Tems, Burna Boy, and More Nominated for the 65th GRAMMY Awards
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Just a few hours ago, The Recording Academy released the full list of nominees for the 2023 GRAMMY Awards show scheduled for February 5, 2023, and a healthy number of leading African artists landed nominations across top categories.
As expected, Nigerian superstar Tems led the African nominees with a total of three (3) nominations across the categories of Album of the Year for Beyonce’s ‘Renaissance’, Best Rap Song for ‘Wait For U’, and Best Melodic Rap for ‘Wait For U’. These nominations are a nod to Tems’ musical genius and her growing influence on the global stage.
With a likely 2024 GRAMMY nomination for her feature on the Black Panther Wakanda Forever soundtrack, Tems continues to prove to herself and the world that she’s exactly the bad b*#ch she thinks she is! 🔥
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The African Giant himself, Burna Boy, also made the 2023 GRAMMY nomination list with a total of two (2) nominations for Best Global Music Performance and Best Global Music Album for ‘Last Last’ and ‘Love, Damini’ respectively.
The Best Global Music Album category, however, is notably contested by other top African artists including Eddy Kenzo from Uganda, Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini and Nomcebo Zikode from South Africa, Rocky Dawuni from Ghana, and Beninese music legend Angelique Kidjo whose latest studio album ‘Queen of Sheba’ also made the cut.
Kidjo, however, is also nominated in the Best Song Written for Visual Media category for ‘Keep Rising,’ which was featured in the movie ‘The Woman King’. This brings her total nominations for the 65th GRAMMY Awards to a total of two (2).
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Beyoncé leads the pack of the 2023 GRAMMY nominees with a total of nine (9) nominations, which puts her in a tie with her husband, rap legend Jay-Z, as the most GRAMMY-nominated artists of all time.
Both Bey and Jay each have a total of eighty-eight (88) GRAMMY nominations. With this achievement, The Carters have established themselves as music royalty with no peers in sight. 😌
Considering recent speculation about the creation of a category for Afrobeats at the GRAMMYs, we look forward to a time when African artists get to rack up the most GRAMMY nominations in the way that Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Adele and Brandi Carlile have done for the upcoming 65th GRAMMY Awards.
This is the age of African music and, if this year’s GRAMMY nominations are anything to go by, the world is taking note.
