List of awards and nominations received by Burna Boy explained

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This is a list of awards and nominations received by Burna Boy, a Nigerian singer and songwriter.

Year	Event	Prize	Recipient	Result	Ref
2013	South South Music Awards	South South Music Awards	Himself
	Nigeria Entertainment Awards	Best New Act of the Year
	The Headies	Next Rated			^[1]
		Best R&B Single	"Like to Party"
2014	MTV Africa Music Awards	Best New Act	Himself		^[2]
	The Headies	Best R&B Single	"Don Gorgon"		^[3]
		Best R&B/Pop Album	L.I.F.E
		Hip Hop World Revelation of the Year
		Album of the Year
2015	Nigeria Entertainment Awards	Best Pop Artist of the Year	Himself		^[4]
		Album of the Year	L.I.F.E		^[5]
	MTV Africa Music Awards	Best Collaboration	"All Eyes on Me" (AKA featuring Burna Boy, Da L.E.S and JR)		^[6]
	All Africa Music Awards	Best African Collaboration			^[7]
2018	African Musik Magazine Awards	Best African DanceHall/Reggae Act	Himself		^[8]
		Best Live Act
	Nigeria Entertainment Awards	Album of the Year	Outside		^[9]
2019	Soundcity MVP Awards Festival	Listener's Choice	"Ye"		^[10]
		Song of the Year
		Viewer's Choice
		Best Male MVP	Himself
		African Artiste of the Year
	BET Awards	Best International Act			^[11]
	The Headies	Viewer's Choice			^[12]
		Artiste of the Year
		Best Recording of the Year	"Ye"
		Best Pop Single
		Song of the Year
		Best R&B/Pop Album	Outside
		Album of the Year
		Best Collaboration	"Killin' Dem" (featuring Zlatan)
	MTV Europe Music Awards	Best African Act	Himself		^[13]
	Future Awards Africa	Future Award Prize for Music			^[14]
		Future Prize for Young Person of the Year
	African Muzik Magazine Awards	Song of the Year	"Killin' Dem" (featuring Zlatan)		^[15]
		Best Collaboration
		Video of the Year
		Best Live Act	Himself
		Artist of the Year
		Best Male West Africa
		Crossing Boundaries with Music
	All Africa Music Awards	West African Male Artiste of the Year			^[16]
		Artiste of the Year in Africa
		Album of the Year	African Giant		^[17]
		Best African Collaboration	"Killin' Dem" (featuring Zlatan)
		Song of the Year in Africa	"On the Low"
	Ghana Music Awards	African Artiste of the Year	Himself		^[18]
2020	Soundcity MVP Awards Festival	Song of the Year	"Killin' Dem" (featuring Zlatan)		^[19]
		Best Collaboration
		African Artiste of The Year	Himself
		Best Male MVP
		Listeners' Choice	Burna Boy for "Killin' Dem"
		Viewers' Choice	Burna Boy for "On the Low"
	Ghana Music Awards	African Artiste of the Year	Himself		^[20]
	African Musik Magazine Awards	Crossing Boundaries with Music			^[21]
		Best Collaboration	"Jerusalema" (Remix) (Master KG featuring Nomcebo Zikode and Burna Boy)
		Best Male West Africa	Himself
		Artiste of the Year
		Best Live Act
		Song of the Year	"Anybody"
	Grammy Awards	Best World Music Album	African Giant		^[22]
	Brit Awards	Best International Solo Act	Himself		^[23]
		Song of the Year	"Location" (Dave featuring Burna Boy)
	BET Awards	Best International Act	Himself		^[24]
	Edison Award	Best World Album	African Giant		^[25]
	MOBO Awards	Best International Act	Himself		^[26]
		Best African Act			^[27]
	MTV Europe Music Awards	Best African Act			^[28]
2021	Grammy Awards	Best Global Music Album	Twice as Tall		^[29]
	Brit Awards	International Male Solo Artist	Himself		^[30]
	Global Music Awards Africa	Artiste of the Year			^[31]
		Global Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of the Year			^[32]
	BET Awards	Best International Act			^[33]
2022	NME Awards	Best Solo Act			^[34]
	MOBO Awards	Best African Music Act
		Best International Act
	The Headies	Best African Artiste of the year
		Best Male Artiste of the year
	Soul Train Awards	Song of the Year	"Last Last"
		Video of the Year
		The Ashford & Simpson Songwriter's Award
		R&B/Soul Male Artist	Himself
	Ghana Music Awards UK	African Artiste of the Year
	MTV Europe Music Awards	Best African Act
	American Music Awards	Favorite Afrobeats Artist
	African Muzik Magazine Awards	Artist of the Year
		Best Live Act
		Best Male West Africa
		Best Collaboration	"Sungba" (Remix)
2023	Grammy Awards	Best Global Music Performance	"Last Last"		^[35]
		Best Global Music Album	Love, Damini
	Soundcity MVP Awards	African Artiste of the Year	Himself		^[36]
	All Africa Music Awards	Artist of the Year			^[37]
		Song of the Year	"Last Last"
		Album of the Year	Love, Damini
	Brit Awards	International Artist of the Year	Himself
	BreakTudo Awards	Global Artist			^[38]
	The Headie Awards	Best R&B Single	"For My Hand" (featuring Ed Sheeran)
		Afrobeats Single of the Year	"Last Last"
		Song of the Year
		Album of the Year	Love Damini
		Best recording of the Year	Alone
		Songwriter Of the Year	Himself
		Best Collaboration	Sungba remix
		African Artist of the Year	Himself
		Digital Artist of the Year
		Male Artiste of the Year
	BET Awards	Best International Act
		Best Male R&B/Pop Artist
		Video Director of the Year
		Viewer's Choice Award	"Last Last"
	iHeartRadio Music Awards	Afrobeats Artist of the Year	Himself		^[39]
	Planet Rap awards	Best International Artist
	Billboard Music Awards	Top Afrobeats Artist
	Galaxy Music Awards	Artist of the Year
	Rocklan One radio Music Awards	Afrobeats Artist of the Year
	MTV EMA	Best African Act
		Best Live
		Best Afrobeats	Last Last
2024	Grammy Awards	Best Melodic Rap Performance	"Sittin' on Top of the World" (featuring 21 Savage)		^[40]
		Best Global Music Performance	"Alone"
		Best African Music Performance	"City Boys"
		Best Global Music Album	I Told Them...
	Brit Awards	International Artist of the Year	Himself		^[41]
	iHeartRadio Music Awards	Afrobeats Artist of the Year
	BET Hip Hop Awards	Hip hop Artist of the Year			^[42]
		Song of the Year	"Sittin' on Top of the World" (featuring 21 Savage)
		Best Collaboration of the Year
		Best Hip hop Video
		Lyricist of the Year	Himself
		Best live performer
		Hustler of the Year
	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Male Artist			^[43]
		Outstanding Album	I Told Them...
		Outstanding Duo,Group orCollaboration	"Sittin' on Top of the World" (featuring 21 Savage)
		Outstanding Hip Hop/Rap Song
		Outstanding International Song	"City Boys"

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