Nigerian Afrobeats stars Burna Boy, Asake and Rema have been nominated for the BRIT Awards, the biggest music event in the UK.
Burna Boy and Asake are nominated for the International Artist of the Year award, a category which also has Taylor Swift, Kyle Minogue, SZA and Lana Del Rey competing.
Rema’s ‘Calm Down’ was penciled for the International Song of the Year category. He has Tyla’s “Water“ and Libianca’s “People“ to contend with.
Meanwhile Singer-songwriter Raye has received seven Brit Award nominations, a new record for one artist in a single year.
She has overtaken Craig David, Gorillaz and Robbie Williams, who previously held the joint record with six each.
Raye’s nominations include one for artist of the year, a category in which six of the 10 nominees are female.
That is in stark contrast to last year, when there was an all-male best artist line-up after the merging of the best British male and female categories.
