Burna Boy addresses confusion on release date of 8th album

Burna Boy, the award-winning Nigerian singer, has addressed the confusion trailing his eighth studio album release.

The singer earlier revealed that he would deliver his new album at midnight, implying July 30.

“Album dropping by 12am,” he had written on July 29.

The post came as a shock to many of his followers. Music lovers were also “disappointed” after the ‘African Giant’ hitmaker failed to release the project as expected.

But in a post via X on Sunday, Burna Boy clarified that he never specified the album’s release date.

He said he only mentioned the time. He added that the post should serve as “a valuable lesson to pay attention to detail”.

“Ladies and gentlemen, A valuable lesson on paying attention to detail. I said 12am, I never said what date. No be say I whine una o Na una Lose guard,” he wrote.

Ladies and gentlemen, A valuable lesson on paying attention to detail. I said 12am, I never said what date. No be say I whine una o Na una Lose guard https://t.co/RMbnL8LPwe

— Burna Boy (@burnaboy) August 11, 2024

Burna Boy recently celebrated the fifth anniversary of his Grammy-nominated 2019 album ‘African Giant’.

Born Damini Ogulu, Burna Boy started to gain fame after releasing ‘Like to Party’, the lead single from his debut album ‘L.I.F.E’ (2013).

In 2021, the Afro-fusion singer set a record in Nigeria after his fifth album ‘Twice As Tall (2020)’ won the ‘Best World Music Album’ category at the Grammy Awards.

Burna Boy has released seven albums so far: ‘L.I.F.E’ (2013), ‘On a Spaceship’ (2015), ‘Outside’ (2018), ‘African Giant’ (2019), ‘Twice As Tall‘ (2020), ‘Love, Damini‘ (2022) and ‘I Told Them‘ (2023).

In April, the Port Harcourt-born singer made the Time Magazine’s list of 100 most influential people for 2024.

Burna Boy recently became the first African to hit two billion streams across platforms in the United Kingdom.