Nigeria Afrobeats stars, Burna Boy and Wizkid have both won awards at the 2021 Grammys.
Burna Boy won the Best Global Music Album category while Wizkid won the Best Music Video for his song with Beyoncé; Brown Skin Girl, from Lion King: The Gift album.
Congrats to these two greats, for placing Africa on the map.
Checkout full list of winners below: Best Dance Recording KAYTRANADA ft KALI UCHIS
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album – ‘LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL’ Snarky Puppy
Best Dance/Electronic Album – ‘BUBBA’ KAYTRA NADA
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella -‘DONNA LEE’ by johnny beasley
Best Music Video – ‘BROWN SKIN GIRL’ by Beyonce, BlueIvy and wizkidayo
Best Music Film – ‘LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE’
Best Instrumental Composition – ‘SPUTNIK’ by schneider maria
Best New Age Album – ‘MORE GUITAR STORIES’ by western most
Best Gospel Performance/Song – ‘MOVIN’ ON’ by jon mcreynolds, Mali Music, Darryl L Howell, Terrell Demetrius Wilson
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album – ‘JESUS IS KING’ Kanye West
Best Roots Gospel Album – ‘CELEBRATING FISK! (THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY ALBUM)’ by Fisk Jubilee
Best Gospel Album – ‘GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PJ’ by PJ MORTON
Best Recording Package – ‘VOLS. 11 & 12’ for Doug Cunningham, Jason Noto, Desert Sessions
Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package – ‘ODE TO JOY’ for LAD design, Jeff Tweedy and Wilco
Best Album Notes – ‘DEAD MAN’S POP’ for Bob Mehr and The Replacements
Best Historical Album – ‘IT’S SUCH A GOOD FEELING: THE BEST OF MISTER ROGERS’ for Mister Rogers
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical – ‘HYPERSPACE’ by beck
Best Remixed Recording – ‘ROSES (IMANBEK REMIX)’ by SAINt JHN
Best Engineered Album, Classical– ‘SHOSTAKOVICH: SYMPHONY NO. 13, ‘BABI YAR” by Maestro Muti chicago symphony
Producer Of The Year, Classical – David Frost
Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album – ‘LA CONQUISTA DEL ESPACIO’ by Fito Paez
Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano) – ‘UN CANTO POR MÉXICO, VOL. 1′ by Lafourcade
Best Tropical Latin Album – ’40’ by Grupo Niche
Best Orchestral Performance – ‘IVES: COMPLETE SYMPHONIES’ for GustavoDudamel and Los Angeles Philamonica
Best Opera Recording – ‘GERSHWIN: PORGY AND BESS’ – MET Orchestra, Met Opera Chorus
Best Choral Performance – ‘DANIELPOUR: THE PASSION OF YESHUA’ James K Bass, jnaib mezzo, Timothy Fallon, UCLAChamberSingers
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance – ‘CONTEMPORARY VOICES’ by Pacifica Quartet
Best Classical Instrumental Solo – ‘THEOFANIDIS: CONCERTO FOR VIOLA AND CHAMBER ORCHESTRA’ by Albany symphony
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album – ‘ROUNDAGAIN’ for EXO Orchestra, sarah enb, dashon burton, Blachly James
Best Classical Compendium – ‘THOMAS, M.T.: FROM THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK & MEDITATIONS ON RILKE’
Isabel Leonard, m tilson thomas, Jack Vad
Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media – ‘JOJO RABBIT’
Best Contemporary Classical Composition – ‘ROUSE: SYMPHONY NO. 5’ Christopher Rouse Giancarlo Guerrero and nashville symphony
Best Song Written For Visual Media – ‘NO TIME TO DIE [FROM NO TIME TO DIE]’ Billie Eilish and Finneas
Best American Roots Performance – ‘ROUNDAGAIN’ by John Prine
Best American Roots Song – ‘I REMEMBER EVERYTHING’ Pat McLaughlin & John Prine
Best Americana Album – ‘WORLD ON THE GROUND’ by sarah jarosz
Best Bluegrass Album – ‘HOME’ by Billy Strings
Best Traditional Blues Album winner – ‘RAWER THAN RAW’ by Bobby Rush Blues
Best Latin Jazz Album – ‘FOUR QUESTIONS’ Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album – ‘DATA LORDS’ – schneider maria
Best Jazz Instrumental Album- ‘TRILOGY 2’ – ChickCorea, mcbrides world, Brian Blade
Best Jazz Vocal Album Solo – ‘SECRETS ARE THE BEST STORIES’- kurt Elling ft. Danilo Perez
Congrats Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album – ‘AMERICAN STANDARD’ James Taylor
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance – ‘RAIN ON ME’ lady gaga and Ariana Grande
Best R&B Album winner – ‘BIGGER LOVE’ John Legend
Best Progressive R&B Album – ‘IT IS WHAT IT IS’ by Thundercat
Best R&B Song – “BETTER THAN I IMAGINED” robert glasper and HERMusicx
Best Traditional R&B Performance – ‘ANYTHING FOR YOU’ Ledisi
Best Improvised Jazz Solo – ‘ALL BLUES’by Chick Corea
Best Alternative Music Album – ‘FETCH THE BOLT CUTTERS’ by fiona apple
Best Musical Theater Album – ‘JAGGED LITTLE PILL’ jagged musical Sparkles
Best Comedy Album – ‘BLACK MITZVAH’ by Tiffany Haddish
Best Spoken Word Album winner – ‘BLOWOUT: CORRUPTED DEMOCRACY, ROGUE STATE
RUSSIA, AND THE RICHEST, MOST DESTRUCTIVE INDUSTRY ON EARTH’ 0 Rachel Maddow
Best Children’s Music Album winner – ‘ALL THE LADIES’ by joanie leeds
Best Global Music Album – ‘TWICE AS TALL’ by Burna Boy
Best Reggae Album – ‘GOT TO BE TOUGH’ toots and the maytals
Best Regional Roots Music Album- ‘ATMOSPHERE’ New Orleans Nightcrawlers
Best Folk Album winner – ‘ALL THE GOOD TIMES’ gillian welch and Dave Rawlings
Best Traditional Blues Album – ‘RAWER THAN RAW’ @Bobby Rush Blues
Best Country Solo Performance – ‘WHEN MY AMY PRAYS’ Vince Gill
Best Rock Album winner – ‘THE NEW ABNORMAL’by the Strokes
Best Rock Song winner – ‘STAY HIGH’ Brittany Howard
Best Metal Performance – ‘BUM-RUSH’ by Body Count
Best Rock Performance winner – ‘SHAMEIKA’ by fiona apple
Best Rap Album winner – ‘KING’S DISEASE’ by Nas
Best Rap Performance winner – ‘SAVAGE’ by Megahn Thee Stallion ft. Beyonce
Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical winner – Watt
Best Country Song – ‘CROWDED TABLE’ Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Lori McKenna, The Highwomen
Best Country Duo/Group Performance – “10,000 HOURS” Dan And Shay & justin bieber
Credit: Sammy Kay Media