Burna Boy Has A Gold Record In Portugal, And A French Collaboration

Music

Lagos · Thursday 1 October 2026

Burna Boy's Alone has been certified gold in Portugal, adding to its list of international certifications. He also features on Hello, a new song by the French producer Skread with the French singer Tiakola. And Omah Lay has been added to the line-up for NorthSide, the Danish festival, in 2027.

gold record vinyl wall Photograph by Kouji Tsuru via Unsplash.

Nigerian music abroad, this week

Artist	Where	What
Burna Boy	Portugal	Alone certified gold
Burna Boy	France	Featured on Skread and Tiakola's Hello
Omah Lay	Denmark	Booked for NorthSide 2027

None of these are Nigeria's traditional music export markets.

Why the small markets matter. Gold in the United States or Britain gets the headlines. Gold in Portugal, a booking in Denmark and a French-language collaboration are signs of something deeper: Nigerian artists building audiences country by country across Europe, in places where they used to be booked only for diaspora nights.

Afrobeats used to tour Europe's capitals. Now it is being certified in its smaller markets.

The French connection

France has one of the largest Afro-pop scenes in Europe, much of it rooted in Francophone West and Central Africa. A Burna Boy feature on a French record is a bridge between Anglophone and Francophone African pop, the two halves of the continent's music that have spent decades largely separate. Those bridges are where the next decade of growth is likely to come from.

Reporting: Olorisupergal, Six9ja, Tooxclusive and TrendyHipHop.

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