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Bukola Saraki reacts as son wins first Grammy Award

Former senate president, Bukola Saraki has congratulated his son Seni on his win at the 67th Academy Grammy Awards.

TheNewsGuru reports Seni won the Best Reggae Album at the 2025 Grammy Awards for his contribution to Bob Marley: One Love — Music Inspired by the Film (Deluxe). The prestigious event took place in Los Angeles, United States.

The album triumphed over strong contenders, including Take It Easy by Collie Buddz, Party With Me by Vybz Kartel, Never Gets Late Here by Shenseea, and Evolution by The Wailers.

Reacting to the achievement, his father, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, congratulated him, noting that he is “super proud” of him.

He wrote: “Congratulations, Seni, on winning your first Grammy last night for your work on the Bob Marley: One Love soundtrack, which took home the award for Best Reggae Album!

Seeing you pour your heart into your passion and having it recognized on the global stage is an indescribable joy.

Well done! We are super proud of you!”

Speaking on the win, Seni expressed gratitude to all the artistes, including Nigeria’s Wizkid and Bloody Civilian, as well as the producers who contributed to the project’s success.

“I appreciate all the amazing artistes, producers and engineers who were brave enough to take on this project because it is about Bob Marley’s legacy,” he said.

“I appreciate them for taking on the songs, reinterpretation them, and doing it their own way. Artists like Bloody Civilian, WizKid, Daniel Caesar, and Jessie Reyez.”

February 4, 2025
How 2025 Grammy award winners were decided – Organisers

The 67th annual Grammy Awards honoured the best recordings, compositions and artists from September 16, 2023, to August 30, 2024 on Sunday.

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports 67th Grammy Awards was held at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles after nominations were announced on November 8 in 2024.

According to the Recording Academy, organisers of the Grammy Awards, winners of the Grammys are determined by voting.

The Recording Academy’s Voting Members are composed of music creators, including artists, producers, songwriters, and engineers.

The Recording Academy’s Voting Members determine the Grammy winners across all categories revealed on GRAMMY night.

“This thorough process underscores the integrity of the Grammy Awards as music’s only industry-recognized, peer-voted honour,” the Recording Academy said in a statement.

TNG learnt that this year, the organisers introduced several key updates to the annual Grammy Awards process.

This include adjustments to eligibility criteria and category renaming, which all went into effect immediately at the 2025 Grammys.

“All these changes are designed to enhance the integrity and inclusivity of the Grammy Awards and reflect the Recording Academy’s commitment to supporting and progressing the evolving music industry,” it stated.

TNG reports Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter made history, winning her first Album Of The Year award and becoming the first Black woman to ever take home a golden gramophone in the Best Country Album.

Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” swept in all five categories he was nominated in while Nigerian singer, Tems won the Best African Music Performance award, defeating Yemi Alade, Asake & Wizkid, Chris Brown Featuring Davido & Lojay and Burna Boy.

Check out the full list of winners at the 2025 Grammys here.

February 3, 2025
2025 Grammy awards: See full list of winners
The 2025 Grammy awards was held on Sunday at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, United States of America (USA).

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the 2025 Grammy awards is the 67th edition of the awards, which saw Nigerian singer, Tems won the Best African Music Performance award.

The ceremony at the Crypto.com Arena revealed winners for the 94 categories for the 2025 Grammy awards.

