{"id":22557,"date":"2022-11-28T17:54:09","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T17:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/?p=22557"},"modified":"2022-11-28T17:54:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T17:54:12","slug":"ugandas-first-grammy-nomination-adds-to-record-year-for-african-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/11\/28\/ugandas-first-grammy-nomination-adds-to-record-year-for-african-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda\u2019s First Grammy Nomination Adds To Record Year For African Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Key Facts<br \/>\nThis week, the Recording Academy announced the nominees for the 65th annual Grammy Awards, which will be handed out on February 5, 2023 in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>Musuuza went to Instagram to express what an honor and a great time this is for his country to make it to the list of nominees for the awards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t believe that I\u2019m nominated in @recordingacademy,\u201d he shared on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>And then tweeted: \u201cWe are so grateful to God almighty for such a great moment in our country. Fellow artists thank you, this is for all of us. Uganda thank you for raising me. East Africa stand up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musuuza was nominated alongside Ghana\u2019s Rocky Dawuni; South Africa\u2019s Wouter Kellerman; Zakes Bantwini and Nomcebo Zikode; and Burna Boy are all running for Best Global Music Performance.<\/p>\n<p>Five-time Grammy Award winner Ang\u00e9lique Kidjo has also now been nominated for Best Global Music Album.<\/p>\n<p>Nigerian superstar, Tems, is also in the running alongside international rappers, Future and Drake, in the Best Melodic Rap Performance category for the song, \u2018Wait For U\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2022 has been a great year for African music, and it seems that this streak is set to continue as yet another artist from the continent has broken barriers and is being recognized globally. Edrisah Musuuza, popularly known as Eddy Kenzo, has become the first Ugandan to be nominated for the prestigious Grammy Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12963,"featured_media":22554,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,31],"tags":[7,14,32],"class_list":{"0":"post-22557","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-music","9":"tag-apie-project","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-music"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Uganda\u2019s First Grammy Nomination Adds To Record Year For African Music - APIE NEWS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/appsaf.apieproject.com\/news\/2022\/11\/28\/ugandas-first-grammy-nomination-adds-to-record-year-for-african-music\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Uganda\u2019s First Grammy Nomination Adds To Record Year For African Music - APIE NEWS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"2022 has been a great year for African music, and it seems that this streak is set to continue as yet another artist from the continent has broken barriers and is being recognized globally. 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