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Rema earns his first Grammy nomination, with “HEIS” nominated in the Best Global Music Album category.
Tems and Shaboozey Lead the African Nominees at the 2025 Grammy Awards
Nigerian artists utterly dominate the recently created Best African Music Performance Category.
For the second year in a row, there will be a Grammy for Best African Music Performance.
Nigeria dominates this year’s Best African Music Performance category of hopefuls, including return contendersBurna Boy and Asake, the former earning a nod for his hit song “Higher,” while the latter’s collaboration with Wizkid, “MMS,” is also in the running. Davido also earns his second nod in the category for his contribution to Chris Brown’s “Sensational,” with Lojaypicking up his first Grammy nomination for the same song. Singer Yemi Alade earns her first solo nod for “Tomorrow,” while Tems’ “Love Me Jeje” rounds out the nominees for Best African Music Performance.
Tems is the only African artist to be nominated more than once across the global music categories; her debut album, Born in the Wild is up for Best Global Music Album, and she’s joined in that category by Rema, nominated for his sophomore album, HEIS. Outside the global spots, Tems is also up for Best R&B song for “Burning,” a meditative highlight off her album.
In the Best Global Music Performance category, Beninese icon Angélique Kidjo is nominated for “Sunlight to My Soul,” her uplifting collaboration with the Soweto Gospel Choir. Ghanaian reggae legend Rocky Dawuni earns his second nomination in this category, and his fourth Grammy nod overall, for his single, “Rise.”
Also notable, breakout country artistShaboozeysnagged five nominations. The American Nigerian singer is up for Best New Artist, and his viral hit song, “A Bar Song (Tipsy),” is nominated for Song of the Year and Best Country Solo Performance, and the David Guetta remix is up for Best Remixed Recording. He’s also nominated for Best Melodic Rap Performance for his contribution to Beyoncé’s “Spaghetti.”
Since Burna Boy’s first nomination for Best Global Music Album at the 2020 Grammys, and his win the following year, there has been an increased representation of African music at the biggest award in music, reflecting the widespread listenership and global influence of music from the continent and its diaspora.
Specifically for the Best African Music Performance, it’s a little dissatisfactory that only one country is represented in the nominees, but there will be optimism in the fact that there will be at least one African who wins a Grammy on Feb. 2, 2025.
See the full list of nominees here.
BEST AFRICAN MUSIC PERFORMANCE
Asake & Wizkid – “MMS”
Burna Boy – “Higher”
Chris Brown – “Sensational” Featuring Davido & Lojay
Tems – “Love Me JeJe”
Yemi Alade – “Tomorrow”
BEST GLOBAL MUSIC PERFORMANCE
Angélique Kidjo & Soweto Gospel Choir – “Sunlight to My Soul”
Arooj Aftab – “Raat Ki Rani”
Jacob Collier – “A Rock Somewhere” Featuring Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal
Masa Takumi – “Kashira” Featuring Ron Korb, Noshir Mody & Dale Edward Chung
Rocky Dawuni – “Rise”
Sheila E. – “Bemba Colorá” Featuring Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar
BEST GLOBAL MUSIC ALBUM
Antonio Rey – Historias de un Flamenco
Ciro Hurtado – Paisajes
Matt B & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Alkebulan II
Rema – Heis
Tems – Born in the Wild
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IMO STATE BORN VETERAN NOLLYWOOD ACTRESS RITA DOMINIC GOES DOWN MEMORY LANE AS SHE SPEAKS ABOUT HER SINGLEHOOD EXPERIENCES…
HEAR HER:
“BEING PATIENT TO WAIT PAYS BIG TIME”
During my single days, some close friends will just ask me “Hey Rita who is the lucky man?”
I will just change the topic to ignore it because I could sense some where asking from a mocking mindset.
So many men were in my DM too, many just wanted to have their way with my fame and m0ney so I was very careful.
Now I am married to the man after my heart who holds me in high esteem, it would surprise you to know many of those people who used to ask me that question never showed up for my wedding.
God’s time is the best for everything ”
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IMO STATE BORN VETERAN NOLLYWOOD ACTRESS RITA DOMINIC GOES DOWN MEMORY LANE AS SHE SPEAKS ABOUT HER SINGLEHOOD EXPERIENCES…
HEAR HER:
“BEING PATIENT TO WAIT PAYS BIG TIME”
During my single days, some close friends will just ask me “Hey Rita who is the lucky man?”
I will just change the topic to ignore it because I could sense some where asking from a mocking mindset.
So many men were in my DM too, many just wanted to have their way with my fame and m0ney so I was very careful.
Now I am married to the man after my heart who holds me in high esteem, it would surprise you to know many of those people who used to ask me that question never showed up for my wedding.
God’s time is the best for everything ”
Share your thoughts on this…
Kindly follow Ekwutosblog for verified News and Current Affairs in addition to insightful contents that inform, inspire, educate and entertain you always.
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Social media influencer sentenced to 10-years in prison for trying to pay pal $60K to muřder three people including rival and an online critic
Nollywood actress Angela Okorie has revealed a stunning admission made by a former online troll. The actress disclosed that she had previously blocked the individual due to their persistent posting of hurtful and derogatory comments.
In a surprising turn of events, the cyberbully recently resurfaced and begged Angela to lift the block. When questioned about their motives, the individual dropped a bombshell, claiming that some of Angela’s colleagues in the entertainment industry had allegedly instigated the online harassment.
Angela shared this astonishing revelation, shedding light on the darker side of online interactions and the entertainment industry.
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