\u2018Alone\u2019, off the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever \u200a\u2013 \u200aMusic From and Inspired By soundtrack is now certified gold after crossing 15 million digital streams. The movie soundtrack was released in November last year via Roc Nation Records\/Def Jam Recordings\/Hollywood Records. It features other African stars like Nigeria\u2019s Rema, Ckay, Tems, Fireboy DML, and South Africa\u2019s DBN Gogo, Sino Msolo, Kamo Mphela, Young Stunna and Busiswa.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, \u2018Gbona\u2019 (2019), off Burna Boy\u2019s African Giant album, is now a platinum record after amassing 30 million streams.<\/p>\n
The achievements add to a growing list of digital triumphs by the Grammy winner, who went gold in France for his sixth studio album, Love, Damini, earlier this month. In July last year, SNEP confirmed that Burna Boy\u2019s 2019 hit \u2018On The Low\u2019 had been officially certified diamond in France more than two years after its release.<\/p>\n
On 24 October in Lagos, Nigerian charts company TurnTable Charts presented the singer with 11 plaques. The certifications presented to him were:<\/p>\n
Love Damini \u2013 5x Platinum (highest certified album in Nigerian history)
\nSungba (Remix) \u2013 4x Platinum (highest certified single in Nigerian history)
\nLast Last \u2013 3x Platinum
\nCommon Person \u2013 3x Platinum
\nFor My Hand \u2013 2x Platinum
\nIt\u2019s Plenty \u2013 2x Platinum
\nB. D’OR \u2013 Platinum
\nSecond Sermon (Remix) \u2013 Platinum
\nI Told Them \u2013 Platinum
\nDifferent Size \u2013 Platinum
\nAlone \u2013 Gold
\nBurna Boy\u2019s latest feats arrive on the heels of his nomination alongside Rema, Wizkid, and Tems, as well as Cameroonian singer Libianca in the Top Afrobeats Artist category at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards slated to air on 19 November.<\/p>\n
It also follows new certifications by fellow Afrobeats singers Davido and Tems in Canada days ago. \u2018Unavailable\u2019, taken off Davido\u2019s fourth studio album Timeless, went gold after selling over 40 000 units in the North American country, while his 2017 hit \u2018Fall\u2019 earned platinum certification after selling over 80 000. Tems secured new gold certification with new songs, namely \u2018Found\u2019, \u2018Damages\u2019, \u2018Free Mind\u2019 and \u2018Higher\u2019. The feat makes her the most certified Nigerian female artist in the country.<\/p>\n
In September, Burna Boy became the first Afrobeats artist to secure a UK No 1 chart position with I Told Them, according to the Official Charts Company, responsible for compiling official music charts in the UK.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis right here, this means more to me than any of you can imagine because where I come from is a colony of this place,\u201d Burna Boy said. \u201cFor me to be here today with the No 1, that just tells you that anything is possible.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Two hits \u2013 \u2018Alone\u2019 and \u2018Gbona\u2019 \u2013 by Nigerian singer Burna Boy have been certified gold and platinum by the French music trade body the National Syndicate of Phonographic Publishing (SNEP), which tracks music sales in the European country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12963,"featured_media":35429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,31],"tags":[7,14,32],"class_list":{"0":"post-35432","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-music","9":"tag-apie-project","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"yoast_head":"\n