The Recording Academy has today unveiled the nominees in 94 separate categories for the 2024 Grammy Awards, which holds on Sunday February 4.
Some of the standout categories include Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Best African Music Performance, Song of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Gospel Album, Best Global Music Album, among others.
As with recent years, several Nigerian stars were nominated for the Grammys. Burna Boy leads the way with 4 nominations, with Davido having 3 nominations. Olamide emerged as the first Nigerian rapper to be nominated for the Grammy, with Asake and Ayra Starr also nominated.
Asides Burna Boy, the other Nigerian artistes are earning their first ever Grammy nominations.
Categories of Nigerian artistes nominations:
Best Global Music Album:
Davido – Timeless
Burna Boy –Â I Told Them
Best African Music Performance:
Asake and Olamide – Amapiano
Davido ft. Musa Keys –Â UnavailableÂ
Burna Boy – City Boys
Ayra Starr – Rush
Burna Boy‘s Alone and Davido‘s Feel are both nominated for Best Global Music Performance; while Burna Boy‘s ‘Sittin’ on Top of the World’ was nominated for the Best Melodic Rap Performance.
Shortly after the announcement of his 3 nominations, Davido took to X (formerly Twitter) to celebrate the news.
https://twitter.com/davido/status/1723013143272534430?t=MqVZaKqy5DE_UFLsKmvC4w&s=19You can watch the full Grammy Nomination Ceremony in the YouTube video below: