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  • BREAKING: Wizkid wins first Grammy Award with Beyonce’s feature

    BREAKING: Wizkid wins first Grammy Award with Beyonce’s feature

    Popular Nigerian artiste, Ayodeji Balogun a.k.a Wizkid, has won his first-ever Grammy Award for his role on ‘Brown Skin Girl’ off the 2019 album, ‘The Lion King’, at the 63rd Grammy Award.

    Wizzy as he is fondly called by his fans won the award alongside Beyonce, who owns the song and featured artists – Wizkid, Blue Ivy, and SAINt JHN

    It also marks the first Grammy Award for Beyoncé’s daughter.

    The award will go to Jenn Nkiru who directed the video while artists, producers and video director will get a statuette for this category.

    The official Twitter account of Grammy tweeted, “Congrats Best Music Video winner – ‘BROWN SKIN GIRL’ @Beyonce #BlueIvy @wizkidayo”.

    Beyoncé’s visual for “Brown Skin Girl” took home the award over videos by Future and Drake (“Life Is Good”), Harry Styles, (“Adore You”), Anderson Paak (“Lockdown”), and Woodkid (“Goliath”).

    Wizkid was the first Nigerian to win an NAACP Image award for the song, Brown Skin Girl, on which he was featured by Beyonce, in the category of ‘Outstanding Duo, Group/Collaboration’. He also became the most awarded African Artist in the history of the Music of Black Origin awards, having won four awards. He was adjudged the ‘Best African Act’ in the 2020 edition of the prestigious award.

     

  • Again! Burna Boy’s album nominated for Grammy award

    Again! Burna Boy’s album nominated for Grammy award

    Burna Boy’s Twice as Tall album has been nominated for the 2021 Grammy award, the Nigerian Afro-fusion singer’s second successive nomination.

    Burna Boy’s last album African Giant also was also nominated.

    But he lost the 2020 Grammy award to Anqelique Kidjo’s re-imagination of Celia Cruz’s music on the eponymous, Celia.

    The nominees were announced on Tuesday during an hour-long live stream featuring Harvey Mason Jr., the chairman and interim president/CEO of the Recording Academy, a learned academy of music professionals.

    ‘Twice As Tall’ will be competing against Antibalas’s ‘FU Chronicles’, Bebel Gilberto’s ‘Agora’, and Anoushka Shankar’s ‘Love Letters’ in the ‘Best Global Music Album’ category.

    ‘Twice As Tall’, Burna Boy’s fifth album, is executive-produced by Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, a US media mogul and rapper, and Bosede Ogulu, Burna Boy’s mother.

    If Burna Boy wins, he will become Nigeria’s second Grammy winner after Sikiru Adepoju won with Planet Drum over 10 years ago.

    Women lead the nominations this time around.

    Pop queen Beyonce’s “Black Is King” musical film has nine nominations.

    Fellow pop stars Dua Lipa and Taylor Swift each snagged six nominations for second place, as did rapper Roddy Ricch.

    The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards is slated to hold on January 31, 2021, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

    Comedian Trevor Noah will be the host.

  • Iheanacho earns the praise of Coach Rodgers

    Nigerian striker Kelechi Iheanacho earned the praise of Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers after his goal booked the club’s place in the FA Cup fifth round.

    The Foxes kept their hopes of a cup double alive as the Nigerian scored the only goal of the game in the fourth minute at Brentford.

    Leicester were missing top goalscorer Jamie Vardy at Griffin Park due to a glute injury suffered in Wednesday’s win over West Ham, but Iheanacho filled the void impressively and scored his seventh goal of the season.

    Rodgers said: “For Kels, he is getting better and better. He is so efficient now in his game. He is working so hard. He creates goals, he scores goals and I am delighted for him.”

    Rodgers said Vardy was “responding well to the treatment”, but the manager was still unsure whether the striker would be fit for Tuesday’s Carabao Cup semi-final second leg against Aston Villa, where a win will send his side to Wembley.

    Rodgers added: “He was really sore after the (West Ham) game, but that has eased up after the last day or so. We will find out (if he can play on Tuesday) tomorrow when we are in.”

    With Leicester on course to quality for the Champions League, alongside their cup exploits, they are on course for a memorable campaign, but Rodgers warned there was still plenty of hard work ahead.

    The Northern Irishman said: “Every club has priorities but, for us, what we’ve hopefully shown is we want to do as well as we possibly can in every competition we’re in.

