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Behold, Past Grammy Award Winners Of Nigerian Origin
Before the victory of Burna Boy and Wizkid in the just concluded 2021 edition of the annual Grammy award, other Nigerians have also won the prestigious global awards. They include:
Sade Adu:- The award winning singer cum song writer is the first artiste of Nigerian origin to win the prestigious award. She won her first Grammy in1986. Sade , through the course of her career, has four Grammy awards to her name, she got the last one in 2011.
Sikiru Adepoju:- The percussionist and recording artiste won his first Grammy in 1991 as part of Mickey Hart’s group planet drum. He bagged his second award with the same group in 2009 at the 51st annual Grammy award in Los Angeles.
Seal: Seal is popular for the 1994 song “Kiss From a rose” which earned him three Grammy awards in 1996. In 2011, the British Nigerian singer/songwriter bagged his fourth award.
Babatunde Olatunji:- Babatunde Olatunji was a talented Nigerian drummer, he was part of Mickey Hart’s planet drum project, the album won the Grammy award for Best music in 1991, the first year for which the award was given, he passed away sadly in 2003.
Lekan Babalola Lekan is a Nigerian Jazz percussionist and musician with two Grammy awards in his career. He won his first Grammy in 2006 to become Nigeria’s first Grammy award winner for his work on Ali Farka Toure’s in the Heart of the moon.
His second Grammy came in 2009 for his work on Cassandra Wilson’s 2018 album titled ‘Lovely’.
Chamillionaire: The rapper clinched a Grammy in 2007 for his song Ridding Under Best Rap.
Kelvin Olusola
The talented young man is a musician, beat boxer, cellist, rapper, record producer, singer and songwriter, best known as the beat boxer of vocal band pentatonix, he has three awards to hi name. He won back to back his 2015, 2016 and 2017.
Chimamanda Adichie:- The celebrated author was nominated in 2015 for featuring in Beyonce’s album, which won the album of the year category.
Those who have been nominated include, Sunny Ade, Sean Kuti and Femi Kuti.
Popular businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, aka Cubana Chief Priest, has said that his relationship with singer Davido is beyond money and gossip.
He stated this in a recent interview with BBC Igbo.
“Davido is my friend. He is my in-law; he married Chioma who is from Imo State where I hail from.
“So the relationship I have with Davido is beyond money and gossip,” he said.
DAILY POST reports that Chief Priest disclosed via his Instagram page that his outfit for the wedding of the singer, Davido and his wife, Chioma, in Lagos on Tuesday cost seven million Naira.
The socialite recently appreciated Davido for not “discarding” Chioma.
He stated that the DMW boss has made Imo State proud by choosing to marry from the state.
Nigerian singer Simisola Kosoko, popularly known as Simi, has lent her voice to the ongoing anti-tax hike protests in Kenya.
The Tide’s source reports that Kenyan youths are marching against tax hike in widespread demonstrations tagged ‘RejectFinanceBill2024.’
Five people were shot dead and dozens wounded after police clashed with protesters who stormed the parliament building in Nairobi on Tuesday, according to Amnesty Kenya.
Reacting via her X handle on Tuesday night, Simi declared her support for the demonstrators.
She stated that “it is both powerful and heartbreaking for a people to have to fight and die for freedoms and rights.”
The singer wrote, “I stand with the people of Kenya. It is both powerful and heartbreaking for a people to have to fight and die for freedoms and rights. Godspeed and Strength. [Hash tag] RejectFinanceBill2024.”
In a series of other posts, she wrote: “Wow. When you’ve had enough, the fight is almost inevitable.
“African leaders- have not you done enough?
“I can’t wait for the day Africa is not a weapon fashioned against Africans. All of this amazing Black power and human resource, but the majority are not likely to thrive unless they run.”
Famous Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Davido was spotted among other top artistes at Asake’s ‘Lungu Boy’ tour concert in Atlanta, Georgia.
Asake’s performance at his sold-out show at the 17,000-capacity State Farm Arena in Atlanta began on August 16, 2024, and is set to run for 10 days.
In a trending video on social media, Davido appeared backstage with American rapper Quavo to support Asake during the live performance.
Other musicians in attendance included Nigerian hitmaker Zlatan and American rapper Russ Millions.
The Tide’s source reports that Asake’s ‘Lungu Boy’ tour is set to cover six U.S. cities, where he will headline notable venues including Madison Square Garden in New York, the Toyota Center in Houston, and the State Farm Arena in Atlanta.
Asake’s tour comes just days after the release of his latest hit, ‘Lungu Boy,’ which features several superstars, including Wizkid, British rappers Central Cee and Stormzy, Travis Scott and Brazilian singer Ludmilla.
‘Lungu Boy’ set a new record for the biggest opening week on Spotify Nigeria, garnering 18.9 million streams in its opening week and breaking the previous record of 14.4 million streams held by Davido’s ‘Timeless.’
