Burna Boy, Davido, Asake, Ayra Starr, Olamide, Bag Grammy Nominations

Nigerian artistes, Davido, Burna Boy, Ayra Starr, Asake, and Olamide have all been nominated for the 66th Grammy Awards.

While Grammy-winning star, Burna Boy bagged a total of four, Davido, in his first bite, bagged three nominations.

Asake, Arya Starr, and Olamide got one nomination apiece.

The Nigerian quintet were all nominated in the maiden Best African Music Performance category alongside South Africa’s Tyla.

Asake and Olamide’s ‘Amapiano’, Burna Boy’s ‘City Boys’, Ayra Starr’s ‘Rush’, Davido and Musa Keys’ ‘Unavailable’, and Tyla’s ‘Water’ were the nominees in the newly created category.

Burna Boy’s other nominations include; ‘Sitting On Top of the World’ featuring 21 Savage – Best Melodic Rap, ‘I Told Them’ – Best Global Music Album, and ‘Alone’ – Best Global Music Performance.

Davido’s other nominations are; ‘Timeless’ – Best Global Music Album, and ‘Feel’ – Best Global Music Performance.

An elated Davido took to X to celebrate his feat. He tweeted, “3 nominations at the Grammys!! Delay is not Denial!! ”

The 66th Grammy will be held on February 4, 2024, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

See the FULL LIST below

Best Global Music Performance

• Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily – Shadow Forces
• Burna Boy – Alone
• Davido – Feel
• Silvana Estrada – Milagro Y Disastre
• Falu & Gaurav Shah (ft. PM Narendra Modi) – Abundance In Millets
• Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer & Zakir Hussain ft. Rakesh Chaurasia – Pashto
• Ibrahim Maalouf ft. Cimafunk & Tank and the Bangas – Todo Colores

Best Global Music Album

• Susana Baca- Epifanías
• Bokanté – History
• Burna Boy – I Told Them…
• Davido – Timeless
• Shakti – This Moment

Record of the Year

• “Worship,” Jon Batiste
• “Not Strong Enough,” boy genius
• “Flowers,” Miley Cyrus
• “What Was I Made For?,” Billie Eilish
• “On My Mama,” Victoria Monét
• “Vampire,” Olivia Rodrigo
• “Anti-Hero,” Taylor Swift
• “Kill Bill,” SZA

Album Of The Year

• World Music Radio, Jon Batiste
• the record, boy genius
• Endless Summer Vacation, Miley Cyrus
• Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey
• The Age Of Pleasure, Janelle Monáe
• GUTS, Olivia Rodrigo
• Midnights, Taylor Swift
• SOS, SZA

Song Of The Year

• “A&W,” Lana Del Rey
• “Anti-Hero,” Taylor Swift
• “Butterfly,” Jon Batiste
• “Dance The Night,” Dua Lipa
• “Flowers,” Miley Cyrus
• “Kill Bill,” SZA
• “Vampire,” Olivia Rodrigo
• “What Was I Made For?,” Billie Eilish

Best New Artist

• Gracie Abrams
• Fred again.
• Ice Spice
• Jelly Roll
• Coco Jones
• Noah Kahan
• Victoria Monét
• The War And Treaty

Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical

• Jack Antonoff
• Dernst “D’Mile” Emile II
• Hit-Boy
• Metro Boomin
• Daniel Nigro

Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical

• Edgar Barrera
• Jessie Jo Dillon
• Shane McAnally
• Theron Thomas
• Justin Tranter

Best Pop Solo Performance

• “Flowers,” Miley Cyrus
• “Paint The Town Red,” Doja Cat
• “What Was I Made For?,” Billie Eilish
• “Vampire,” Olivia Rodrigo
• “Anti-Hero,” Taylor Swift

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance

• “Thousand Miles,” Miley Cyrus feat. Brandi Carlile
• “Candy Necklace,” Lana Del Rey feat. Jon Batiste
• “Never Felt So Alone,” Labrinth feat. Billie Eilish
• “Karma,” Taylor Swift feat. Ice Spice
• “Ghost In The Machine,” SZA feat. Phoebe Bridgers