    “We have the semi-final on Tuesday. We are into the fifth round of the FA Cup and in a really healthy position in the league, but we know we have a lot of work to do.

  • 2020 Grammy Awards: Nigerians optimistic Burna Boy will win

    2020 Grammy Awards: Nigerians optimistic Burna Boy will win

    Less than a week to the 2020 Grammy Award billed for January 26, Nigerians have taken different social media platforms to express their positive opinion, saying they strongly believe Nigerian Afro-fusion singer, Damini Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy, will win the Award.

    Burna Boy has been making headlines since he dropped ‘African Giant, his award-winning project.

    Burna Boy’s nomination was announced in a statement on the Grammy Awards’ website on Wednesday. He was shortlisted for his album, ‘African Giant’ in the Best World Music Album category.

    He is competing for the award with Altin Gun (Gece), Bokanté & Metropole Orkest Conducted By Jules Buckley (What Heat), Nathalie Joachim With Spektral Quartet (Fanm D’ayiti) and Angelique Kidjo (Celia).

    The nomination is for albums containing at least 51 percent playing time of new vocal or instrumental world music recordings.

    Ahead of the event, many Nigerians fans of the ‘Ye’ crooner reflecting on the singer’s career so far in the Nigerian entertainment industry believe he will clinch the awards.

    “At first I did think last year was a one-time thing but when the opportunity came back around there was no question about returning as host of the GRAMMY Awards,” she said in a statement. “Last year was such a powerful experience for me. Not only did I feel the love in the room, but I felt it from around the world and it confirmed the healing and unifying power of music.”

    The 2020 Grammys show will be held in Los Angeles at the STAPLES Center, while Alicia Keys will be returning to host the ceremony following the success of her first time in 2019.

  • Grammies 2019: Lamar bags eight nominations

    Renowned singer, Kendrick Lamar on Friday led the pack of nominated artistes in 2019 Grammy Awards.

    He was announced as the top contender with eight nominations, including seven for his musical composition for the Marvel Studio’s Black Panther.

    According to the Recording Academy, “Black Panther: The Album, Music From and Inspired By” is up for Album of the Year.”

    Other categories Lamar got nominated in include, Record of the Year, Song of the Year and others.

    Following Lamar in the nominations stakes are Drake with seven, and Carlile and producer Boi-1da with six apiece.

    After bagging two Grammy nominations for her breakthrough “Bodak Yellow” last year, Cardi B continues her hot streak with five nods, including Record of the Year for her hit “I Like It”.

    The Recording Academy shared the full list on their website, Grammy.

    Meanwhile, the four major categories (Album, Record, Song of the Year, as well as Best New Artiste) have all been newly expanded from five to eight nominees, making room for a broader range of artists and genres to get acknowledged.

     

    See full list of nominations for the 2019 Grammy Awards

    World Music

    Bombino – Deran
    Fatoumata Diawara – Fenfo
    Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 – Black Times

    Soweto Gospel Choir – Freedom
    Yiddish Glory – The Lost Songs of World War II

    Album of the Year

    H.E.R. – H.E.R.
    Brandie Carlile – By the Way, I Forgive You
    Drake – Scorpion
    Various Artists – Black Panther: The Album
    Kacey Musgraves – Golden Hour
    Post Malone – Beerbongs & Bentleys
    Cardi B – Invasion of Privacy
    Janelle Monáe – Dirty Computer

    Record of the Year

    Cardi B – I Like It
    Brandi Carlile – The Joke
    Childish Gambino – This Is America
    Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – Shallow
    Drake – God’s Plan
    Kendrick Lamar & SZA – All the Stars
    Post Malone & 21 Savage – Rockstar
    Zedd & Maren Morris – The Middle

    Song of the Year

    Kendrick Lamar & SZA – All the Stars
    Ella Mai – Boo’d Up
    Drake – God’s Plan
    Shawn Mendes – In My Blood
    Brandy Carlile – The Joke
    Zedd & Maren Morris – The Middle
    Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper – Shallow
    Childish Gambino – This Is America

    Best New Artist

    Chloe x Halle
    Luke Combs
    Greta Van Fleet
    H.E.R.
    Dua Lipa
    Margo Price
    Bebe Rexha
    Jorja Smith

    R&B

    Best R&B Album

    Toni Braxton – Sex & Cigarettes
    Leon Bridges – Good Thing
    Lalah Hathaway – Honestly
    H.E.R. – H.E.R.
    PJ Morton – Gumbo Unplugged

     

     

  • Bruno Mars sweeps top Grammy prizes

    R&B artist Bruno Mars won the top prize at the Grammy Awards on Sunday in another victory for pop-driven music over rap, now the most popular genre in the U.S.

