Nigerian artiste Temilade Openiyi, referred to in showbiz as Tems, has won the Best African Music Performance award with her tune Love Me JeJe at the 67th Yearly Grammy Awards.
The ceremony was hung on February 2, 2025, at the Crypto.com Field in Los Angeles.
This denotes Tems' second Grammy win. She won her first Grammy in 2023 for Best Melodic Rap Performance for her joint effort on Future's Hang tight For You, highlighting Drake.
South African artist Tyla won the Best African Music Performance awards last year with Water, when the category was first presented.
In her discourse while getting the honor, Tems communicated her appreciation to every one individuals who have been of extraordinary help to her.
"Dear God, thank you kindly for putting me on this stage and presenting to me this team. Tomorrow is my mum's birthday, and this is her first Grammy. I simply need to thank you, mum, since she's truly done a ton for myself as well as my sibling. I need to thank my team— thank you kindly. To God be the greatness, in light of the fact that really, He's changed my life to such an extent. Thank you kindly, thank you, God," she said.
Different nominees in the category were Yemi Alade (Tomorrow), Asake and Wizkid (MMS), Chris Brown Featuring Davido and Lojay (Hair-raising), and Burna Boy (Higher).
The Best African Music Performance category perceives accounts that use extraordinary nearby articulations from across the African landmass. Featuring territorial melodic, consonant, and cadenced melodic practices, the class incorporates, however isn't restricted to, Afrobeat, Afro-combination, Afro Pop, Afrobeats, Alte, Amapiano, Bongo Flava, Genge, Kizomba, Chimurenga, Lap of luxury, Fuji, Kwassa, Ndombolo, Mapouka, Ghanaian Drill, Afro-House, South African Hip-Jump, and Ethio Jazz types.
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