{"id":7177,"date":"2021-03-15T23:32:04","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T23:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/?p=7177"},"modified":"2021-03-15T23:32:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T23:32:04","slug":"inside-63rd-grammy-award-in-united-states-29-year-old-portharcourt-son-burna-boy-stunned-the-world-as-first-nigerian-to-win-global-music-award-performed-virtually-to-ecstatic-live-viewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/inside-63rd-grammy-award-in-united-states-29-year-old-portharcourt-son-burna-boy-stunned-the-world-as-first-nigerian-to-win-global-music-award-performed-virtually-to-ecstatic-live-viewers\/","title":{"rendered":"INSIDE 63rd Grammy Award in United States: 29-year-old PortHarcourt son, BURNA BOY stunned the world as first Nigerian to win Global Music Award, performed virtually to ecstatic live viewers …Charismatic Starboy, WIZKID carts home Statuette in Best Music Video category win with Beyonce * \u201cThis is a big win for my generation. Burna Boy, in the House. Yes oh! Yes oh! Yes oh! Africa is in the House men! Africa, we are in the House\u201d-BURNA BOY shouted in reacting to his marvelous achievement * BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU\/AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief LIVE in Los Angeles, California"},"content":{"rendered":"

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INSIDE 63<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>rd<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/strong> Grammy Award in United States:<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

29-year-old<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> <\/b>PortHar<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>c<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>ourt son, BURNA BOY stunned the world as first Nigerian to win Global Music Award, performed virtually to ecstatic live viewers <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> <\/b><\/p>\n

…Charismatic <\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>Starboy, WIZKID <\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>carts home <\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>Statuette<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> in Best Music Video category win with Beyonce <\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

* \u201c<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>This is a big win for my generation. Burna Boy, in the House. Yes oh! Yes oh! Yes oh! Africa is in the House men! Africa, we are in the House\u201d-BURNA BOY shouted in reacting to his marvelous achievement<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

* BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU\/<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>AMERI<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>C<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>AN Foreign Bureau <\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>C<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>hief LIVE in Lo<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>s<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> Angele<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>s<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>, <\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>California<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Nigerian<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>s call him ‘PortHarcourt boy’, based on where he was born, but the world call him <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>Super-<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>star, while his stage name is ‘Burna Boy. The happy go-entertainer shocked the world as he won the premiere Global Music Award, the first by any Nigerian at the just concluded 63<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>rd<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/sup><\/span><\/strong> Grammy ceremony in <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>California. <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> Also, <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>Starboy, WIZKID, another Nigerian musician<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> won in the <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>Best Music Video category with Beyonce. <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> <\/b><\/p>\n

Ecstatic live viewer<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>s around the world watched in pleasure as Burna Boy shouted in reaction to his marvelous achievement today, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u201c<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>This is a big win for my generation. Burna Boy, in the House. Yes oh! Yes oh! Yes oh! Africa is in the House men! Africa, we are in the House.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong> <\/b><\/p>\n

Burna Boy won the Best Global Music Album category while Wizkid won the Best Music Video for his song with Beyonc\u00e9; Brown Skin Girl, from Lion King: The Gift album. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong>Beyonc\u00e9’s daughter Blue Ivy was also a winner on the song.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n