Check out the complete list of winners at the 2025 Grammys below:
- Record Of The Year – “Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar – WINNER
- Album Of The Year – COWBOY CARTER – Beyoncé – WINNER
- Song Of The Year – “Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar) – WINNER
- Best New Artist – Chappell Roan – WINNER
- Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical – Daniel Nigro – WINNER
- Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical – Amy Allen – WINNER
- Best Pop Solo Performance – “Espresso” — Sabrina Carpenter – WINNER
- Best Pop Duo/Group Performance – “Die With A Smile” — Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars – WINNER
- Best Pop Vocal Album – Short n’ Sweet — Sabrina Carpenter – WINNER
- Best Dance/Electronic Recording – “Neverender” — Justice & Tame Impala – WINNER
- Best Dance Pop Recording – “Von dutch” — Charli xcx – WINNER
- Best Dance/Electronic Album – BRAT — Charli xcx – WINNER
- Best Remixed Recording – “Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix)” — FNZ & Mark Ronson, remixers (Sabrina Carpenter) – WINNER
- Best Rock Performance – “Now and Then” — The Beatles – WINNER
- Best Metal Performance – “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)” — Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne – WINNER
- Best Rock Song – “Broken Man” — Annie Clark, songwriter (St. Vincent) – WINNER
- Best Rock Album – Hackney Diamonds — The Rolling Stones – WINNER
- Best Alternative Music Performance – “Flea” — St. Vincent – WINNER
- Best Alternative Music Album – All Born Screaming — St. Vincent – WINNER
- Best R&B Performance – “Made For Me (Live On BET)” — Muni Long – WINNER
- Best Traditional R&B Performance – “That’s You” — Lucky Daye – WINNER
- Best R&B Song – “Saturn” — Rob Bisel, Cian Ducrot, Carter Lang, Solána Rowe, Jared Solomon & Scott Zhang, songwriters (SZA) – WINNER
- Best Progressive R&B Album – So Glad to Know You — Avery*Sunshine – WINNER – TIE
- Best Progressive R&B Album – Why Lawd? — NxWorries (Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge) – WINNER – TIE
- Best R&B Album – 11:11 (Deluxe) — Chris Brown – WINNER
- Best Rap Performance – “Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar – WINNER
- Best Melodic Rap Performance – “3” — Rapsody Featuring Erykah Badu – WINNER
- Best Rap Song – “Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar) – WINNER
- Best Rap Album – Alligator Bites Never Heal — Doechii – WINNER
- Best Spoken Word Poetry Album – The Heart, The Mind, The Soul — Tank and The Bangas – WINNER
- Best Jazz Performance – “Twinkle Twinkle Little Me” — Samara Joy Featuring Sullivan Fortner – WINNER
- Best Jazz Vocal Album – A Joyful Holiday — Samara Joy – WINNER
- Best Jazz Instrumental Album – Remembrance — Chick Corea & Béla Fleck – WINNER
- Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album – Bianca Reimagined: Music for Paws and Persistence — Dan Pugach Big Band – WINNER
- Best Latin Jazz Album – Cubop Lives! — Zaccai Curtis, Luques Curtis, Willie Martinez, Camilo Molina & Reinaldo de Jesus – WINNER
- Best Alternative Jazz Album – No More Water: The Gospel Of James Baldwin — Meshell Ndegeocello – WINNER
- Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album – Visions — Norah Jones – WINNER
- Best Contemporary Instrumental Album – Plot Armor — Taylor Eigsti – WINNER
- Best Musical Theater Album – Hell’s Kitchen — Shoshana Bean, Brandon Victor Dixon, Kecia Lewis & Maleah Joi Moon, principal vocalists; Adam Blackstone, Alicia Keys & Tom Kitt, producers (Alicia Keys, composer & lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast) – WINNER
- Best Country Solo Performance – “It Takes A Woman” — Chris Stapleton – WINNER
- Best Country Duo/Group Performance – “II MOST WANTED” — Beyoncé Featuring Miley Cyrus – WINNER
- Best Country Song – “The Architect” — Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves & Josh Osborne, songwriters (Kacey Musgraves) – WINNER
- Best Country Album – COWBOY CARTER — Beyoncé – WINNER
- Best American Roots Performance – “Lighthouse” — Sierra Ferrell – WINNER
- Best Americana Performance – “American Dreaming” — Sierra Ferrell – WINNER
- Best American Roots Song – “American Dreaming” — Sierra Ferrell & Melody Walker, songwriters (Sierra Ferrell) – WINNER
- Best Americana Album – Trail Of Flowers — Sierra Ferrell – WINNER
- Best Bluegrass Album – Live Vol. 1 — Billy Strings – WINNER
- Best Traditional Blues Album – Swingin’ Live at The Church in Tulsa — The Taj Mahal Sextet – WINNER
- Best Contemporary Blues Album – Mileage — Ruthie Foster – WINNER
- Best Folk Album – Woodland — Gillian Welch & David Rawlings – WINNER
- Best Regional Roots Music Album – Kuini — Kalani Pe’a – WINNER
- Best Gospel Performance/Song – “One Hallelujah” — Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Erica Campbell & Israel Houghton Featuring Jonathan McReynolds & Jekalyn Carr; G. Morris Coleman, Israel Houghton, Kenneth Leonard, Jr., Tasha Cobbs Leonard & Naomi Raine, songwriters – WINNER
- Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song – “That’s My King” — CeCe Winans; Taylor Agan, Kellie Gamble, Llyod Nicks & Jess Russ, songwriters – WINNER
- Best Gospel Album – More Than This — CeCe Winans – WINNER
- Best Contemporary Christian Music Album – Heart Of A Human — DOE – WINNER
- Best Roots Gospel Album – Church — Cory Henry – WINNER
