March 17, (THEWILL)- Afrobeats singer, Damini Ogulu, aka Burna Boy, has continued his poor outing at award ceremonies as he lost all six nominations at the 2024 NAACP Image Awards.
The NAACP Image Awards is an annual awards ceremony presented by the US-based National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to honour outstanding performances in film, television, theatre, music, and literature.
The self-acclaimed ‘African Giant’ lost the ‘Outstanding Male Artist of the Year’ category to Usher. His song, ‘City Boys’ lost the gong for the ‘Outstanding International Song’ to his compatriot, Temilade Openiyi, aka Tems’ ‘Me & U.’
Burna Boy’s ‘Sittin’ On Top Of The World’ featuring 21 Savage lost the ‘Outstanding Hip-hop/Rap Song category to Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Cobra,’ as well as ‘Best Duo/Group Collaboration’ (Contemporary) to ‘Sensational’ by Chris Brown featuring David Adeleke, aka Davido, and Lekan Osifeso Jnr., aka Lojay.
Also, his album, ‘I Told Them…’ lost the ‘Outstanding Album of the Year’ category to ‘Jaguar II’ by Victoria Monét.
Recall that Burna Boy lost seven nominations at the 2023 BET Hip-hop Awards, four nominations at the 2024 Grammys, and one nomination at the 2024 Brit Awards.
Meanwhile, ‘Sensational’ by Chris Brown featuring Davido and Lojay, which already won the Best Duo/Group Collaboration (Contemporary) on night one of the 55th Image Awards, won the Outstanding Visual Album/Song award on the second night.
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