The Grammys spotlight and honour \u201cartistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position.\u201d<\/p>\n
Burna Boy scored four nods, including for Best Melodic Rap Performance , Best Global Music Album, Best Global Music Performance and Best African Music Performance. Fellow Nigerian singer Davido secured three nods.<\/p>\n
At the same time, Asake, Olamide, Ayra Starr and Tyla scored their first nominations in the Best African Performance category, newly introduced as part of a larger set of updates and amendments aimed at making the awards process \u201cmore fair, transparent and accurate\u201d, according to Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason jr.<\/p>\n
Back in February, South African artists Nomcebo Zikode, Zakes Bantwini and Wouter Kellerman emerged triumphant in the Best Global Music Performance category at the 65th Grammys. Nigerian singer Tems also took home her first Grammy in the Best Melodic Rap Performance category for her appearance on Future\u2019s \u2018Wait for U\u2019 featuring Drake,<\/p>\n
Below is the list of categories featuring African nominees:<\/p>\n
Best African Music Performance<\/p>\n
\u2018Amapiano\u2019 by Asake & Olamide
\n\u2018City Boys\u2019 by Burna Boy
\n\u2018Unavailable\u2019 by Davido ft. Musa Keys
\n\u2018Rush\u2019 by Ayra Starr
\n\u2018Water\u2019 by Tyla
\nBest Melodic Rap Performance<\/p>\n
\u2018Sittin’ On Top Of The World\u2019 by Burna Boy ft. 21 Savage
\n\u2018Attention\u2019 by Doja Cat
\n\u2018Spin Bout U\u2019 by Drake & 21 Savage
\n\u2018All My Life\u2019 by Lil Durk Featuring J. Cole
\n\u2018Low\u2019 by SZA
\nBest Global Music Performance<\/p>\n
\u2018Shadow Forces\u2019 by Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily
\n\u2018Alone\u2019 by Burna Boy
\n\u2018FEEL\u2019 by Davido
\n\u2018Milagro Y Disastre\u2019 by Silvana Estrada
\n\u2018Abundance In Millets\u2019 by Falu & Gaurav Shah ft. PM Narendra Modi)
\n\u2018Pashto\u2019 by B\u00e9la Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia
\n\u2018Todo Colores\u2019 by Ibrahim Maalouf ft. Cimafunk & Tank And The Bangas
\nBest Global Music Album<\/p>\n
\u2018Epifan\u00edas\u2019 by Susana Baca
\n\u2018History\u2019 by Bokant\u00e9
\n\u2018I Told Them…\u2019 by Burna Boy
\n\u2018Timeless\u2019 by Davido
\n\u2018This Moment\u2019 by Shakti<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Recording Academy has announced the nominees for the 66th Grammys, with African artists, including Nigeria\u2019s Burna Boy and Ayra Star as well as South Africa\u2019s Tyla, among the stars up for the awards on 5 February 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12963,"featured_media":35742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2,31],"tags":[7,14,32],"class_list":{"0":"post-35745","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"category-featured","9":"category-music","10":"tag-apie-project","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-music"},"yoast_head":"\n