Davido and Burna Boy lose out for di 2024 edition of di Grammy Awards.
Di two big Nigerian artists lose to South African singer, Tyla, on Sunday, for di award for di Best African Music Performance category.
Apart from Davido and Burna Boy, di female rapper beat oda Nigerian acts including Asake.
Tyla ‘Water’ na im beat ‘Unavailable’ by Davido, ‘Amapiano’ by Asake, ‘City Boys’ by Burna Boy and ‘Rush’ by Ayra Starr.
Di 22 year old, Tyla na South Africa artiste wey don ginger di western space with her brand of Amapiano.
Infact, di level wey she blow reach Nigeria sotay for May 2023, she feature Ayra Starr for one song wey dem call Girl Next Door.
Davido bin tweet afta di event to congratulate Tyla say “Congratulations for your win! Big one for Africa! Keep Soaring!”
Meawhile for Naija, dis one don cause serious gbege on top social media wia pipo don say Nigeria and South Africa go meet again for wetin dem dey call di Amapiano vs Afrobeats battle.
Dis na as Nigeria and South Africa dey play against each oda for di African Cup of Nations semi-finals on Wednesday.
Davido, Burna Boy and oda Africans wey gbab nominations
Davido and Burna Boy bin also dey among di nominees for “Best Global Music Performance” award category wey dem also lose.
World fusion band Shakti win di Grammy for Global Album wit “This Moment”, beating Davido “Timeless” and Burna Boys’ “I Told Them”.
Davido bin gbab three nominations in total for di Global Music Performance, African Music Performance and Global Music Album categories.
Davido and Burna Boy also miss out on di Global Music Performance category wia Burna Boy bin dey nominated for im song Alone and Davido bin dey nominated for FEEL.
Na American artistes Béla Fleck, Edgar Meye and Indian Zakir Hussain featuring Rakesh Chaurasia win di award for dia song, Pashto.
Full List of winners
Best Global Music Performance
- Winner: Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia – Pashto
- Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily – Shadow Forces
- Burna Boy – Alone
- Davido – FEEL
- Silvana Estrada – Milagro Y Desastre
- Falu & Gaurav Shah (Featuring PM Narendra Modi) – Abundance In Millets
- Ibrahim Maalouf Featuring Cimafunk & Tank And The Bangas – Todo Colores
Best African Music Performance
- Winner: Tyla – Water
- ASAKE & Olamide – Amapiano
- Burna Boy – City Boys
- Davido Featuring Musa Keys – UNAVAILABLE
- Ayra Starr – Rush
Best Global Music Album
- Winner: Shakti – This Moment
- Susana Baca – Epifanías
- Bokanté – History
- Burna Boy – I Told Them…
- Davido – Timeless
Album of the year
- Winner: Taylor Swift – Midnights
- Boygenius – The Record
- Janelle Monáe – The Age of Pleasure
- Jon Batiste – World Music Radio
- Lana Del Rey – Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
- Miley Cyrus – Endless Summer Vacation
- Olivia Rodrigo – Guts
- SZA – SOS
Record of the year
- Winner: Miley Cyrus – Flowers
- Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For?
- Boygenius – Not Strong Enough
- Jon Batiste – Worship
- Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
- SZA – Kill Bill
- Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
- Victoria Monét – On My Mama
Song of the year
- Winner: Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For?
- Dua Lipa – Dance the Night
- Jon Batiste – Butterfly
- Lana Del Rey – A&W
- Miley Cyrus – Flowers
- Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
- SZA – Kill Bill
- Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
Best new artist
- Winner: Victoria Monét
- Coco Jones
- Gracie Abrams
- Fred Again..
- Ice Spice
- Jelly Roll
- Noah Kahan
- The War and Treaty
Best pop solo performance
- Winner: Miley Cyrus – Flowers
- Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For?