- Best Latin Pop Album – Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran — Shakira – WINNER
- Best Música Urbana Album – LAS LETRAS YA NO IMPORTAN — Residente – WINNER
- Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album – ¿Quién trae las cornetas? — Rawayana – WINNER
- Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano) – Boca Chueca, Vol. 1 — Carín León – WINNER
- Best Tropical Latin Album – Alma, Corazón y Salsa (Live at Gran Teatro Nacional) — Tony Succar, Mimy Succar – WINNER
- Best Global Music Performance – “Bemba Colorá” — Sheila E. Featuring Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar – WINNER
- Best African Music Performance – “Love Me JeJe” — Tems – WINNER
- Best Global Music Album – ALKEBULAN II — Matt B Featuring Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – WINNER
- Best Reggae Album – Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired By The Film (Deluxe) — (Various Artists) – WINNER
- Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album – Triveni — Wouter Kellerman, Eru Matsumoto & Chandrika Tandon – WINNER
- Best Children’s Music Album – Brillo, Brillo! — Lucky Diaz And The Family Jam Band – WINNER
- Best Comedy Album – The Dreamer — Dave Chappelle – WINNER
- Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording – Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration — Jimmy Carter – WINNER
- Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media – Maestro: Music By Leonard Bernstein — Bradley Cooper & Yannick Nézet-Séguin, artists; Bradley Cooper, Yannick Nézet-Séguin & Jason Ruder, compilation producers; Steven Gizicki, music supervisor – WINNER
- Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television) – Dune: Part Two — Hans Zimmer, composer – WINNER
- Best Score Soundtrack for Video Games and Other Interactive Media – Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord — Winifred Phillips, composer – WINNER
- Best Song Written For Visual Media – It Never Went Away [From “American Symphony”] — Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson, songwriters (Jon Batiste) – WINNER
- Best Music Video – “Not Like Us” — Kendrick Lamar – WINNER
- Best Music Film – “American Symphony” — Jon Batiste – WINNER
- Best Recording Package – BRAT — Brent David Freaney & Imogene Strauss, art directors (Charli xcx) – WINNER
- Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package – Mind Games — Simon Hilton & Sean Ono Lennon, art directors (John Lennon) – WINNER
- Best Album Notes – Centennial — Ricky Riccardi, album notes writer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band & Various Artists) – WINNER
- Best Historical Album – Centennial — Meagan Hennessey & Richard Martin, compilation producers; Richard Martin, mastering engineer (King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band And Various Artists) – WINNER
- Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical – i/o — Tchad Blake, Oli Jacobs, Katie May, Dom Shaw & Mark “Spike” Stent, engineers; Matt Colton, mastering engineer (Peter Gabriel) – WINNER
- Best Engineered Album, Classical – Bruckner: Symphony No. 7; Bates: Resurrexit — Mark Donahue & John Newton, engineers; Mark Donahue, mastering engineer (Manfred Honeck & Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) – WINNER
- Producer Of The Year, Classical – Elaine Martone – WINNER
- Best Immersive Audio Album – i/o (In-Side Mix) — Hans-Martin Buff, immersive mix engineer; Peter Gabriel, immersive producer (Peter Gabriel) – WINNER
- Best Instrumental Composition – “Strands” — Pascal Le Boeuf, composer (Akropolis Reed Quintet, Pascal Le Boeuf & Christian Euman) – **WINNER**
- Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella – “Bridge Over Troubled Water” — Jacob Collier, Tori Kelly & John Legend, arrangers (Jacob Collier Featuring John Legend & Tori Kelly) – WINNER
- Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals – “Alma” — Erin Bentlage, Sara Gazarek, Johnaye Kendrick & Amanda Taylor, arrangers (säje Featuring Regina Carter) – WINNER
- Best Orchestral Performance – “Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina” — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic) – WINNER
- Best Opera Recording – “Saariaho: Adriana Mater” — Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Fleur Barron, Axelle Fanyo, Nicholas Phan & Christopher Purves; Jason O’Connell, producer (San Francisco Symphony; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; Timo Kurkikangas) – WINNER
- Best Choral Performance – “Ochre” — Donald Nally, conductor (The Crossing) – WINNER
- Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance – “Rectangles and Circumstance” — Caroline Shaw & Sō Percussion – WINNER
- Best Classical Instrumental Solo – “Bach: Goldberg Variations” — Víkingur Ólafsson – WINNER
- Best Classical Solo Vocal Album – Beyond The Years – Unpublished Songs Of Florence Price — Karen Slack, soloist; Michelle Cann, pianist – WINNER
- Best Classical Compendium – Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina — Gustavo Dudamel, conductor; Dmitriy Lipay, producer – WINNER
- Best Contemporary Classical Composition – Ortiz: Revolución Diamantina — Gabriela Ortiz, composer (Gustavo Dudamel, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale) – WINNER
February 3, 2025
Davido, Ayra Starr react to Tems’ Grammy award win

