Sunday, 24 November 2019

62nd Grammy Awards Were Announced At 2:30 pm November 20, 2019 (five Nigerians with Grammy nominations)


Burna Boy's album, African Giant got nominated in the Best World Music Album category. He was nominated in the category alongside Altin Gรผn for Gece, Bokantรฉ & Metropole Orkest Conducted By Jules Buckley for What Heat, Nathalie Joachim With Spektral Quartet for Fanm D'Ayiti, and Angelique Kidjo for Celia.


Here is the list;

a.) Artist: King Sunny Ade

Profession: Artiste, Instrumentalist, Musician
Nominated For: Syncro System (1984), Odu (1999)
Category: Best Ethnic of Traditional Folk Recording, Best World Music Album
Year: 1984, 1999
Result: Nominated

b.) Artiste: Femi Kuti

Profession: Artist, Performer, Instrumentalist, Musician
Nominated For: Fight To Win (1999), Day By Day (2010), Africa For Africa (2012), No Place For My Dream (2014)
Category: Best World Music Album (1999, 2012, 2014), Best Contemporary World Music Album (2010)
Year: 1999, 2010, 2012, 2014
Result: Nominated

c.) Artiste: Seun Kuti and Egypt 80

Profession: Artist, Performer, Instrumentalist, Musician
Nominated For: Black Times
Category: Best World Music Album
Year: 2018
Result: Nominated

d.) Artiste: Sikiru Adepoju

Profession: Drummer
Nominated For: Love Drum Talk
Category: Best World Music Award
Year: 1998
Result: Nominated

e.) Artiste: Burna Boy

Profession: Artiste, Performer
Nominated For: African Giant (2020)
Category: Best World Music Award
Year: 2020
Status: TBA

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