Famous Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems is leading Nigerian Grammy nominees for 2025.
Tems has bagged three nominations in the 2025 Grammy Awards.
With her three nominations, she joined this year’s top nominees list, with Beyoncé topping the charts with 11 nominations.
The nominations also had other Nigerian nominees namely Burna Boy, Davido, Wizkid, Yemi Alade, Asake, and Rema.
The ceremony is set to take place on February 2, 2025, in Los Angeles and would celebrate recordings released between 16 September 2023 and 30 August 2024.
However, notable absences this year include Ayra Starr and Tyla, who both competed in the 2024 awards but missed out on nominations this time.
Meanwhile, Beyonce led this year’s female-dominated nominations, receiving 11 nods and making her the most nominated artiste in the show’s 67 history, with 99 in total.
Below are the Grammy categories featuring Nigerian nominees:
Best African Music Performance
Asake & Wizkid – MMS
Burna Boy – Higher
Chris Brown Featuring Davido & Lojay – Sensational
Tems – Love Me JeJe
Yemi Alade – Tomorrow
Best Global Music Album
Antonio Rey – Historias de un Flamenco
Ciro Hurtado – Paisajes
Matt B & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Alkebulan II
Rema – Heis
Tems – Born in the Wild
Best R&B Song
Coco Jones – Here We Go (Uh Oh)
Kehlani – After Hours
Muni Long – Ruined Me
SZA – Saturn
Tems – Burning