Popular Nigerian singer, David Adeleke better known as Davido, and Ayra Starr have celebrated their colleague Tems, who won her second Grammy Award.

TheNewsGuru earlier reports that the Nigerian singer won the ‘Best African Music Performance’ during the 67th Academy Grammy Awards which held in Los Angeles on Sunday night, February 2.

Tems’ ‘Love Me Jeje’ beat Yemi Alade’s ‘Tomorrow’, Asake ‘MMS’, Chris Brown’s ‘Sensational’ feat Davido & Lojay, and Burna Boy’s ‘Higher’ to get her second Grammy win.

Reacting, Davido via the microblogging platform X former Twitter, congratulated Tems and also congratulated Chris Brown on winning the best R&B album.

He wrote: “Congratulations to my one and only ! @chrisbrown! And to the Queen @temsbaby we are proud of you!”

Ayra Starr also took to X to congratulate Tems, saying “Temssbabyyyyyyy congratulations my love.”

February 3, 2025
Tems defeats Burna Boy, Davido, Wizkid to clinch 2nd Grammy award

Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record producer, Tems, has won the 67th Grammy Awards for Best African Music Performance. The awards took place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday.

Tems clinched the award with her love song, Love Me Jeje, defeating Tomorrow by Yemi Alade, MMS by Asake featuring Wizkid, Sensational by Chris Brown featuring Davido and Lojay, and Higher by Burna Boy.

Receiving the award, Tems said: “Dear God, thank you so much for putting me on this stage and bringing me this team”. She also dedicated the award to her mother.

Tems, 29, now has more Grammy awards than any other Nigerian artiste. The award marks her second Grammy win.

In 2023, she won the Best Melodic Rap Performance for the song ‘Wait For U’ with American hip-hop stars Future and Drake.

February 3, 2025
Tems beats Burna Boy, Davido, Wizkid to clinch 2nd Grammy award

Popular Nigerian singer Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems has won the Best African Music Performance category at the 67th Academy Grammy Awards for her song ‘Love Me JeJe’.

TheNewsGuru reports the 29-year-old singer clinched the award with her love song, Love Me Jeje, defeating Tomorrow by Yemi Alade, MMS by Asake featuring Wizkid, Sensational by Chris Brown featuring Davido and Lojay, and Higher by Burna Boy.

The prestigious award event was held on Sunday at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, United States.

The songstress’s latest victory make it her second golden gramophone at the Grammys.

Receiving the award, Tems said: “Dear God, thank you so much for putting me on this stage and bringing me this team”. She also dedicated the award to her mother.

TNG reports Tems has been releasing hit songs since 2020, recording with top hit makers including Drake, Rihanna and Beyoncé.

