in the world, this simply means any artist who tries to become the people’s favorite should be cashing out in real-time.

Musicians who are famous have different streams of income, their popularity paves way for them, some musicians make millions of dollars from their YouTube channel alone, also they are opened to a lot of endorsement deals coupled with their stage performance and money made through their music downloads and disk sales.

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For someone like Burna Boy who is also in addition a Grammy Awards winner then he must be making a huge amount of money every minute.

Aside from his income, it will be an interesting thing to know about Burna Boy, where he comes from, his music pattern, his travails, his relationship and every other fact that concerns this great musician.

Before we dive deep into the topic of the day, let us take you through a piece of quick profile information on Burna Boy.

Burna Boy Profile

Full Name:	Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu
Nickname:	Burna Boy
Date of Birth:	2nd of July, 1991
Place of Birth:	Port Harcourt, Rivers State
State of Origin:	Ahoada, Rivers
Nationality:	Nigerian
Education:	Oxford Brookes University, England
Spouse:	Stefflon Don
Occupation:	singer, songwriter, rapper and a dancer
Net worth:	$1.2 million

The above information is just a tip of what we have in stock for you about Burna Boy, continue reading to get the full gist about Burna Boy biography and net worth.

Early Life

Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy was born on the 2nd of July 1991 in Rivers State (Port Harcourt), Nigeria. His father Samuel Ogulu was a welding company manager and his mother Bosede Ogulu worked as a translator.

His grandfather Benson Idonije was the manager of Nigeria’s legendary Afrobeat musician Fela Kuti, this has been the main reason why Burna Boy has been so much attracted to Fela Anikulapokuti songs and it reflects in his singing pattern.

Burna Boy at a very young age of 10 started writing songs, he was encouraged by his classmate who gave him a copy of FruityLoops used to make beats, he makes beats for himself at a tender age.

He is the firstborn and the only son out of the three siblings of his parents, others are girls. His family is known to be fully immersed in music although education is also taken seriously.

Education

Burna Boy had his primary school education at Montessori International Primary School Port Harcourt Rivers State, Nigeria, he also attended Corona Secondary School in Agbara (Ogun State) for his secondary school education level and got his first leaving certificate.

He moved to London to further his studies and while in London he studied Media Technology at the University of Sussex in the UK around 2008-2009.

Also, he attended Oxford Brooke’s University where he studied Media Communications and Culture also in the United Kingdom from 2009-2010.

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It was revealed that Burna Boy dropped out of Oxford Brooke’s University, he later returned to Nigeria and started his musical career fully.

Career

Damini Ogulu started his career at a very tender age of 10, we earlier mentioned that he got a copy of FruityLoops (FL Studio) from his classmate which he installed on an old computer and started using it to make beats.

Burna Boy has been singing since his kid days, he founded a high school band named Def Code while in Corona Secondary School and has performed in numerous anniversaries of the school.

After Burna Boy returned to Nigeria from England, he enrolled in a year internship program at Rhythm 93.7 in Port Harcourt Rivers State.

Burna Boy also signed a record deal contract with Aristokrat records before he finally started his musical career in full. He created his own record label named “Spaceship entertainment” which has been the home where most of his songs come from.

Officially, Burna Boy’s musical career started in 2010 but he wasn’t well known until he dropped the banger “Like to Party” in 2012 where he rose into the limelight.

Like to Party was one of the tracks on his debut studio album “L.I.F.E” (Leaving an Impact for Eternity), after the release of this album and it was widely accepted by Nigerians he started dropping singles and other albums.

His music genre was majorly based on Afro-fusion, reggae and dancehall, he has been at the top of his game since the beginning and has featured with Nigerian top musicians like 2face, Wizkid, Zlatan Ibile, Dbanj, Flavor, Phyno and many others.

Relationship – Who Is Burna Boy Girlfriend?

Burna Boy has been into some relationship but the one that seems to be the most serious with commitment from both parties is his relationship with Stefflon Don, they have been dating since 2019.

A lot of rumors circulating that Burna Boy is cheating on Stefflon Don though not confirmed and the lovebirds didn’t give attention to it.

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Stefflon Don is also a singer, a British singer, rapper and songwriter, she rose to fame in  2017 after her hit single “Hurtin’ Me” was dropped.

