Burna Boy To Perform At Grammys 2021 Premiere Ceremony

Nigerian superstar afrobeat singer, Burna Boy has been billed to perform at 2021 Grammys Premiere Ceremony on March 14.

Preceding the 2021 Grammy Awards show, the pre-show will take place on Sunday, March 14 at noon and will be streamed live internationally via GRAMMY.com.

The event, which will be hosted by American singer, Jhené Aiko ― a three-time Grammy nominee, will feature several performances by current Grammy nominees like Burna Boy, Rufus Wainwright, Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science, Lido Pimienta, Poppy and many others.

In addition, the premiere ceremony will kick off with an ensemble of previous Grammy nominees including Gregory Porter, Afro-Peruvian Jazz Orchestra, Regina Carter, and Kamasi Washington performing “Mercy, Mercy Me (The Ecology)” in tribute to the late legend Marvin Gaye.

According to Recording Academy, organisers of the award show, “all of the premiere ceremony performers and the host are nominated this year, as are most of the presenters.”

Meanwhile, Burna Boy is one of the nominees this in the category for the ‘Best Global Music Album’ category for his ‘Twice As Tall’ album, which was released on 12 August 2020.

He was nominated alongside Tuareg desert rock group Tinariwen, NYC afrobeat outfit Antibalas, Brazilian-American Bebel Gilberto, and British-Indian sitar player Anoushka Shankar. Previously known as the international category of Best World Music Album, the category was renamed to “make it more modern and inclusive.”

This is Burna Boy’s second Grammy nomination after losing to the iconic Angelique Kidjo during the last ceremony in 2020. Considering the praises Twice as Tall has received, there are high hopes that the African giant, as he is widely called, will take home the gong this year.

During the main award show, music fans will be given unprecedented digital access to GRAMMY Awards content with GRAMMY Live, which will stream internationally on GRAMMY.com and via Facebook Live, the exclusive streaming partner of GRAMMY Live.

GRAMMY Live takes viewers behind the scenes with backstage experiences, pre-show interviews and post-show highlights from Music’s Biggest Night. GRAMMY Live will stream all day on Sunday, March 14, including during and after the GRAMMY Awards evening telecast.