By AFP
11 November 2024 |
7:06 pm
Nigeria’s afrobeats stars are assured of a comeback at subsequent yr’s Grammy Awards, after profitable a clear sweep of nominations for “Finest African Musical Efficiency”. February’s ceremony will mark solely the second time the class has been awarded, and this yr’s debut noticed Nigerian expertise pushed apart by South Africa’s Tyla. However all 5 tracks…
Nigeria’s afrobeats stars are assured of a comeback at subsequent yr’s Grammy Awards, after profitable a clear sweep of nominations for “Finest African Musical Efficiency”.
February’s ceremony will mark solely the second time the class has been awarded, and this yr’s debut noticed Nigerian expertise pushed apart by South Africa’s Tyla.
However all 5 tracks within the operating subsequent yr are from Nigeria or carried out with Nigerian artists, guaranteeing revenge.
This week’s nominations have been for “Increased” by Burna Boy, “Love Me JeJe” by Tems, “MMS” by Asake and Wizkid and “Tomorrow” by Yemi Alade.
The fifth music on the listing is Chris Brown’s “Sensational”, on which the American artist is accompanied by Nigerian performers Davido and Lojay.
Tems grew to become the primary Nigerian singer to win a Grammy in 2023 after she co-wrote Rihanna’s “Raise Me Up” for the soundtrack of the film “Black Panther: Wakanda Endlessly”.
Along with her nomination within the 2025 African efficiency class, she is now additionally shortlisted for “Finest Worldwide Album”, as is fellow Nigerian Rema.
In response to streaming website Spotify, afrobeats — a mixture of conventional rhythms and fashionable pop — is among the world’s hottest musical genres.
Music followers listened to 223 million hours of the music on 7.1 billion streams in 2023.
Afrobeats has its roots within the afrobeat (no ‘s’) pioneered by Nigerian megastar Fela Kuti in Seventies Lagos and has been influenced by worldwide hip-hop and rhythm and blues.
Exported to the West African diaspora in Britain and the USA, the style is breaking by into the worldwide mainstream and music awards circuit.
Music can also be one of many many spheres of rivalry between Nigeria and fellow African cultural big South Africa, which is exporting its “amapiano” sound.
South Africa’s Tyla and her music “Water” beat 4 Nigerian artists to grab this yr’s African efficiency Grammy, however she has no nominations for subsequent yr’s awards.
