Tems Beats Davido, Wizkid, Burna Boy, Others To Bag First Individual Grammy Award

By Anuoluwapo Lebi

Nigeria-Born musician, Temilade Openiyi, Tems has outshined other Nigerian big names in the Nigeria music industry- Yemi Alade, Asake, Wizkid, Davido, Burna Boy, Lojay, who were nominated in the same category, to secure her first individual Grammy Award, for Best African Music Performance.

Tems won ‘Best African Music Performance’ award at the 67th Grammy Awards on Monday night.

Although, in 2023, Tems won the Best Melodic Rap Performance category for her contribution to the hit song ‘Wait for U’ with Future and Drake. It was not an individual award.

Tems received three nominations at this year’s Grammys, bringing her career total to eight. She was also nominated for Best Global Music Album (Born in the Wild) and Best R&B Song (Burning).

The 67th Grammy Awards took place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday.