List of awards and nominations received by Burna Boy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of awards and nominations received by Burna Boy, a Nigerian singer and songwriter. He began his music career in 2010, for which He has received numerous awards and honorary accolades. Overall, Burna Boy has won (1) Grammy Awards from (11) nominations.[1]
| Year | Event | Prize | Recipient | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | South South Music Awards | South South Music Awards | Himself | Won | |
| Nigeria Entertainment Awards | Best New Act of the Year | Won | |||
| The Headies | Next Rated | Nominated | [2] | ||
| Best R&B Single | "Like to Party" | Nominated | |||
| 2014 | MTV Africa Music Awards | Best New Act | Himself | Nominated | [3] |
| The Headies | Best R&B Single | "Don Gorgon" | Nominated | [4] | |
| Best R&B/Pop Album | L.I.F.E | Nominated | |||
| Hip Hop World Revelation of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| Album of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| 2015 | Nigeria Entertainment Awards | Best Pop Artist of the Year | Himself | Won | [5] |
| Album of the Year | L.I.F.E | Won | [6] | ||
| MTV Africa Music Awards | Best Collaboration | "All Eyes on Me" (AKA featuring Burna Boy, Da L.E.S and JR) |
Won | [7] | |
| All Africa Music Awards | Best African Collaboration | Won | [8] | ||
| 2018 | African Musik Magazine Awards | Best African DanceHall/Reggae Act | Himself | Won | [9] |
| Best Live Act | Nominated | ||||
| Nigeria Entertainment Awards | Album of the Year | Outside | Won | [10] | |
| 2019 | Soundcity MVP Awards Festival | Listener's Choice | "Ye" | Won | [11] |
| Song of the Year | Won | ||||
| Viewer's Choice | Nominated | ||||
| Best Male MVP | Himself | Won | |||
| African Artiste of the Year | Won | ||||
| BET Awards | Best International Act | Won | [12] | ||
| The Headies | Viewer's Choice | Nominated | [13] | ||
| Artiste of the Year | Won | ||||
| Best Recording of the Year | "Ye" | Nominated | |||
| Best Pop Single | Nominated | ||||
| Song of the Year | Won | ||||
| Best R&B/Pop Album | Outside | Nominated | |||
| Album of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| Best Collaboration | "Killin' Dem" (featuring Zlatan) |
Won | |||
| MTV Europe Music Awards | Best African Act | Himself | Won | [14] | |
| Future Awards Africa | Future Award Prize for Music | Won | [15] | ||
| Future Prize for Young Person of the Year | Won | [15] | |||
| African Muzik Magazine Awards | Song of the Year | "Killin' Dem" (featuring Zlatan) |
Won | [16] | |
| Best Collaboration | Won | ||||
| Video of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| Best Live Act | Himself | Nominated | |||
| Artist of the Year | Won | ||||
| Best Male West Africa | Won | ||||
| Crossing Boundaries with Music | Nominated | ||||
| All Africa Music Awards | West African Male Artiste of the Year | Won | [17] | ||
| Artiste of the Year in Africa | Won | ||||
| Album of the Year | African Giant | Nominated | [18] | ||
| Best African Collaboration | "Killin' Dem" (featuring Zlatan) |
Nominated | [18] | ||
| Song of the Year in Africa | "On the Low" | Nominated | [18] | ||
| Ghana Music Awards | African Artiste of the Year | Himself | Won | [19] | |
| 2020 | Soundcity MVP Awards Festival | Song of the Year | "Killin' Dem" (featuring Zlatan) |
Won | [20] |
| Best Collaboration | Nominated | ||||
| African Artiste of The Year | Himself | Won | |||
| Best Male MVP | Won | ||||
| Listeners' Choice | Burna Boy for "Killin' Dem" | Nominated | |||
| Viewers' Choice | Burna Boy for "On the Low" | Nominated | |||
| Ghana Music Awards | African Artiste of the Year | Himself | Won | [21] | |
| African Musik Magazine Awards | Crossing Boundaries with Music | Won | [22] | ||
| Best Collaboration | "Jerusalema" (Remix) (Master KG featuring Nomcebo Zikode and Burna Boy) |
Won | [22] | ||
| Best Male West Africa | Himself | Nominated | |||
| Artiste of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| Best Live Act | Nominated | ||||
| Song of the Year | "Anybody" | Nominated | |||
| Grammy Awards | Best World Music Album | African Giant | Nominated | [23] | |
| Brit Awards | Best International Solo Act | Himself | Nominated | [24] | |
| Song of the Year | "Location" (Dave featuring Burna Boy) |
Nominated | |||
| BET Awards | Best International Act | Himself | Won | [25] | |
| Edison Award | Best World Album | African Giant | Won | [26] | |
| MOBO Awards | Best International Act | Himself | Won | [27] | |
| Best African Act | Nominated | [28] | |||
| MTV Europe Music Awards | Best African Act | Nominated | [29] | ||
| 2021 | Grammy Awards | Best Global Music Album | Twice as Tall | Won | [30] |
| Brit Awards | International Male Solo Artist | Himself | Nominated | [31] | |
| Global Music Awards Africa | Artiste of the Year | Won | [32] | ||
| Global Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of the Year | Nominated | [33] | |||
| BET Awards | Best International Act | Won | [34] | ||
| 2022 | NME Awards | Best Solo Act | Won | [35] | |
| MOBO Awards | Best African Music Act | Won | |||
| Best International Act | Won | ||||
| The Headies | Best African Artiste of the year | Won | |||
