2025 Grammy: Nigeria Tops Nomination For Best African Music Performance Class

Nigerian music artistes have dominated nomination for the Best African Music Performance class of the 67th Grammy Awards.

The Recording Academy introduced the nominations on Friday.

This 12 months, Nigeria dominates the class, together with returning contenders Burna Boy and Asake, the previous incomes a nod for his hit tune, ‘Higher’, whereas the latter is for his collaboration with Wizkid, “MMS”.

Davido additionally earns his second nod within the class for his contribution to Chris Brown’s “Sensational,” with Lojay selecting up his first Grammy nomination for a similar tune.

Yemi Alade earns her first solo nod for her hit “Tomorrow”, whereas Tems’ “Love Me Jeje” additionally receives a nod for Best African Music Performance.

Notably, Tems is the one African artiste with three nominations throughout the worldwide music classes; as her debut album, “Born in the Wild”, is up for Best Global Music Album and Best R&B tune for “Burning”.

Young music sensation, Rema, is nominated within the Best Global Music Album class for his sophomore album, “HEIS”.

Other Nigerian stars nominated for the Grammys embrace Jordan Adetunji, recognized for his viral “Kelani”, and his ‘Bloody Civilian’ additionally earns nomination for the ‘Best Reggae Album’ class on the Bob Marley’s ‘One Love’ soundtrack.

This 12 months’s nomination marks Burna Boy’s sixth consecutive Grammy nomination, making him a Nigerian artiste with highest nomination thus far.

Since Burna Boy’s first nomination for Best Global Music Album on the 2020 Grammys, and his win in 2021 for “Twice as Tall”, there was an elevated illustration of African music on the worldwide stage.

On the worldwide scene, Beyoncé leads the Grammy pack with 11 nominations for her genre-crossing album Cowboy Carter, competing throughout classes together with document, tune, and album of the 12 months, together with entries in pop, rap, nation, and Americana.

Other main nominees embrace Charli XCX, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar, and Post Malone, every with seven nominations, whereas Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan, and Sabrina Carpenter comply with with six nominations every.

NAN experiences that the 67th Grammy awards ceremony is scheduled to carry on Feb. 2, 2025 on the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, United States. (NAN)