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Burna Boy and Davido are among the Nigerian music heavyweights nominated for the 2024 Grammy Awards.
The nominees for the 66th award ceremony — which recognises recordings released from October 1, 2022, to September 15, 2023 — were announced on Friday evening.
Davido, who is getting his first-ever nomination for the prestigious award, earned three categories, including ‘Best Global Album’ for his latest album, ‘Timeless’.
Others are ‘Best African Performance’ for his song ‘Unavailable’ and ‘Best Global Music Performance’ for his track ‘Feel’
Apparently elated with the announcement, Davido took to his X handle and wrote, “3 nominations at the Grammys!! Delay is not Denial!! ”.
3 nominations at the Grammys!! Delay is not Denial!! 🏆🌎
— Davido (@davido) November 10, 2023
Burna Boy, who is not new to winning the prestigious award, was nominated in four categories, including ‘Sitting On Top of the World’ (Best Melodic Rap), ‘I Told Them’ (Best Global Music Album), ‘Alone’ (Best Global Music Performance) and ‘City Boys’ (Best African Music Performance).
Other Nigerian singers who grabbed at least one nomination include Tems, Asake, Arya Starr and Olamide.
SZA is the top nominee for the 66th annual Grammy Awards with nine nods.
The award ceremony will take place on February 4, 2024, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.
