Nigerian artistes lose all 10 nominations at the 66th Grammy Awards
5 February 2024
The 66th Grammy award ceremony was held in the Los Angeles on February 5, 2024 with Burna Boy and Davido leading the Nigerian contingent with 4 and 3 nominations respectively.
Ayra Starr, Asake, and Olamide also had one nomination each bringing the total nominations for Nigerian artists to 10.
However, Nigerian artists failed to pick of any of the 4 categories they were nominated in with Tyla picking up the award for the maiden African Music Performance.
Davido and Burna Boy lost the Global Album category to Shakti’s ‘The Moment’ and Global Music Performance category to ‘Pashto’ while the latter lost lost the Best Melodic Rap performance to Lil Durk‘s ‘All My Life’.