The African Giant · Est. 2010
Burna Boy
Every certification, chart peak and record — sourced line by line, updated the day it changes.
On streaming charts right now, refreshed hourly.
Official chart-toppers
The No. 1 board
The catalogue
Eight albums
Where he's
performed
History made · 19 Jul 2026
Shakira
Burna Boy
First African headliner of a World Cup Final halftime show. “Dai Dai” spent 35 days as the most-streamed song on Earth — and back on top.
Read the story ↗Burna Boy
Every certification, chart peak, award and tour record — one dataset, sourced line by line, updated the day it changes.
On streaming charts right now, refreshed hourly. On the official national charts, his career total is now 48 No. 1s across 71 countries.
Shakira × Burna Boy — “Dai Dai”
The first-ever FIFA World Cup Final halftime show, and the first African artist to headline it. Their anthem has now spent 35 days as the most-streamed song on Earth — back on top in August.
Read the story ↗The certifications ledger
230 awards from 26 countries. Filter by tier — every row links to the issuing body's entry.
| # | Title | Year | Highest award | Countries | Certs | Stat card |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Location Dave ft. Burna Boy | 2019 | Diamond | 14 countries | 14 | |
| 02 | Last Last Burna Boy · Love, Damini | 2022 | Diamond | 12 countries | 12 | |
| 03 | Dai Dai Shakira X Burna Boy | 2026 | 2× Platinum | 11 countries | 11 | |
| 04 | For My Hand Burna Boy feat. Ed Sheeran | 2022 | 4× Platinum | 9 countries | 9 | |
| 05 | On the Low Burna Boy · African Giant | 2018 | Diamond | 9 countries | 9 | |
| 06 | Gbona Burna Boy | 2018 | Diamond | 8 countries | 8 | |
| 07 | Love, Damini Album | 2022 | 5× Platinum | 8 countries | 8 | |
| 08 | We Pray Coldplay ft. Burna Boy & others | 2024 | Platinum | 8 countries | 8 | |
| 09 | Ye Burna Boy · Outside | 2018 | Platinum | 8 countries | 8 | |
| 10 | African Giant Album | 2019 | Platinum | 7 countries | 7 | |
| 11 | Be Honest Jorja Smith ft. Burna Boy | 2019 | Diamond | 6 countries | 6 | |
| 12 | City Boys Burna Boy · I Told Them… | 2023 | 4× Platinum | 6 countries | 6 | |
| 13 | Ginger Wizkid ft. Burna Boy | 2020 | 2× Platinum | 6 countries | 6 | |
| 14 | Jerusalema (Remix) Master KG, Nomcebo & Burna Boy | 2020 | Diamond | 6 countries | 6 | |
| 15 | Own It Stormzy ft. Ed Sheeran & Burna Boy | 2019 | 3× Platinum | 6 countries | 6 |
Bars are scaled to the largest tier and coloured by metal. All 6 Diamond awards come from SNEP (France) — “Last Last”, “On the Low”, “Gbona”, “Location”, “Be Honest” and “Jerusalema (Remix)”.
See it visualized ↗Where he's
performed
The No. 1 board
Every country a release has taken to No. 1 on its own official chart — with the song that did it.
All 48 career No. 1s ↗
Eight studio albums
Thirteen years, 2013 to 2025. Hover an album for its peak and certifications.
Full discography ↗Career records
Highest revenue per show
| Venue | City | Tickets | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|
London Stadium I Told Them… Tour · 2024 | London | 58,973 | $6.15M |
Stade de France I Told Them… Tour · 2025 | Paris | 43,881 | $4.53M |
La Défense Arena Love, Damini Tour · 2023 | Paris | 36,585 | $2.86M |
Capital One Arena I Told Them… Tour · 2024 | Washington, D.C. | 13,892 | $1.72M |
TD Garden I Told Them… Tour · 2024 | Boston | 13,219 | $1.59M |
Source: TouringData / Billboard Boxscore · the I Told Them… Tour grossed $30.46M from 302,801 tickets across 22 reported shows — the highest-grossing tour by an African artist.
Firsts
Every number here comes with a source and a date.
No aggregated guesses. Certifications are read from the issuing body, chart peaks from the national chart, grosses from Boxscore — and the whole dataset is public.