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The Nigeria music industry has been agog with excitement with the newly introduced Best African Music Performance category of the prestigious Grammy Awards, stirring so much anticipation among music artists.
With keen and intense contest, the list of nominees are those with variance of rich musical landscape.
Some of the nominees are Damini Ogulu, aka Burna Boy (City Boys); Olamide Adedeji and Ahmed Ololade aka Asake (Amapiano); David Adeleke, aka Davido, featuring Musa Makamu, aka Musa Key (Unavailable); and Oyinkansola Aderigbigbe, aka Ayra Starr (Rush).
Temilade Openiyi, aka Tems, was nominated in the Best song written for Visual Media Category for her work on the song, ‘Lift Me Up’, which is a soundtrack for the film, ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’.
According to the organisers of the award, the new category was created to highlight Africa’s significant impact on global music. The first winner of the new category will be announced on Sunday, February 4, 2024, at the award ceremony, which will hold at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, USA.
Meanwhile, Davido was nominated in two other categories— Best Global Music Album, and Best Global Music Performance— and he has not hidden his desire to bring home the plaudits.
Speaking with a French TV channel, France 24, during the week, the ‘Unavilable’ singer said, “God’s timing is the best. African music has been dominant for years. I am really happy about this new category, not just for myself but my fellow nominees.”
(Punch)
