Tyla, from South Africa, has won the 2024 Grammy Award for Best African Music Performance for her song Water.  This is the inaugural year for the category, in which Asake and Olamide (Amapiano), Ayra Starr (Rush), Burna Boy (City Boys), and Davido featuring Musa Keys (Unavailable) were also nominated.   Best African Music Performance is one of three brand new categories debuting at the 2024 Grammy Awards, along with Best Alternative Jazz Album and Best Pop Dance Recording.  Water will appear on Tylas self-titled debut album, which is out March 22.  The post Tyla beats Davido, Burna Boy, Ayra Starr, and Asake to win the Grammy Award for Best African Music Performance appeared first on 9jabook.com.

The 66th Grammy Award saw a record number of Nigerians nominated for different categories including the inaugural Best African Music Performance category with 5 Nigerian artists taking four out of five spots, however in a surprising turn of events no Nigerian won any of the awards nominated.

During the nominations Nigeria saw a record of 10 nominations but has failed to win any of those categories.

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The best Global Music Album category was won by Shakti for his work ‘This Moment’ while the best Global Music Performance category was won by Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Zakir for their song ‘Pashto’.

Tyla beat the likes of Davido, Burna Boy, Asake Olamide and Ayra Starr to win the coveted new Best African Music Performance.