Burna Boy’s new album ''Twice as Tall'' records 5million streams in one hour

Burna Boy’s much awaited new work, Twice as Tall was an instant hit.

Burna Boy’s much-awaited new work, Twice as Tall, was released Friday morning and it was an instant hit. It recorded five million streams within an hour of its release. It was also generating rave reviews.

The song on the album takes stock of his accomplishments, vulnerabilities, and how he encourages ambition and perseverance against long odds. He also lashes out at racism, exploitation and widespread misconceptions about Africa. The songs on “Twice as Tall” hold echoes of Nigeria, South Africa, Jamaica and the United States. The momentum is crisp and nonstop as the songs draw on — among many other things — Zulu choir singing, electronic dance music, alt-R&B and the patterns of West African marimbas and Zimbabwean thumb pianos.

“Twice As Tall” see features from Senegalese artist Youssou N’Dour, O.G. trio Naughty By Nature, Kenyan afro-pop band Sauti Sol, Coldplay’s Chris Martin and U.K. rapper Stormzy. The effort rounds out 15 songs and also includes productions from Timbaland, Mike Dean and executive produced by Sean Combs a.k.a. Diddy.

The album, which is executive produced by Diddy, is expected to outperform Burna Boy’s last year’s album, the African Giant.

Diddy tweeted the release early today with a note to Burna Boy: “CONGRATULATIONS KING @BURNABOY!!!!!!!! #TWICEASTALL”.

Twice As Tall is available on eight streaming services: Spotify, YouTube, SoundCloud, Amazon Music, Tidal, Pandora, iTunes Store and Deezer.

Burna Boy says:

this album was a journey through a bunch of emotions and energies at different points in time. it has now morphed into something bigger than me. it serves as a bridge for mankind to show that we’re all different but still very much the same. i’m grateful for the unreal talents that came together from all over the world to pull this off. shout out to the og @diddy for coming on board and sprinkling his own unique spice on this! i hope i’m able to spark something in you when you listen. 🦍 #twiceastall