October 05, (THEWILL) – Afrobeats sensations, Damini Ogulu, aka Burna Boy and Adedamola Adefolahan, aka Fireboy DML, have once again brought honour to Nigeria at the Broadcast Music Inc (BMI) London Awards 2023.
The singers secured the coveted ‘Most Performed Work of the Year’ award, joining a distinguished list of over 20 recipients.
Burna Boy‘s track ‘Last Last’ and Fireboy DML’s collaboration with British singer Ed Sheeran on ‘Peru’ were the songs that got the awards.
In addition, another Nigerian talent, record producer Richard Isong, known as P2J, received the prestigious ‘Impact Award’ for his remarkable contributions to the music industry.
BMI is a performance rights organization in the United States that collects blanket license fees from businesses that use music, entitling those businesses to play or sync any songs from BMI’s repertoire of over 20.6 million musical works. On a quarterly basis, BMI distributes the money to songwriters, composers and music publicists.
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