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Timeline: Four Nigerians, Other African Grammy Awards Winners

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3 months ago

February 1, 2024

The biggest music event, the Grammy Awards, will be going down with its 66th edition in Los Angeles on Sunday, with a converging of the best of music stars from Africa and around the world, and this year’s edition won’t be any different.

Since the 1960s, the recognition of exceptional projects by African artists has been a tradition, marked by South Africa’s Mariam Makeba becoming the first African artist to receive the Grammy Awards.

Here are 14 African acts that have won Grammy awards.

Makeba (South Africa)

In 1966, South Africa’s Miriam Makeba, also known as Mama Africa, became the first African recording artist to win the Grammy Awards, just seven years after the award was first held.

Makeba won Best Folk Record for her album “An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba,” with American singer Harry Belafonte at the 8th Grammy awards .

Sade Adu (Nigerian-British)

Helen Folasade Adu was born in Ibadan, to a Yoruba-ancestry father and an English mother. She was the lead vocalist for her band, Sade, which bears her name.

In 1986, she won the ‘Best New Artist’ Grammy Awards. She also won the ‘Best R&B Performance By A Duo or Group with Vocal’ for “No Ordinary Love” (1993), the ‘Best Pop Vocal Album for’ “Lovers Rock” (2001), and the ‘Best R&B Performance By A Duo or Group with Vocals’ for “Soldier of Love” (2011) at the Grammy Awards.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo (South Africa)

In 1988, South Africa’s male choral group won the ‘Best Traditional Folk Recording’ for the song ‘Shaka Zulu’.

The group received 17 nominations and won four more Grammy awards: Best Traditional World Music Album for “Raise Your Spirit Higher” (2004), Best Traditional World Music Album for “Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu” (2009), Best World Music Album for “Live: Singing for Peace Around the World” (2013), and Best World Music Album for Shaka Zulu Revisited: 30th Anniversary Celebration (2018).

Ali Farka Touré (Mali)

Regarded as one of Africa’s most internationally renowned musicians, Toure received a total of five nominations, winning three times at the Grammy Awards.

He won the Best World Music Album for “Talking Timbuktu” (1994) and the Best World Music Album for “In The Heart Of The Moon” (2005). Following his death in 2006, he was posthumously awarded Best Traditional World Music Album for “Ali and Toumani” (2010) at the 53rd Grammy Awards.

Cesária Évora (Cape Verde)

Évora started as a club singer in the port city of Mindelo and became famous as the “Barefoot Diva,” performing without shoes in tribute to the poor.

She received six nominations, winning the Best Contemporary World Music Album for “Voz dámor” (2004) at the 47th Grammy Awards.

Youssou N’Dour (Senegal)

Ranked as one of the greatest singers of all time, N’Dour helped develop a style of popular Senegalese music known by all Senegambians.

He won the Best Contemporary World Music Album for “Egypt” (2005).

RedOne (Morocco)

Nadir Khayat popularly known as ‘Red One’, is considered one of the most influential record producer artists in contemporary music.

He has eight Grammy Awards nominations, winning Best Dance Recording for “Poker Face” (2010) and Pop Vocal Album for “The Fame Monster” (2011).

Tinariwen (Mali/Algeria/Libya)

The group consists of individuals from the nomadic Tuareg people of the Sahara.

They won the World Music Album for “Tassili” (2012) at the 54th Grammy Awards.

Wouter Kellerman (South Africa)
Kellerman is a South African flautist, producer, and composer who explores the versatility of the instrument and fuses classical and contemporary sounds.

He won the Best New Age Album for “Winds Of Samsara” (2015) and the Best Global Music Performance for “Bayethe” (2022) at the 57th and 64th Grammy Awards respectively.

Angélique Kidjo (Benin)

Beninese-French artiste Angélique Kidjo is the African artist with the most Grammy Awards.

She won in 2007, 2015, 2016, 2020, and 2022 in the categories: ‘Best Contemporary World Music Album,’ Best World Music Album (won three times), and Best Global Music Album,” respectively.

Burna Boy (Nigeria)

Nigerian Afrobeats star Damini Ogulu (Burna Boy) is the first Nigerian male artist to win the Grammy Awards for an original work.

Burna Boy won the Best Global Music Album for “Twice As Tall” (2021). At the 66th Grammy Awards, he received four nominations.

Wizkid (Nigeria)

Ayodeji Balogun ‘Wizkid’ is regarded as one of Nigeria’s greatest musical acts.

