Becoming the first Nigerian album to be certified platinum in France, Burna Boy’s ‘African Giant’ Album has been making strides and history adding to the repute and relevancy of the African Giant, Burna Boy .
Five years after its release, ‘African Giant’ has now been declared platinum in France by SNEP after exceeding over 100,000 units in sales, the album was filled with global hot singles like ‘On The Low’, ‘Gbona’, ‘Dangote’, ‘Killing Dem’, and ‘Anybody’, the album soared to both local and international success.
With Burna Boy’s career on a fast rise internationally, Burna released his fourth album ‘African Giant’ in 2019 which charted a new course for African music internationally.
The certification owes a lot to the success of ‘On The Low’ and ‘Gbona’ which have earned platinum certifications in France. ‘African Giant’ is now the only Nigerian album to be declared platinum after sharing the SNEP gold record with Rema’s debut album ‘Raves & Roses’.
Burna Boy soared to international success after his single ‘YE’ came to the attention of rap fans who were searching for Kanye West’s new album of the same name.