Two weeks from now, the 66th Award Ceremony is set to occur at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, with Trevor Noah as the host.
This event will showcase a variety of artists, spanning pop, rap, blues, k-pop, country, and afrobeat genres. Taking place on February 4th, the awards will highlight nominated Afrobeat artists, and we’ll explore these nominations and their respective categories.
Burnaboy
Burnaboy leading the pack with four nominations. The African Giant was nominated in the categories of
- Global Music Album: Nominated for his album“I Told Them”
- Melodic Rap Performance: The singer earned this nomination for his song “Sitting on Top of the World” featuring the rapper 21 Savage.
- Global Music Performance: For his performance on the Black Panther movie song “Alone” Burnaboy earned a nomination for this category.
- Grammy Award for Best African Music Performance: Nominated for his song “City Boy”
Davido
Davido earns his first-ever Grammy nomination, achieving a peak of 3 nominations. Now let’s take a look at the nominations
- Global Music Album: The singer was nominated for his album “TIMELESS”
- Global Music Performance: For his performance on the song “FEEL” Davido earned a nomination for this category
- Grammy Award for Best African Music Performance “UNAVAILABLE” which was all over most continents with its dance moves got nominated for this category.
Tyla
The female Afrobeat star earns her first-ever Grammy nomination.
- Grammy Award for Best African Music Performance: For her viral song “Water” Tyla earned her first-ever Grammy award nomination.
Ayra Starr
Ayra Star earns her first-ever nomination at the Grammy.
- Grammy Award for Best African Music Performance: The Sabi girl as often called, earned her first nomination in this category with the song “Rush”.
Asake
The Mr Money as often referred to, earned his first nomination at the Grammy.
- Grammy Award for Best African Music Performance: Asake earned his first-ever nomination with the song “Amapiano” which he released with his label boss Olamide
Olamide
The rapper who is the first ever Nigerian rapper to be nominated at the Grammy also got his first ever Grammy Nomination.
- Grammy Award for Best African Music Performance: Olamide received a nomination for his featured song “Amapiano” released by his artiste Asake.
Musa Keys
Earning his first-ever Grammy nomination, Musa Keys makes the list of the Nominees.
- Grammy Award for Best African Music Performance: Teaming up with Davido for the song “UNAVAILABLE”. Musa Keys earned a nomination for this category.
By- Hilary Nwachukwu