Wizkid won the Best Music Video category, for his collaboration on the track “Brown Skin Girl” with Beyoncé and Blue Ivy at the 63rd Grammy Awards in 2021.

Black Coffee (South Africa)

“The DJ/producer’s victory represents a shift around ideas of what African musicians are capable of, from traditional genres and folk music to the high-tech world of electronic dance music,” Grammy stated.

Black Coffee won the Best Dance/Electronic Music Album for “Subconsciously” (2022) at the 64th Grammy Awards.

Tems (Nigeria)

Temilade Openiyi popularly known as Tems won the Best Melodic Rap Performance for “WAIT FOR U” (Future, Drake & Tems) at the 65th Grammy Awards.

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You’re Wicked Soul – Actress Okorie Slams Zubby Michael For Mourning Junior Pope On Instagram

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1 day ago

April 28, 2024

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Actress Angela Okorie has again slammed her colleague, Zubby Michael for mourning late actor Junior Pope on Instagram.

In an Instagram post she shared, Angela alleged that Zubby took to the social media platform to mourn Junior Pope because he was called out. She also claimed that Zubby never celebrated Junior Pope when he was alive, adding that he should take his ‘’fake love” to Lucifer.

Angela further claimed that some people have planned to attend Junior Pope’s burial to ‘’pack sands from his grave to chain his spirit.”

She wrote: “Zubby onye bu Nwanne gi cos we don drag you,you Dey post JP make people think say you be better person,
You are a very wicked soul zubby everybody knows that
You have never celebrated him RIP too sweet u to post E
what de heck nigga Ina puala onye iberibe
Take your fake love elsewhere we know you Lucifer
You have never ment well for him people wey know know,
You never posted his birthdays,films,achievements, why posting him now Muderfu*cker

Zubby boli boli wey you give demonic money
Where is he, we all know anybody wey you give money,
His or her life never remains same,is either they stop growing or stop excelling,or fall sick and die, you are evil
Untie peoples destinies else you will have me to contend with for the rest of your life, I Angel of the most high God is your karma, I am the Lords battle Axe, you know say spiritually and physically all of you can’t do me shit,touch me by mistake and die by correction filthy things.
I am light and I have no business with darkness.

Note: The lord revealed that some people going to Junior pop’s burial are planing to pack sands from his grave to chain his spirit.
Y’all should put your eyes on the ground , his grave should be sealed immediately no1 apart from his family members should go close to his grave,they want to chain his spirit Ndi ala

Rest in power Bro, it’s so painful to know you are gone forever but you are in our hearts forever,we will never forget all your good deeds
While you are alive,The world will miss you, I miss you, nollywood is miss you , bro is still like a dream to me so na JP we Dey go put for ground ah I Dey
Vex.”

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JUST IN: Nollywood Veteran Actor, Ogunjimi Is Dead

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3 days ago

April 26, 2024

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The Nigerian movie industry has again been thrown into mourning after the news of the death of another veteran Yoruba Actor Ganiyu Oyeyemi popularly known as Ogunjimi, surfaced on social media on Friday.

Ogunjimi’s death was announced by a Yoruba actor, Kunle Afod, in a post on his Instagram page.

Mourning the actor, Afod wrote, “We tried our best but God loves you more.

“May his soul rest in peace. Baba Ogunjinmi, RIP, Sun re oooo.”

At the time of writing this report, the cause of death has not yet been ascertained.

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I Wanted My Face In My v@gina – American Singer Speaks On Her Sexuality

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4 days ago

April 24, 2024

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American singer, Billie Eilish has opened up on her sexuality, giving out a more graphic detail in a new interview.

In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Billie discussed her forthcoming song, “Lunch”, in which she shared details of being intimate with another woman. She said she began writing the song before doing anything with another girl but was able to finish it after one eye-opening encounter with a female.

The singer said: “I’ve been in love with girls for my whole life, but I just didn’t understand, until, last year, I realized I wanted my face in a vagina.

“I was never planning on talking about my sexuality ever, in a million years. It’s really frustrating to me that it came up.”

Billie now seems far more comfortable talking about sex, including the topic of masturbation. In the interview, she confessed to pleasuring herself regularly in front of a mirror, stating it helps with her self-esteem.

She added: “Partly because it’s hot, but it also makes me have such a raw, deep connection to myself and my body, and have a love for my body that I have not really ever had.

“People should be jerking it, man. I can’t stress it enough, as somebody with extreme body issues and dysmorphia that I’ve had my entire life.”