Grammys 2024: Burna Boy, Davido, Others Miss Out As Taylor Swift Makes History

 

Nigerian artists missed out on all the categories they were nominated for at the 66th annual ceremony of the Grammy Awards, which was hosted by Trevor Noah on Sunday night. 

Amidst those loses for Nigerian artists, South African singer Tyla won Best African Music Performance award for her song Water, in the same category with songs like Amapiano by Asake featuring Olamide, City Boys by Burna Boy, Unavailable by David featuring Musa Keys. and Rush by Ayra Starr.

Amongst Nigerian artists, Burna Boy receieved most nominations with four followed by Davido with three and one each for Asake, Tems and Ayra Starr. Both Burna Boy and Davido also missed on Best Global Music Album to Asian band, Shakti for This Moment.

It was a historic night for Taylor Swift, who became the first female artist to win Album of the Year award for the fourth time, which she did with her 2022 album, Midnights. However, she missed out on Record of the Year to Miley Cyrus' 'Flower' and Song of the Year to Billie Eilish's 'What Was I Made For?'.

Ahead of the ceremony, Sza received the highest nominations with nine nods. in spite of that, she missed out on most but finally won her first solo Grammys with SOS for Best Progressive R&B album and Snooze for best R&B Song. 

See below for the list of winners: 

Album of the Year

Jon Bastiste - World Music Radio 

Taylor Swift - Midnights (Winner)

Boygenius - The Record

Miley cyrus - endless Summer Vacation 

Lana Del Rey - Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd 

Janelle Monae - The Age of Pleasure 

Olivia Rodrigo - Guts 

Record of the Year

Jon Bastiste - Worship 

Boygenius - Not Strong Enough 

 Billie Eilish's - What Was I Made For? for Barbie: The Album 

Victoria Monet - On My Mama

Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire 

Miley Cyrus' - Flower (Winner)

Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero

SZA - Kill Bill

Best New Artist

Gracue Abrams 

Fred Again 

Ice Spice 

Victoria Monet - Winner 

Jelly Roll 

Coco Jones 

Noah Kahan 

The War and Treaty 

Song of the Year

Lana Del Rey - A&W 

Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For? for Barbie: The Album

Jon Bastiste - Butterfly 

Dua Lipa - Dance the Night from Barbie 

Miley Cyrus - Flowers 

SZA -Kill Bill 

Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire 

Taylor Swift - Anti-Hero 

Best Pop Voca Album 

Miley Cyrus - Endless Summer Vacation 

Olivia Rodrigo - Guts 

Ed Sheeran - "-" (Subtract)

Taylor Swift - Midnights (Winner)

Kelly Clarkson - Chemistry 

Best R&B Song 

Halle - Angel 

SZA - Snooze (Winner)

Coco Jones - ICU 

Victoria Monet - On My Mama 

Robert Glasper Featuring SiR and Alex Isley - Back To Love 

Best Pop Solo Performance 

Doja Cat - Paint the Town Red 

Miley Cyrus - Flower (Winner)

Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For? for Barbie: The Album

Taylor Swift - Anti - Hero 

Olivia Rodrigo - Vampire 

Best Progressive R&B Album 

6lack - Since I Have a Lover 

SZA - SOS (Winner)

Diddy - The Love Album: Off the Grid 

Terrace Martin and James Flauntleroy - Nova 

Janelle Monae - The Age of Pleasure 

Best R&B Performance 

Chris Brown - Summer Too Hot 

Robert Glasper featuring SiR and Alex Isley - Back to Love 

Victoria Monet - How Does It Make You Feel 

Coco Jones - ICU (Winner)

SZA - Kill Bill 

Best R&B Album 

Babyface - Girls Night Out 

Coco Jones - What I Didn't Tell You (Deluxe)

Emily King - Special Occasion 

Victoria Monet - Jagua II (Winner)

Summer Walker - Clear 2: Soft Life EP

Best Global Music 

Susana Baca - Epifanias 

Bokante - History 

Burna Boy - I Told Them...

Davido - Timeless 

Shakti - This Moment (Winner)

Best African Music Performance 

Burna Boy - City Boys 

Davido featuring Musa Keys - Unavailable 

Tyla - Water (Winner)

Ayra Starr

Asake and Olamide - Amapiano