As the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony draws nearer, a lot of Nigerians are rooting for the African Giant, Burna Boy.
The award show which is scheduled for today January 26, 2020, is set to hold at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, United States.
It will recognize the best recordings, compositions, and artists from October 1, 2018 to August 31, 2019.
And as we all know, Burna Boy is in the race for 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).
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She won her first Grammy in 1986 in the Best New Artist category. She also won the Best R&B Performance by a duo or group with vocals in 1994 for the song, “No Ordinary Love.”
Sade Adu also won another Grammy in 2002 in the category of the Best Pop Vocal Album, with the song “Lovers Rock,” while in 2011, she won the Best R&B Performance by a group with vocals in 2011 for “Soldier of Love.”
2. Sikiru Adepoju: 69 year-old Sikiru Adepoju is a percussionist and recording artist from Nigeria.
He was part of Mickey Hart’s group Planet Drum, whose title album won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album in 1991, the first year there was a Grammy in that category.
3. Olalekan Babalola: Lekan Babalola, born in 1960, is a Nigerian jazz percussionist and musician, he has released seven albums and jointly won two Grammy Awards. He also won a second Grammy in 2009 for his work on Cassandra Wilson’s 2008 album titled Loverly.
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