Love, Damini

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Love, Damini
Burna Boy - Love, Damini.png
Studio album by
Burna Boy
Released8 July 2022 (2022-07-08)
Genre Afro-fusion [1]
Length60:34
Language
Label Atlantic
Producer
Burna Boy chronology
Twice as Tall
(2020)		Love, Damini
(2022)		 I Told Them...
(2023)
Singles from Love, Damini
  1. "Kilometre"
    Released: 30 April 2021
  2. "Last Last"
    Released: 13 May 2022
  3. "For My Hand"
    Released: 11 July 2022
  4. "It's Plenty"
    Released: 27 September 2022
  5. "Common Person"
    Released: 30 January 2023
  6. "Rollercoaster"
    Released: 20 March 2023

Love, Damini is the sixth studio album by Burna Boy. It was released on 8 July 2022 through Atlantic Records. The album features guest appearances from Ladysmith Black Mambazo, J Hus, Vict0ny, Popcaan, Blxst, Kehlani, Ed Sheeran, J Balvin, and Khalid. It was supported by two singles, "Kilometre" and "Last Last". The album is named after Burna Boy's legal first name and serves as the follow-up to his previous album, Twice as Tall (2020).

Contents

Singles

One song from the album, "Kilometre", was released as an independent single on 29 April 2021. [2] Another single, "Last Last", was released on 13 May 2022, along with the announcement of the album. [3] The second single "For My Hand" featuring Ed Sheeran, was released on 8 July 2022 and coincided with the release of the album. [4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 80/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Clash 8/10 [7]
The Daily Telegraph Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [8]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
NME Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Pitchfork 6.7/10 [11]

Love, Damini received generally favorable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 80 based on 10 reviews. [5] Kathleen Johnston of The Daily Telegraph awarded it a five star rating, saying "Love Damini is by far the most personal record yet from Burna and is best summarized as a love letter to his adoring fans, it is an album for the ages, as well as being an awards season shoo-in." [12] Will Dukes of Rolling Stone said "it is an urgent, heartfelt, and immensely personal snapshot of his struggles, triumphs, and aspirations, with the vibe and chorus signifying a bond between past and present perfectly embodied by this worldly album—that feels instantly rewarding." [13]

Robin Murray in his review for Clash wrote that on Love Damini, Burna is at his best either holding it down for his lineage pushing traditional sounds forward or tracing African influence beyond its shores. [7] Marcus Shorter writing for Consequence said "Love Damini delivers like an 80-pound baby, the Afrobeats album gets into the soul with Burna’s typical flair, but the insights are deeper as he wrestles with his desires, sins, triumphs, and treasures while entering the next phase of his life". [14] Jessica Kariisa in her review for Pitchfork said: "Glaring errors keep Love, Damini from reaching the heights of Burna Boy's prior work, but his intentions are admirable even when the execution goes awry. [...] Whatever its failings, Love, Damini paves the way for other artists in the scene to take bigger emotional risks". [15]

Track listing

Love, Damini track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Glory" (featuring Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
The Elements3:51
2."Science"
 P2J 3:21
3."Cloak & Dagger" (featuring J Hus)
3:31
4."Kilometre"
  • Ogulu
  • James Olagundoye
Chopstix2:32
5."Jagele"
 Kel-P 3:02
6."Dirty Secrets"
  • Ogulu
  • Judd
  • Isong
P2J2:31
7."Whiskey"
  • Ogulu
  • Gaetan Judd
  • Marco Bernardis
  • Isong
P2J3:23
8."Last Last"
  • Off & Out
  • Chopstix
  • MdS
  • Ruuben
2:52
9."Different Size" (featuring Vict0ny)
Kvng Vinci3:29
10."It's Plenty"
3:36
11."Toni-Ann Singh" (featuring Popcaan)
  • Anju Blaxx
  • Smith
2:55
12."Solid" (featuring Blxst and Kehlani)
  • Blxst
  • BKH Beats
  • Sellars [c]
3:15
13."For My Hand" (featuring Ed Sheeran)
  • Ogulu
  • Ed Sheeran
  • Isong
P2J2:39
14."Rollercoaster" (featuring J Balvin)
 Skread 3:07
15."Vanilla"
  • Ogulu
  • Alexander Ogunmokun
ATG2:35
16."Common Person"
  • Ogulu
  • Odunayo
Telz3:30
17."Wild Dreams" (featuring Khalid)
3:06
18."How Bad Could It Be"
4:57
19."Love, Damini" (featuring Ladysmith Black Mambazo)
  • Kleinman
  • Uzowuru
2:22
Total length:60:34

Notes

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Love, Damini
Chart (2022)Peak
position
Australian Hitseekers Albums (ARIA) [17] 2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [18] 24
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [19] 29
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [20] 6
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [21] 8
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [22] 2
French Albums (SNEP) [23] 17
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [24] 61
Irish Albums (OCC) [25] 23
Nigerian Albums ( TurnTable ) [26] 3
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [27] 6
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [28] 12
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [29] 6
UK Albums (OCC) [30] 2
UK R&B Albums (OCC) [31] 1
US Billboard 200 [32] 14
US World Albums (Billboard) [33] 2

Year-end charts

2022 year-end chart performance for Love, Damini
Chart (2022)Position
Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [34] 84
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [35] 11
French Albums (SNEP) [36] 164
2023 year-end chart performance for Love, Damini
Chart (2023)Position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [37] 18
French Albums (SNEP) [38] 167

Certifications

Certifications for Love, Damini
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [39] Gold40,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [40] Platinum20,000‡
France (SNEP) [41] Gold50,000‡
Netherlands (NVPI) [42] Gold20,000‡
Nigeria (TCSN) [43] 5× Platinum250,000‡
Sweden (GLF) [44] Gold15,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [45] Gold100,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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