Best Pop Vocal Album

• Chemistry, Kelly Clarkson
• Endless Summer Vacation, Miley Cyrus
• GUTS, Olivia Rodrigo
• – (Subtract), Ed Sheeran
• Midnights, Taylor Swift

Best Dance/Electronic Recording

• “Blackbox Life Recorder 21F,” Aphex Twin
• “Loading,” James Blake
• “Higher Than Ever Before,” Disclosure
• “Strong,” Romy & Fred again..
• “Rumble,” Skrillex, Fred again. & Flowdan

Best Pop Dance Recording

• “Baby Don’t Hurt Me,” David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray
• “Miracle,” Calvin Harris feat. Ellie Goulding
• “Padam Padam,” Kylie Minogue
• “One In A Million,” Bebe Rexha & David Guetta
• “Rush,” Troye Sivan

Best Dance/Electronic Music Album

• Playing Robots Into Heaven, James Blake
• For That Beautiful Feeling, The Chemical Brothers
• Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9, 2022), Fred again..
• Kx5, Kx5
• Quest For Fire, Skrillex

Best Rock Performance

• “Sculptures Of Anything Goes,” Arctic Monkeys
• “More Than A Love Song,” Black Pumas
• “Not Strong Enough,” boygenius
• “Rescued,” Foo Fighters
• “Lux Æterna,” Metallica

Best Metal Performance

• “Bad Man,” Disturbed
• “Phantom Of The Opera,” Ghost
• “72 Seasons,” Metallica
• “Hive Mind,” Slipknot
• “Jaded,” Spiritbox

Best Rock Song

• “Angry,” The Rolling Stones
• “Ballad Of A Homeschooled Girl,” Olivia Rodrigo
• “Emotion Sickness,” Queens Of The Stone Age
• “Not Strong Enough,” boygenius
• “Rescued,” Foo Fighters

Best Rock Album

• But Here We Are, Foo Fighters
• Starcatcher, Greta Van Fleet
• 72 Seasons, Metallica
• This Is Why, Paramore
• In Times New Roman…, Queens Of The Stone Age

Best Alternative Music Performance

• “Belinda Says,” Alvvays
• “Body Paint,” Arctic Monkeys
• “Cool About It,” boygenius
• “A&W,” Lana Del Rey
• “This Is Why,” Paramore

Best Alternative Music Album

• The Car, Arctic Monkeys
• The Record, boygenius
• Did You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, Lana Del Rey
• Cracker Island, Gorillaz
• I Inside The Old Year Dying, PJ Harvey

Best R&B Performance

• “Summer Too Hot,” Chris Brown
• “Back To Love,” Robert Glasper Featuring SiR & Alex Isley
• “ICU,” Coco Jones
• “How Does It Make You Feel,” Victoria Monét
• “Kill Bill,” SZA

Best Traditional R&B Performance

• “Simple,” Babyface feat. Coco Jones
• “Lucky,” Kenyon Dixon
• “Hollywood,” Victoria Monét feat. Earth, Wind & Fire & Hazel Monét
• “Good Morning,” PJ Morton feat. Susan Carol
• “Love Language,” SZA

Best Progressive R&B Album

• Since I Have A Lover, 6LACK
• The Love Album: Off The Grid, Diddy
• Nova, Terrace Martin and James Fauntleroy
• The Age Of Pleasure, Janelle Monáe
• SOS, SZA

Best R&B Song

• “Angel,” Halle Bailey
• “Back To Love,” Robert Glasper feat. SiR & Alex Isley
• “ICU,” Coco Jones
• “On My Mama,” Victoria Monét
• “Snooze,” SZA

Best R&B Album

• Girls Night Out, Babyface
• What I Didn’t Tell You (Deluxe), Coco Jones
• Special Occasion, Emily King
• JAGUAR II, Victoria Monét
• CLEAR 2: SOFT LIFE EP, Summer Walker

Best Rap Performance

• “The Hillbillies,” Baby Keem feat. Kendrick Lamar
• “Love Letter,” Black Thought
• “Rich Flex,” Drake & 21 Savage
• “SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS,” Killer Mike feat. André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane
• “Players,” Coi Leray

Best Melodic Rap Performance

• “Sittin’ On Top Of The World,” Burna Boy feat. 21 Savage
• “Attention,” Doja Cat
• “Spin Bout U,” Drake & 21 Savage
• “All My Life,” Lil Durk feat. J. Cole
• “Low,” SZA