Burna Net Worth

Burna Boy’s current net worth is estimated to be over $1.2 million, his earnings are attributed to years of hard work and standing tall in the music industry, he also makes a huge amount from endorsement deals.

Burna Boy Albums

• L.I.F.E – 2013
• On a Spaceship – 2015
• Outside – 2018
• African Giant – 2019
• Twice as Tall – 2020

Burna Boy Songs (Singles)

Below are some of the singles by Burna Boy:

• Shobeedo (Freestyle) – 2011
• Tonight – 2012
• Like to Party – 2012
• Run My Race – 2013
• Yawa Dey – 2013
• Celebrate – 2013
• Won Da Mo (featuring D’banj) – 2013
• Rockstar – 2014
• Don Gorgon – 2014
• Check and Balance – 2014
• Rizzla – 2015
• The Realest – 2015
• Pree Me – 2016
• Mandem Anthem – 2016
• Gba – 2017
• Koni Baje – 2017
• Devil in California – 2018
• Ye – 2018
• On the Low – 2018
• Rock Your Body – 2018
• Heaven’s Gate (featuring Lily Allen) – 2018
• Sekkle Down (featuring J Hus) – 2018
• Gbona – 2018
• Killin Dem (featuring Zlatan) – 2018
• Dangote – 2019
• Anybody – 2019

Burna Boy Featured Songs

The list of songs Burna Boy featured in:

• Amorawa with Wande Coal – 2013
• Gba Gbe E with DJ Spinall – 2014
• Temper with Skales – 2016
• Ayepo (Remix) with Airboyin – 2017
• Gbefun One Time with Skales (The Never Say Never Guy) – 2017
• Name On It with Four of Diamonds – 2018
• Sunshine Riptide with Fall Out Boy (Mania) – 2018
• Your Choice with Lily Allen (No Shame) – 2018
• Serious with DJ Spinall (Iyanu) – 2018
• Baba Nla with Larry Gaaga, 2Baba, D’banj – 2018
• All My Life with Major Lazer (Africa Is the Future) – 2018
• Legend with Show Dem Camp (Palm Wine Music 2) – 2018
• Champion Lover with Peruzzi (Heartwork) – 2018
• Location with Dave (Psychodrama) – 2019

Burna Boy has also released some EP, he dropped Redemption in 2016 and Steel and Copper (with DJDS) in 2019, also mixtapes Burn Identity and Burn Notice.

History has it that Burna Boy musical videos are also one of the best year-in-year-out, he has released a lot of music videos that are classic.

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Awards

The biography of Burna Boy and his net worth wouldn’t have been complete without showing you his huge list of awards, this serves as a reward for hard work and consistency.

• Best New Act of the Year at the Nigeria Entertainment Awards – 2013
• South-South Music Awards named Like to Party as Best Pop – 2013
• MTV Africa Music Awards honoured him as the Best New Act – 2014
• L.I.F.E was named Best Album of the Year at the Nigeria Entertainment Awards – 2015
• YouTube artist on the rise in 2018
• ‘Ye’ was named as Listener’s Choice at the Soundcity MVP Awards Festival – 2019
• At the Soundcity MVP Awards Festival Ye was named as the Song of the Year – 2019
• He was named Best Male MVP at the Soundcity MVP Awards Festival – 2019
• African Artiste of the Year at the Soundcity MVP Awards Festival – 2019
• Best International Act at the BET Awards – 2019
• Apple Music Up Next Artist – 2019.
• Headies Artiste of the Year, Song of the Year for “YE”, Best Collaboration – 2019
• MTV Europe Music Awards Best African Act – 2019
• African Musik Magazine Awards, Best Collaboration – 2021
• Grammy Awards Best Global Music Album (Twice as Tall) – 2021

Just to mention a few, Burna Boy has numerous awards to show for his talent and strength in the Nigerian Music Industry.

Burna Boy is also sellable because he is widely loved, this is the reason why top brands chose to have an endorsement deal with him, brands like Mortell Cognac, Globacom Nigeria and Nigerian Breweries.

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Burna Boy Contact

Burna Boy has a huge fan base through the top social media platforms, you can contact him or follow him via the links below:

• Instagram
• Facebook
• Twitter

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