She was nominated across three categories — Best African Music Performance, Best Global Music Album and Best R&B Song — making her the most nominated African act this year.

The singer in 2024 released her debut studio album, “Born in the Wild”. Her song “Love me jeje” is a standout from the album.

Tems, 29, now has more Grammy awards than any other Nigerian artiste. The award marks her second Grammy win.

February 3, 2025
Trevor Noah to host 2025 Grammy awards

Emmy-winning comedian Trevor Noah will be returning as host of the 67th annual Grammy Awards, for the fifth consecutive year. Noah will also serve as a producer on the show.

The Recording Academy via the microblogging platform, X formerly Twitter made the announcement on Tuesday.

The annual awards ceremony which will be held on February 2 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles will proceed as planned despite ongoing wildfires in the region, according to the award organisers.

In addition to celebrating the best in music, the ceremony will also raise funds for relief efforts for those affected by the wildfires.

“Returning as host, the Grammy nominee @TrevorNoah is set to take us into music’s biggest night to honor music and amplify support for the music community impacted by the Los Angeles wildfires,” it wrote on X.

Nigerian musicians have been more represented at the biggest music awards since Burna Boy first won the Grammy Awards in 2021.

This year, Yemi Alade, Asake, Wizkid, Davido, Lojay, Burna Boy, and Tems are nominated in the ‘Best African Music Performance’ category.

January 23, 2025
Asake eyes Grammy awards, reveals best time to win it

Popular Nigerian artiste, Ahmed Ololade, popularly known as Asake, says he is not ruing his Grammy loss to South Africa’s Tyla.

Recall that Tyla’s ‘Water’ defeated Asake’s ‘Amapiano’ and other Nigerian songs to win the maiden Best African Music Performance category at the 66th Grammys.

The Amapiano crooner granted an interview to GQ magazine, where he said he doesn’t see it at a loss.

He is upbeat that he may get more Grammy nominations and probably win next year.

“It [Grammy loss] is not a loss for me. I might just get more next year. In my head, I was not even taking it too seriously,” he said.

On his mind space for his sophomore album, ‘Work Of Art,’ Asake said: “People don’t really know me because I’m quiet.

“So everybody started seeing me as mystery. ‘Work of Art’ is just for them to know me. You have to understand I’m human, but you can’t just deny the heart in me.”

April 11, 2024
Davido unfollows Rexxie on instagram after Grammy Awards diss

Nigerian artiste, Davido has unfollowed record producer, Rexxie on Instagram after the music producer shaded him for missing out in Grammy Awards.

It would be recalled that Rexxie,said he earned nominations for his production credits on Burna Boy’s Grammy-winning album, ‘Twice As Tall’ and Angelique Kidjo and Burna Boy’s Grammy-nominated song, ‘Do Yourself’, bragged during a Twitter banter with a Davido fan on Sunday that he got a Grammy nomination before Davido.

The music producer further slighted Davido, saying that he got Grammy nominations without using sympathy or dancing with kids on uniform like Davido.

He wrote in a now-deleted tweet, “Before your fav get Grammy I’ve already gotten it. I no use sympathy or dance with kids on uniform or attend the show early with my full squad and family members. Respect!”

His post did not sit down well with Davido who swiftly unfollowed him on social media.

This is coming barely three weeks after Rexxie revealed that Davido reached out to him when he was recently detained in Uganda.

March 31, 2024
I am single – Grammy winner, Tyla

Grammy Award winner, Tyla has revealed that she is currently single.

According to the South African singer, she is single because she wants to focus on her music career in the meantime.

Speaking in a recent interview with Power 96.5 FM, Miami, the ‘Water’ crooner said she prefers a man who plays video games over a man who is a habitual clubgoer.

The host asked, “Would you rather have a boyfriend who plays video games a lot or a boyfriend who is always in the club?”

Tyla replied, “Video games all day. A club guy? No! What the hell?

“I would rather have a boyfriend who plays video games than a boyfriend who is at the club every weekend. At least, I know the guy who plays video games will always be home with me. I also love being at home.”

On why she is single, she said: “Yes, I am single. I’m not playing with all of that right now. I am focusing on the prize.”

February 7, 2024