Best Rap Album

• Her Loss, Drake & 21 Savage
• MICHAEL, Killer Mike
• HEROES & VILLAINS, Metro Boomin
• King’s Disease III, Nas
• UTOPIA, Travis Scott

Best Rap Song

• “Attention,” Doja Cat
• “Barbie World,” Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice feat. Aqua
• “Just Wanna Rock,” Lil Uzi Vert
• “Rich Flex,” Drake & 21 Savage
• “SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS,” Killer Mike feat. André 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane.

Best Spoken Word Poetry Album

• A-You’re Not Wrong B-They’re Not Either: The Fukc-It Pill Revisited, Queen Sheba
• For Your Consideration’24 -The Album, Prentice Powell and Shawn William
• Grocery Shopping With My Mother, Kevin Powell
• The Light Inside, J. Ivy
• When The Poems Do What They Do, Aja Monet

Best Jazz Performance

• “Movement 18’ (Heroes),” Jon Batiste
• “Basquiat,” Lakecia Benjamin
• “Vulnerable (Live),” Adam Blackstone feat. The Baylor Project & Russell Ferranté
• “But Not For Me,” Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding
• “Tight,” Samara Joy

Best Jazz Vocal Album

• For Ella 2, Patti Austin feat. Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band
• Alive At The Village Vanguard, Fred Hersch & Esperanza Spalding
• Lean In, Gretchen Parlato & Lionel Loueke
• Mélusine, Cécile McLorin Salvant
• How Love Begins, Nicole Zuraitis

Best Jazz Instrumental Album

• The Source, Kenny Barron
• Phoenix, Lakecia Benjamin
• Legacy: The Instrumental Jawn, Adam Blackstone
• The Winds Of Change, Billy Childs
• Dream Box, Pat Metheny

Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album

• The Chick Corea Symphony Tribute – Ritmo, ADDA Simfònica, Josep Vicent, Emilio Solla
• Dynamic Maximum Tension, Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society
• Basie Swings The Blues, The Count Basie Orchestra Directed By Scotty Barnhart
• Olympians, Vince Mendoza & Metropole Orkest
• The Charles Mingus Centennial Sessions, Mingus Big Band

Best Latin Jazz Album

• Quietude, Eliane Elias
• My Heart Speaks, Ivan Lins With The Tblisi Symphony Orchestra
• Vox Humana, Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band
• Cometa, Luciana Souza & Trio Corrente
• El Arte Del Bolero Vol. 2, Miguel Zenón & Luis Perdomo

Best Alternative Jazz Album

• Love In Exile, Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily
• Quality Over Opinion, Louis Cole
• SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree, Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, SuperBlue
• Live At The Piano, Cory Henry
• The Omnichord Real Book, Meshell Ndegeocello

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album

• To Steve With Love: Liz Callaway Celebrates Sondheim, Liz Callaway
• Pieces Of Treasure, Rickie Lee Jones
• Bewitched, Laufey
• Holidays Around The World, Pentatonix
• Only The Strong Survive, Bruce Springsteen
• Sondheim Unplugged (The NYC Sessions), Vol. 3, (Various Artists)

Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

• As We Speak, Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, feat. Rakesh Chaurasia
• On Becoming, House Of Waters
• Jazz Hands, Bob James
• The Layers, Julian Lage
• All One, Ben Wendel

Best Musical Theater Album

• Kimberly Akimbo
• Parade
• Shucked
• Some Like It Hot
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street

Best Country Solo Performance

• “In Your Love,” Tyler Childers
• “Buried,” Brandy Clark
• “Fast Car,” Luke Combs
• “The Last Thing On My Mind,” Dolly Parton
• “White Horse,” Chris Stapleton

Best Country Duo/Group Performance

• “High Note,” Dierks Bentley feat. Billy Strings
• “Nobody’s Nobody,” Brothers Osborne
• “I Remember Everything,” Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves
• “Kissing Your Picture (Is So Cold)” Vince Gill & Paul Franklin
• “Save Me,” Jelly Roll With Lainey Wilson
• “We Don’t Fight Anymore,” Carly Pearce feat. Chris Stapleton