- Doja Cat – Paint the Town Red
- Olivia Rodrigo – Vampire
- Taylor Swift – Anti-Hero
Best pop duo/group performance
- Winner: SZA Featuring Phoebe Bridgers – Ghost in the Machine
- Labrinth Featuring Billie Eilish – Never Felt So Alone
- Lana Del Rey Featuring Jon Batiste – Candy Necklace
- Miley Cyrus Featuring Brandi Carlile – Thousand Miles
- Taylor Swift Featuring Ice Spice – Karma
Best pop vocal album
- Winner: Taylor Swift – Midnights
- Kelly Clarkson – Chemistry
- Miley Cyrus – Endless Summer Vacation
- Olivia Rodrigo – Guts
- Ed Sheeran – – (Subtract)
Best R&B song
- Winner: SZA – Snooze
- Coco Jones – ICU
- Halle – Angel
- Robert Glasper ft. SiR & Alex Isley – Back to Love
- Victoria Monét – On My Mama
Best R&B performance
- Winner: Coco Jones – ICU
- Chris Brown – Summer Too Hot
- Robert Glasper Featuring Sir & Alex Isley – Back to Love
- SZA – Kill Bill
- Victoria Monét – How Does It Make You Feel
Best R&B album
- Winner: Victoria Monét – Jaguar II
- Babyface – Girls Night Out
- Coco Jones – What I Didn’t Tell You
- Emily King – Special Occasion
- Summer Walker – Clear 2: Soft Life EP
Best rap song
- Killer Mike ft André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane – Scientists & Engineers
- Doja Cat – Attention
- Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice ft Aqua – Barbie World
- Lil Uzi Vert – Just Wanna Rock
- Drake & 21 Savage – Rich Flex
Best rap performance
- Killer Mike ft André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane – Scientists & Engineers
- Baby Keem feat Kendrick Lamar – The Hillbilles
- Black Thought – Love Letter
- Drake & 21 Savage – Rich Flex
- Coi Leray – Players
Best melodic rap performance
- Winner: Lil Durk feat J Cole – All My Life
- Burna Boy feat 21 Savage – Sittin’ on Top of the World
- Doja Cat – Attention
- Drake & 21 Savage – Spin Bout U
- SZA – Low
Best rap album
- Winner: Killer Mike – Michael
- Drake & 21 Savage – Her Loss
- Metro Boomin – Heroes & Villains
- Nas – King’s Disease III
- Travis Scott – Utopia
Best dance/electronic recording
- Winner: Skrillex, Fred again.. & Flowdan – Rumble
- Aphex Twin – Blackbox Life Recorder 21F
- James Blake – Loading
- Disclosure – Higher Than Ever Before
- Romy & Fred again.. – Strong
Best dance/electronic album
- Winner: Fred again.. – Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022)
- James Blake – Playing Robots Into Heaven
- The Chemical Brothers – For That Beautiful Feeling
- Kx5 – Kx5
- Skrillex – Quest for Fire
Best pop dance recording
- Winner: Kylie Minogue – Padam Padam
- David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray – Baby Don’t Hurt Me
- Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding – Miracle
- Bebe Rexha & David Guetta – One In A Million
- Troye Sivan – Rush
Best rock performance
- Winner: Boygenius – Not Strong Enough
- Arctic Monkeys – Sculptures of Anything Goes
- Black Pumas – More Than a Love Song
- Foo Fighters – Rescued
- Metallica – Lux Æterna
Best rock song
- Winner: Boygenius – Not Strong Enough
- The Rolling Stones – Angry
- Olivia Rodrigo – Ballad of a Homeschooled Girl
- Queens of the Stone Age – Emotion Sickness
- Foo Fighters – Rescued
Best rock album
- Winner: Paramore – This Is Why
- Foo Fighters – But Here We Are
- Greta Van Fleet – Starcatcher
- Metallica – 72 Seasons
- Queens of the Stone Age – In Times New Roman…
Best alternative album
- Winner: Boygenius – The Record
- Arctic Monkeys – The Car
- Lana Del Rey – Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd
- Gorillaz – Cracker Island
- PJ Harvey – I Inside The Old Year Dying
Best alternative performance
- Winner: Paramore – This Is Why
- Alvvays – Belinda Says
- Arctic Monkeys – Body Paint
- Boygenius – Cool About It
- Lana Del Rey – A&W
Best música urbana album
- Winner: Karol G – Mañana Será Bonito
- Rauw Alejandro – Saturno
- Tainy – Data
Best folk album
- Winner: Joni Mitchell – Joni Mitchell at Newport
- Dom Flemons – Traveling Wildfire
- The Milk Carton Kids – I Only See the Moon
- Nickel Creek – Celebrants
- Old Crow Medicine Show – Jubilee
- Paul Simon – Seven Psalms
- Rufus Wainwright – Folkocracy
Best country album
- Winner: Lainey Wilson – Bell Bottom Country
- Brothers Osborne – Brothers Osborne
- Kelsea Ballerini – Rolling Up the Welcome Mat
- Tyler Childers – Rustin’ in the Rain
- Zach Bryan – Zach Bryan
Best country solo performance
