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Grammy nomination: list of Nigerian songs that made it to Grammy nomination list
Nigerian music has come of age, and the world is taking notice. The Grammy Awards, in particular, have recognized the talent and creativity of Nigerian artists.
Here’s a list of Nigerian songs that have been nominated for a Grammy Award, a testament to the country’s thriving music industry.
1998-2010.
— Babatunde Olatunji (1998) – “Love Drum Talk” (Best World Music Album)
— King Sunny Ade (1999) – “Odu” (Best World Music Album)
— Sade (2002) – “Lovers Rock” (Best Pop Vocal Album) – Won
— Femi Kuti (2003) – “Fight to Win” (Best World Music Album)
– Femi Kuti (2010) – “Day by Day” (Best Contemporary World Music Album)

Femi Kuti & son
2011-2020.
— Femi Kuti (2012) – “Africa for Africa” (Best World Music Album)
— Femi Kuti (2014) – “No Place for My Dream” (Best World Music Album)
— Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 (2019) – “Black Times” (Best World Music Album)
— Burna Boy (2020) – “African Giant” (Best World Music Album)

Burna-Boy
2021-2024
— Burna Boy (2021) – “Twice as Tall” (Best Global Music Album) – Won
— Wizkid (2022) – “Made in Lagos (Deluxe Edition)” (Best Global Music Album)
— Tems (2022) – “Essence” (Best Global Music Performance)
— Burna Boy (2023) – “Love, Damini” (Best Global Music Album)
— Tems (2023) – “Wait for You” – Won (Best Melodic Rap Performance)

Tems& Burna-Boy
2024
— Davido – “Timeless” (Best Global Music Album)
— Burna Boy – “I Told Them” (Best Global Music Album)
— Asake, Olamide – “Amapiano” (Best African Music Performance)
— Davido – “Unavailable” (Best African Music Performance)
— Ayra Starr – “Rush” (Best African Music Performance)

Nigerian artist
2025 Nominees.
— Burna Boy – “Higher” (Best African Music Performance)
— Asake & Wizkid – “MMS” (Best African Music Performance)
— Chris Brown – “Sensational” (feat. Davido & Lojay) (Best African Music Performance)
— Tems – “Love Me JeJe” (Best African Music Performance)
— Yemi Alade – “Tomorrow” (Best African Music Performance)
— Rema – “HEIS” (Best Global Music Album)
— Tems – “Born in the Wild” (Best Global Music Album)
— Tems – “Burning” (Best R&B Song)

Nigerian artists
As the Nigerian music industry continues to evolve and thrive, we can expect to see more Grammy nominations and wins in the future.
For now, let’s celebrate these remarkable achievements and the artists who have made them possible.
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Burna Boy to Headline Day 1 of Rolling Loud India
Burna Boy is debuting in India for the first time. The Grammy-winning Nigerian star is on the lineup for Rolling Loud India 2026, and he will headline Day 1 on Saturday, December 12, in Mumbai. American producer Metro Boomin joins him at the top.
The festival goes on for two days, December 12 and 13, and the full lineup was announced on October 19. Thirty artists will perform, and ten of them have Indian roots.

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Burna Boy, Metro Boomin and UK grime artist Skepta will all perform in India for the first time. Big Sean is also making his India debut. Others on Day 1 include GoldLink, Haryanvi rapper Dhanda Nyoliwala and Steel Banglez. Slayr and Paal Dabba also perform that day.
Day 2 on December 13 is headlined by Karan Aujla and Skepta. ScHoolboy Q and Seedhe Maut will also perform that day. Aujla is back for the second year running. In 2025, when the festival made its India debut, he became the first Punjabi artist to headline Rolling Loud India.
Burna Boy won the Grammy for Best Global Music Album in 2021 with “Twice as Tall”. He has also worked with Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala on a collaboration.

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The first India edition was held on November 22 and 23, 2025, at Loud Park in Navi Mumbai. Central Cee, Wiz Khalifa and Don Toliver performed alongside Aujla that year.
Rolling Loud co-founder and CEO Matt Zingler said fans in India were open to all kinds of music, and that this shaped how the lineup was put together.
Tickets are sold exclusively on District, and the festival is open to all ages.
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Victony’s ‘SLICK Remix’ Video Featuring Summer Walker and Don Toliver: Review
Victony has released the official video for the SLICK remix, and he shot it in a locker room and an indoor pool. The video was uploaded at midnight on October 16 and lasted for 2 minutes 31 seconds. Only Victony and Summer Walker appeared on screen. Don Toliver was on the song but not in the visuals.
The video started in a bright locker room full of wooden lockers. Women in matching light blue bodysuits dance around, with blue and white striped towels thrown on the benches. Later, the settings shifts to a tiled pool with gold railings, where women in blue swimsuits and swim caps posed in the water.
Victony appeared at the poolside in a black jacket with thin white stripes on the front and sunglasses. He stood still against the blue wall while the swimmers stretched out beside him. In another scene, he wore a shiny black leather jacket with glossy trousers while singing and making little gestures with his hands.

Photo: Instagram/@vict0ny
Summer Walker appeared in the darkest scenes. She leaned on a railing in a glittery two-piece under a sheer outfit, with only black behind her. In another shot, she wore a rust-coloured one-shoulder gown with big hoop earrings and bangles. The light hit her from the side, so half of her body stayed in shadow.
The dancing in the locker room and at the poolside suited SLICK, an Afrobeats song made for the dance floor. Summer Walker’s scenes, lit low and dark, suited her calm R&B delivery. The song came out in July 2026 and stayed at number one on Nigeria’s Official Top 100 for three weeks, Victony’s first solo song to do that. It also spent 13 weeks at number one on the UK Official Afrobeats Chart and reached number 2 on Billboard’s US Afrobeats Songs chart.
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Ayra Starr Announces StarrGirl World Tour for 2027
Ayra Starr has announced the StarrGirl World Tour. It covers 20 cities across Europe, the UK and North America and begins in January 2027.
The tour is for her third studio album, “Starrgirl”, which came out on August 14, 2026. She opens on January 20 at Live Music Hall in Cologne, Germany, and closes on April 14 at The Fillmore in San Francisco.

Photo: Instagram/@ayrastarr
In Europe, she plays Amsterdam on January 21, Paris on January 24, Milan on January 27, Zurich on January 29 and Brussels on January 31. The European leg ends in London on February 2 at Shepherd’s Bush Empire.
The North American shows start on March 18 in Houston. She then plays Dallas on March 19, Atlanta on March 21, Silver Spring on March 24, Boston on March 25, Philadelphia on March 26 and Brooklyn on March 28. After that come Toronto on March 29, Montreal on March 30, Chicago on April 1, Minneapolis on April 2 and Denver on April 5, before the San Francisco show.

Photo: Instagram/@ayrastarr
She announced the tour just after performing at the halftime show of the NFL game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on October 11.
Fans in Europe and the UK can access the artist presale from October 14, while Mastercard presale access is available to eligible cardholders in France, Italy and Belgium. General sales for all dates open on Friday, October 16, at 10am local time on Live Nation.
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