
At the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, Nigerian singer Temilade Openiyi, better known in the entertainment industry as Tems, won the Best African Music Performance prize for her song “Love Me JeJe.”
Tems is taking home a Grammy for the second time. Her collaboration on Future’s “Wait For You,” featuring Drake, earned her her first Grammy in 2023 for Best Melodic Rap Performance.
When the category was first introduced, South African singer Tyla’s song “Water” took home the Best African Music Performance award the previous year.
Tems in her speech while receiving the award, expressed her appreciation to all the people who have been of great support to her.
“Dear God, thank you so much for putting me on this stage and bringing me this team. Tomorrow is my mum’s birthday, and this is her first Grammys. I just want to thank you, mum, because she’s really done a lot for me and my brother. I want to thank my team—thank you so much. To God be the glory, because honestly, He’s changed my life so much. Thank you so much, thank you God,” she said.
Chris Brown, Asake & Wizkid (‘MMS’), and Yemi Alade (‘Tomorrow’) are additional nominees in the category.
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Recordings that use distinctive regional expressions from all over the African continent are honored in the Best African Music Performance category.
Afrobeat, Afro-fusion, Afro Pop, Afrobeats, Alte, Amapiano, Bongo Flava, Genge, Kizomba, Chimurenga, High Life, Fuji, Kwassa, Ndombolo, Mapouka, Ghanaian Drill, Afro-House, South African Hip-Hop, and Ethio Jazz are among the genres that fall under this category, which emphasizes regional melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic musical traditions.
The ceremony took place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 2, 2025.