4 Nigerian Artists Aiming for Multiple Grammy Nomination in 2024

As excitement mounts for the highly anticipated announcement of the nominees for the 2024 Grammy Awards, we take a look at some Nigerian artists who could potentially be receiving nominations this upcoming Friday.

The Recording Academy has officially released the list of nominees for the 66th edition of the Grammy Awards, scheduled for Friday, November 10, 2023. The introduction of the Best Africa Music Performance category has opened up new opportunities for talented African and Nigerian artists to receive well-deserved nominations.

Thanks to the global surge in popularity of Afrobeats, the odds of Nigerian artists securing multiple Grammy nominations are on the rise. With that in mind, we’ve compiled a list of four Nigerian artists who are poised to earn more than one Grammy award nomination this Friday.

 

Wizkid

Given that Wizkid’s album ‘More Love Less Ego’ dropped within the eligibility period for the 66th Grammy Awards, he’s hopeful for four potential nominations this upcoming Friday.

Here’s a rundown of the categories and the projects that could earn nominations:

Collaboration of the Year: ‘Link Up’ by Metro Boomin ft Wizkid and Don Toliver

Best Global Music Album: More Love Less Ego

Best African Music Performance: 2 Sugar’ Wizkid ft Ayra Starr

Album Of The Year: METRO BOOMIN PRESENTS SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE

 

Burna Boy

Burna Boy

After the tremendous success of his latest album, “I Told Them,” Burna Boy is set to secure a minimum of four nominations in various categories for the upcoming Grammy Awards in 2024.

Let’s take a look at the potential categories:

Best African Music Performance: City Boys

Best Global Music Album: I Told Them

Best Rap Performance: Sittin on Top of the World ft 21 Savage

Best Collaboration: Sittin on Top of the World ft 21 Savage

 

Davido

Davido

Davido has experienced a remarkable year, thanks to the triumphant launch of his fourth studio album, ‘Timeless.’ As a result, the talented singer is poised to earn his maiden Grammy nomination. There are two potential categories where he could secure nominations:

Best Global Music Album: Timeless

Best African Music Performance: Feel

 

Rema

Rema

Rema is on the verge of earning his inaugural Grammy Award nomination after a remarkable 2023. Unfortunately, his popular collaboration with Selena Gomez, ‘Calm Down (remix),’ won’t be eligible for consideration, as it was released before the awards’ eligibility window for the February 2024 ceremony.

The singer could potentially secure nominations in the following categories:

Best New Artist

Best African Music Performance

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