Spanzy the Egweji crooner had this to say when he was with "Uyomi team" an international magazine publisher live, in an interaction with Tuface:
Talking about the gramophone Award popularly called the Grammy...Anyone can win an award if "all things are equal". A good example will be when Dbanj had beaten Akon,2face and Davido to an award 2years back.
It wasn't that Dbanj was that good to beat Tuface (to start with) or even Akon, but the manner or system in which the "host voting" was done. Let me explain, an award category is given to a radio station and then fans are urged to vote their nominations. In this case, the host radio station was in Nigeria or another country in Africa if memory serves me right. Needless to say, people nominated Dbanj and as a result he won the award at the event
Now, the question is would Dbanj have won the award if it were somewhere more neutral? To beat even Akon to an award?Most likely not. Hence my beginning statement of " when all things are equal"
As for Grammy, it's yet to come. Why? Well, the panels that decides the award whilst comprise of many relevant experts, however, there is yet to be a product out of the Nigeria's industry that is truly worthy of a Grammy. All the Nigerians who have won or nominated in the past had worked on very good projects artistically and not just party mass appeal (which is what Nigeria music is mostly about) for example Seal-kiss from a rose (batman) , Sade Adu etc have all worked on projects/albums that are almost "textbook stuff". Perhaps when the music and movie industry in Nigeria gets to that level which we are close to, the Grammy will be awarded? But as it stands?watch out for me,with due respect...
Again these are my views and opinions. Thanks.
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