Burna Boys’ album ‘African Giant’ gets certified silver in the UK

A silver certification in the UK means an album has sold an equivalent of 600,000 copies.

On September 18, 2020, the Grammy nominated album, ‘African Giant’ by Nigerian superstar, Burna Boy was certified silver in the UK. By so doing, Burna Boy become the first Nigerian artist with a certified album in the UK.

This same news came after the news that ‘Own It’ by Stormzy featuring Burna Boy and Ed Sheeran has two-time platinum certification for selling 600,000 copies.

June 4 2020, it was announced that ‘Be Honest’ the 2019 single by British singer, Jorja Smith featuring Grammy nominee, Burna Boy has been certified platinum in France.

Equally, on March8, 2020, Nigerian superstar, Burna Boy accepted a gold plaque for his 2018 single, ‘On the Low.’ The gold plaque is selling for 100,000 (or more copies) of that single.

A gold plaque could also be handed to an artist whose single has been streamed 15million times in the country. Thus 15 million streams of a single in France is equivalent to 100,000 pure sales.