| Best Male Artiste of the year | Won | ||||
| Soul Train Awards | Song of the Year | "Last Last" | Nominated | ||
| Video of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award | Nominated | ||||
| R&B/Soul Male Artist | Himself | Nominated | |||
| Ghana Music Awards UK | African Artiste of the Year | Won | |||
| MTV Europe Music Awards | Best African Act | Won | |||
| American Music Awards | Favorite Afrobeats Artist | Nominated | |||
| African Muzik Magazine Awards | Artist of the Year | Won | |||
| Best Live Act | Nominated | ||||
| Best Male West Africa | Nominated | ||||
| Best Collaboration | "Sungba" (Remix) | Nominated | |||
| Grammy Awards | Best Global Music Performance | Do Yourself | Nominated | [36] | |
| Album of the Year | Justice | Nominated | |||
| 2023 | Grammy Awards | Best Global Music Performance | "Last Last" | Nominated | [37] |
| Best Global Music Album | Love, Damini | Nominated | |||
| Soundcity MVP Awards | African Artiste of the Year | Himself | Won | [38] | |
| All Africa Music Awards | Artist of the Year | Won | [39] | ||
| Song of the Year | "Last Last" | Nominated | |||
| Album of the Year | Love, Damini | Won | |||
| Brit Awards | International Artist of the Year | Himself | Nominated | ||
| BreakTudo Awards | Global Artist | Nominated | [40] | ||
| The Headie Awards | Best R&B Single | "For My Hand" (featuring Ed Sheeran) | Won | ||
| Afrobeats Single of the Year | "Last Last" | Won | |||
| Song of the Year | Won | ||||
| Album of the Year | Love Damini | Nominated | |||
| Best recording of the Year | Alone | Nominated | |||
| Songwriter Of the Year | Himself | Nominated | |||
| Best Collaboration | Sungba remix | Nominated | |||
| African Artist of the Year | Himself | Nominated | |||
| Digital Artist of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| Male Artiste of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| BET Awards | Best International Act | Won | |||
| Best Male R&B/Pop Artist | Nominated | ||||
| Video Director of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| Viewer's Choice Award | "Last Last" | Nominated | |||
| iHeartRadio Music Awards | Afrobeats Artist of the Year | Himself | Nominated | [41] | |
| Planet Rap awards | Best International Artist | Won | |||
| Billboard Music Awards | Top Afrobeats Artist | Won | |||
| Galaxy Music Awards | Artist of the Year | Won | |||
| Rocklan One radio Music Awards | Afrobeats Artist of the Year | Won | |||
| MTV EMA | Best African Act | Nominated | |||
| Best Live | Nominated | ||||
| Best Afrobeats | Last Last | Nominated | |||
| 2024 | Grammy Awards | Best Melodic Rap Performance | "Sittin' on Top of the World" (featuring 21 Savage) | Nominated | [42] |
| Best Global Music Performance | "Alone" | Nominated | |||
| Best African Music Performance | "City Boys" | Nominated | |||
| Best Global Music Album | I Told Them... | Nominated | |||
| Brit Awards | International Artist of the Year | Himself | Nominated | [43] | |
| iHeartRadio Music Awards | Best African Music Act | Won | [44] | ||
| BET Hip Hop Awards | Hip hop Artist of the Year | Nominated | [45] | ||
| Song of the Year | "Sittin' on Top of the World" (featuring 21 Savage) | Nominated | |||
| Best Collaboration of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| Best Hip hop Video | Nominated | ||||
| Lyricist of the Year | Himself | Nominated | |||
| Best live performer | Nominated | ||||
| Hustler of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Male Artist | Nominated | [46] | ||
| Outstanding Album | I Told Them... | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Duo, Group or Collaboration | "Sittin' on Top of the World" (featuring 21 Savage) | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Hip Hop/Rap Song | Nominated | ||||
| Outstanding International Song | "City Boys" | Nominated | |||
| African Entertainment Awards USA | Best Male Artist | Himself | Nominated | [47] | |
| Artist of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| Best Music Video | "Tshwala Bam" | Nominated | |||
| Song of the Year | Nominated | ||||
| Best Collaboration | Nominated | ||||
| "Rollercoaster" | Nominated | ||||
| 2025 | Best Male Artist | Himself | Pending | ||
| International Artist of the Year | Pending | ||||
| Grammy Awards | Best African Music Performance | "Higher" | Nominated | [48] | |
| NAACP Image Awards | Outstanding Duo, Group, or Collaboration | "Coming Home" (Usher with Burna Boy) | Nominated | [49] | |
| iHeartRadio Music Awards | World Artist of the Year | Himself | Nominated | [50] | |
| The Headies | Best Recording of the Year | "Higher" | Nominated | [51] | |
| Best Performer (Live) | African Giant Live From London | Won | |||
| Artiste of the Year | Himself | Nominated | |||
| 2026 | Grammy Awards | Best Global Music Album | No Sign of Weakness | Nominated | [52] |
| Best African Music Performance | "Love" | Nominated | |||
| 2026 | All Africa Music Awards | ||||
| Best African Collaboration | "Laho II" | Won | [53] | ||
| Album of the Year | No Sign of Weakness | Won | |||
| 2026 | American Music Awards | Best Afrobeats Artist | Himself | Nominated | [54] |
_(cropped).jpg)
Award
Wins
Award
Wins
Burna Boy in 2024 | ||||||||
| ||||||||