Best Country Album

• Rolling Up The Welcome Mat, Kelsea Ballerini
• Brothers Osborne, Brothers Osborne
• Zach Bryan, Zach Bryan
• Rustin’ In The Rain, Tyler Childers
• Bell Bottom Country, Lainey Wilson

Best Country Song

• “Buried,” Brandy Clark
• “I Remember Everything,” Zach Bryan feat. Kacey Musgraves
• “In Your Love,” Tyler Childers
• “Last Night,” Morgan Wallen
• “White Horse,” Chris Stapleton

Best American Roots Performance

• “Butterfly,” Jon Batiste
• “Heaven Help Us All,” Blind Boys Of Alabama,
• “Inventing The Wheel,” Madison Cunningham
• “You Louisiana Man,” Rhiannon Giddens
• “Eve Was Black,” Allison Russell

Best Americana Performance

• “Friendship,” Blind Boys Of Alabama
• “Help Me Make It Through The Night,” Tyler Childers
• “Dear Insecurity,” Brandy Clark feat. Brandi Carlile
• “King Of Oklahoma,” Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
• “The Returner,” Allison Russell

Best Americana Album

• Brandy Clark, Brandy Clark
• The Chicago Sessions, Rodney Crowell
• You’re The One, Rhiannon Giddens
• Weathervanes, Jason Isbell, and the 400 Unit
• The Returner, Allison Russell

Best American Roots Song

• “Blank Page,” The War and Treaty
• “California Sober,” Billy Strings feat. Willie Nelson
• “Cast Iron Skillet,” Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
• “Dear Insecurity,” Brandy Clark feat. Brandi Carlile
• “The Returner,” Allison Russell

Best Bluegrass Album

• Radio John: Songs of John Hartford, Sam Bush
• Lovin’ Of The Game, Michael Cleveland
• Mighty Poplar, Mighty Poplar
• Bluegrass, Willie Nelson
• Me/And/Dad, Billy Strings
• City Of Gold, Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway

Best Traditional Blues Album

• Ridin’, Eric Bibb
• The Soul Side Of Sipp, Mr. Sipp
• Life Don’t Miss Nobody, Tracy Nelson
• Teardrops For Magic Slim Live At Rosa’s Lounge, John Primer
• All My Love For You, Bobby Rush

Best Contemporary Blues Album

• Death Wish Blues, Samantha Fish and Jesse Dayton
• Healing Time, Ruthie Foster
• Live In London, Christone “Kingfish” Ingram
• Blood Harmony, Larkin Poe
• LaVette!, Bettye LaVette

Best Folk Album

• I Only See The Moon, The Milk Carton Kids
• Joni Mitchell At Newport [Live], Joni Mitchell
• Celebrants, Nickel Creek
• Jubilee, Old Crow Medicine Show
• Seven Psalms, Paul Simon
• Folkocracy, Rufus Wainwright

Best Latin Pop Album

• La Cuarta Hoja, Pablo Alborán
• Beautiful Humans, Vol. 1, AleMor
• A Ciegas, Paula Arenas
• La Neta, Pedro Capó
• Don Juan, Maluma
• X Mí (Vol. 1), Gaby Moreno

Best Música Mexicana Album (Including Tejano)

• Bordado A Mano, Ana Bárbara
• La Sánchez, Lila Downs
• Motherflower, Flor De Toloache
• Amor Como En Las Películas De Antes, Lupita Infante
• GÉNESIS, Peso Pluma

Best African Music Performance

• “Amapiano,” ASAKE & Olamide
• “City Boys,” Burna Boy
• “UNAVAILABLE,” Davido feat. Musa Keys
• “Rush,” Ayra Starr
• “Water,” Tyla

Best Score Soundtrack For Visual Media (Includes Film And Television)

• Barbie, Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Ludwig Göransson
• The Fabelmans, John Williams
• Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny, John Williams
• Oppenheimer, Ludwig Göransson

Best Song Written For Visual Media

• “Barbie World,” Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice feat. Aqua
• “Dance The Night,” Dua Lipa
• “I’m Just Ken,” Ryan Gosling
• “Lift Me Up,” Rihanna
• “What Was I Made For?,” Billie Eilish

November 10, 2023