    Mars won six Grammys including song of the year for his hit single “That’s What I Like,” and both record and album of the year for “24K Magic.”

    His win denied rappers Kendrick Lamar and Jay-Z the honor of becoming the first hip-hop artist in 14 years to win the coveted album of the year award.

    “These songs were written with nothing but joy, with love, and that’s all I wanted to bring with this album, seeing everybody dancing,” Mars, 32, said.

    He also paid tribute to his album of the year rivals – Jay-Z, Lamar, Childish Gambino and Lorde – saying:

    ““Thank you, guys, for blessing the world with your music.”

    Lamar, 30, regarded as one of the most innovative rappers of his generation, won five prizes mostly in rap categories for his album “DAMN.” and single “Humble.”

    Rap became the biggest music genre in the United States in 2017, Nielsen Music reported.

    Veteran Jay-Z, whose soul-baring album “4:44” had gone into the show with a leading eight nominations, won nothing and chose not to perform at the three-hour show.

    The losses by Lamar and Jay-Z in the top categories marked another year when pop music won over more socially incisive work. Adele beat Beyonce in 2017, and in 2016 Lamar lost album of the year to Taylor Swift.

    Lamar opened Sunday’s show at New York’s Madison Square Garden with a medley of his hits, accompanied by dancers in military fatigues and later dressed in red hoodies as they mimicked being shot.

    Other notable winners included American singer-songwriter and guitarist Chris Stapleton for Best Country Album; the HBO documentary “The Defiant Ones” about the lives and intertwining careers of producer/record executive Jimmy Iovine and hip-hop legend Dr. Dre, Iovine for Best Music Film; 2016 holdover “La La Land” won Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media and Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media.

    American stand-up comedian and actor Dave Chappelle won Best Comedy Album and American singer-songwriter, producer Lisa Loeb was also a first-time Grammy winner for Best Children’s Album. Her “Feel What U Feel” was funded and released by Amazon.

    American singer-songwriter and guitarist Jason Isbell picked up Best American Roots Song for “If We Were Vampires” and Best Americana Album for “The Nashville Sound,” while American rock singer-songwriter Aimee Mann took home Best Folk Album for “Mental Illness.”

    Best Dance Recording went to American rock band from Brooklyn, New York, LCD Soundsytem for the track “Tonite,” while the Best Dance/Electronic Album prize went to the German band Kraftwerk collection “3-D The Catalogue.”

    Winners in the rock category included late Canadian poet, songwriter, singer Leonard Cohen for “You Want It Darker,” his 14th and final album, which was released a month before his death.

    Best Metal Performance went to American heavy metal band Mastodon for “Sultan’s Curse” and American music group Foo Fighters took home Best Rock Song for “Run.”

    Less expected was a win by Philadelphia band The War On Drugs for “A Deeper Understanding,” released in August 2017.

    The Grammys awarded artists in 84 categories in multiple genres including classical, jazz, opera, gospel, new age, Christian and Latin music.

    Sunday’s event marks the Grammy Awards’ first return to New York City in 15 years.

    The 40th annual ceremony were held at Madison Square Garden in 1998 and the 39th Annual Grammy Awards, also held in New York, were held at Radio City Music Hall.

    The 14 years in between were held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

  • ‘I didn’t promise to bring home the Grammy’-9ice

    Singer Abolore ‘9ice’ Adigun has said he didn’t promise to bring home the Grammy.

    Recall that 9ice made the promise on ‘Street Credibility‘, a track on his sophomore album – Tradition.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BWov0o2hVJs/?taken-by=thenewsgurung

     

    Speaking in a recent interview, the Gongo Aso singer said he made the promise to himself and not to his fans.

    Hear him: “I didn’t promise you the Grammy, I promised myself. It is my desire, It is my story. I am saying my thought aloud. It is good that you asked, man propose, God disposes”.

    In another recent interview 9ice had said he is working on bringing home the Grammy.

    According to him: ”I am still working on bringing the Grammy to Nigeria. Abraham Lincoln tried several times before he became the president of the US while Buhari tried about four times before he became president. As long as I am still doing music, I can still get the Grammy,” 9ice added.