- Winner: Chris Stapleton – White Horse
- Brandy Clark – Buried
- Dolly Parton – The Last Thing on My Mind
- Luke Combs – Fast Car
- Tyler Childers – In Your Love
Best country song
- Winner: Chris Stapleton – White Horse
- Brandy Clark – Buried
- Morgan Wallen – Last Night
- Tyler Childers – In Your Love
- Zach Bryan ft Kacey Musgraves – I Remember Everything
Best Americana performance
- Brandy Clark ft Brandi Carlile – Dear Insecurity
- Blind Boys of Alabama – Friendship
- Tyler Childers – Help Me Make It Through the Night
- Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – King of Oklahoma
- Allison Russell – The Returner
Best Americana album
- Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit – Weathervanes
- Brandy Clark – Brandy Clark
- Rodney Crowell – The Chicago Sessions
- Rhiannon Giddens – You’re the One
- Allison Russell – The Returner
Best traditional pop vocal album
- Winner: Laufey – Bewitched
- Liz Callaway – To Steve With Love: Liz Callaway Celebrates Sondheim
- Rickie Lee Jones – Pieces of Treasure
- Pentatonix – Holidays Around the World
- Bruce Springsteen – Only the Strong Survive
- Various – Sondheim Unplugged (The NYC Sessions), Vol. 3
Producer of the year, non-classical
- Winner: Jack Antonoff
- Daniel Nigro
- Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
- Hit-Boy
- Metro Boomin
Songwriter of the year, non-classical
- Winner: Theron Thomas
- Edgar Barrera
- Jessie Jo Dillon
- Shane McAnally
- Justin Tranter
Best music video
- Winner: The Beatles – I’m Only Sleeping
- Tyler Childers – In Your Love
- Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For
- Kendrick Lamar – Count Me Out
- Troye Sivan – Rush
Best song written for visual media
- Winner: Billie Eilish – What Was I Made For?
- Dua Lipa – Dance the Night
- Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice Featuring Aqua – Barbie World
- Rihanna – Lift Me Up
- Ryan Gosling – I’m Just Ken
Best compilation soundtrack for visual media
- Winner: Various artists – Barbie the Album
- Daisy Jones & the Six – Aurora
- Various Artists – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Various Artists – Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol 3: Awesome Mix, Vol 3
- “Weird Al” Yankovic – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Best score soundtrack album for visual media
- Winner: Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer
- John Williams – The Fabelmans
- John Williams – Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
- Ludwig Göransson – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt – Barbie
Best audio book, narration and storytelling recording
- Winner: Michelle Obama – The Light We Carry: Overcoming In Uncertain Times
- Meryl Streep – Big Tree
- William Shatner – Boldly Go: Reflections on a Life of Awe and Wonder
- Rick Rubin – The Creative Act: A Way of Being
- Senator Bernie Sanders – It’s Ok to Be Angry About Capitalism
Best score for video game or other interactive media
- Winner: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor – Stephen Barton and Gordy Haab, composers
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II – Sarah Schachner, composer
- God of War Ragnarök – Bear McCreary, composer
- Hogwarts Legacy – Peter Murray, J Scott Rakozy and Chuck E. Myers ‘Sea’, composers
- Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical – Jess Serro, Tripod and Austin Wintory, composers
Dr Dre Global Impact Award
- Winner: Jay-Z
Di Grammys create three new categories wey include di Best African Music Performance.
Di award dey to honour recordings wey use unique local expressions from Africa wey show regional musical traditions.
Di genres wey e dey cover na Afrobeat, Afro-fusion, Afro Pop, Afrobeats, Alte, Amapiano, Bongo Flava, Genge, Kizomba, Chimurenga, High Life, Fuji, Kwassa, Ndombolo, Mapouka, Ghanaian Drill, Afro-House, South African Hip-Hop, and Ethio Jazz genres among odas.
Dis dey come wit di success of songs like Calm down by Rema and Water by Tyla wey don give more visibility to African music overseas.
Di nominees for dis category dis year na: Amapiano by Asake & Olamide; City Boys by Burna Boy; Unavailable by Davido featuring Musa Keys; Rush by Ayra Starr; Water by Tyla.
Oda new categories na di Pop Dance Recording and Best Alternative Jazz Album.
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