The Grammy Awards committee has omitted the names of Wizkid and Tems from the list of past African winners of the award since 1960.
Tems won it with “Wait For You” featuring Drake in 2023, while Wizkid won in 2021 with the ‘Best Music Video’ category with ‘Brown Skin Girl’ , a song by Beyonce. Wizkid and Tems being left out of the list is probably because they did collabos with other artists.
But the duo were nowhere to be found on the list of 10 past African winners ahead of the 66th Grammy Awards billed for February 4, 2024 in Los Angeles. Asake, Olamide, Tems, Burna Boy, and Ayra Starr have been nominated in the ‘Best African Music Performance’ category.
Grammy Award – Africa Winners List
Miriam Makeba (South Africa) — Best Folk Recording (with Harry Belafonte) – 1966
Sade Adu (Nigeria/UK) — Best New Artist – 1986
Ali Farka Touré (Mali) — Best World Music Album – 1994
Cesária Évora (Cape Verde) — Best Contemporary World Music Album – 2004
Youssou N’Dour (Senegal) — Best Contemporary World Music Album – 2005
Angélique Kidjo (Benin/France) — Best Contemporary World Music Album – 2008
RedOne (Morocco) — Best Dance/Electronic Album – 2010
Tinariwen (Mali/Algeria/Libya) — Best World Music Album – 2012
Burna Boy (Nigeria) — Best Global Music Album – 2021
Black Coffee (South Africa) – Best Dance/ Electronic Album — 2022