    With these statements, 9ice is apparently contradicting himself.

     

    The singer has released six studio albums in the 17 years he’s been active on the music scene.

  • Grammy Awards 2017 list of winners

    Grammy Awards 2017 list of winners

    The 2017 Grammy Awards announced dozens of early on Sunday. Here is the full list…

    Best New Artist: Chance the Rapper

    Best Pop Solo Performance: “Hello” — Adele

    Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: “Stressed Out” — Twenty One Pilots

    Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: “Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin” — Willie Nelson

    Best Pop Vocal Album: “25” — Adele

    Best Dance Recording: “Don’t Let Me Down” — The Chainsmokers Featuring Daya

    Best Dance/Electronic Album: “Skin” — Flume

    Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: “Culcha Vulcha” — Snarky Puppy

    Best Rock Performance: “Blackstar” — David Bowie

    Best Metal Performance: “Dystopia” — Megadeth

    Best Rock Song: “Blackstar” — David Bowie, songwriter (David Bowie)

    Best Rock Album: “Tell Me I’m Pretty” — Cage the Elephant

    Best Alternative Music Album: “Blackstar” — David Bowie

    Best R&B Performance: “Cranes in the Sky” — Solange

    Best Traditional R&B Performance: “Angel” — Lalah Hathaway

    Best R&B Song: “Lake By the Ocean” — Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)

    Best R&B Album: “Lalah Hathaway Live” — Lalah Hathaway

    Best Rap Performance: “No Problem” — Chance the Rapper Featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz

    Best Rap/Sung Performance: “Hotline Bling” — Drake

    Best Rap Song: “Hotline Bling” — Aubrey Graham & Paul Jefferies, songwriters (Drake)

    Best Country Duo/Group Performance: “Jolene” — Pentatonix featuring Dolly Parton

    Best Country Song: “Humble and Kind” — Lori McKenna, songwriter (Tim McGraw)

    Best Country Album: “A Sailor’s Guide to Earth” — Sturgill Simpson.

    Best New Age Album: “White Sun II” — White Sun.

    Best Improvised Jazz Solo: “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” — John Scofield, soloist.

    Best Jazz Vocal Album: “Take Me to the Alley” — Gregory Porter.

    Best Jazz Instrumental Album: “Country for Old Men” — John Scofield

    Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: “Presidential Suite: Eight Variations on Freedom” — Ted Nash Big Band

    Best Latin Jazz Album: “Tribute to Irakere: Live In Marciac” — Chucho Valdés

    Best Gospel Performance/Song: “God Provides” — Tamela Mann; Kirk Franklin, songwriter

    Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: “Thy Will” — Hillary Scott & the Scott Family; Bernie Herms, Hillary Scott & Emily Weisband, songwriters

    Best Gospel Album: “Losing My Religion” – Kirk Franklin

    Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: “Love Remains” – Hillary Scott & the Scott Family

    Best Roots Gospel Album: “Hymns” — Joey + Rory

    Best Latin Pop Album: “Un Besito Mas” — Jesse & Joy

    Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album: “iLevitable” – iLe

    Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano): “Un Azteca En El Azteca, Vol. 1 (En Vivo)” — Vicente Fernández

    Best Tropical Latin Album: “Donde Están?” — Jose Lugo & Guasábara Combo

    Best American Roots Performance: “House of Mercy” — Sarah Jarosz

    Best American Roots Song: “Kid Sister” — Vince Gill, songwriter (The Time Jumpers)

    Best Americana Album: “This Is Where I Live” — William Bell

    Best Bluegrass Album: “Coming Home” — O’Connor Band With Mark O’Connor

    Best Traditional Blues Album: “Porcupine Meat” — Bobby Rush

    Best Contemporary Blues Album: “The Last Days of Oakland” — Fantastic Negrito

    Best Folk Album: “Undercurrent” — Sarah Jarosz

    Best Regional Roots Music Album: “E Walea” — Kalani Pe’a

    Best Reggae Album: “Ziggy Marley” — Ziggy Marley

    Best World Music Album: “Sing Me Home” — Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble

    Best Children’s Album: “Infinity Plus One” — Secret Agent 23 Skidoo

    Best Spoken Word Album: “In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox” — Carol Burnett

    Best Comedy Album: “Talking for Clapping” — Patton Oswalt

    Best Musical Theater Album: “The Color Purple”

    Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: “Miles Ahead” (Miles Davis & Various Artists)

    Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” — John Williams, composer