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Grammy Glory: Tems Leads Nigerian Artists with Triple Nominations

Nigerian singer Temilade Openiyi, known as Tems, has earned three nominations for the 2025 Grammy Awards, bringing her total career nominations to eight.

The nominations, revealed on Friday, place Tems among fellow Nigerian artists Yemi Alade, Asake, Wizkid, Burna Boy, Davido, and Rema.

Leading the Nigerian contingent, Tems is now among the top nominees of the year, with Beyoncรฉ leading overall with 11 nominations.

The 67th Annual Grammy Awards will celebrate recordings and performances released between September 16, 2023, and August 30, 2024.

The event is scheduled for February 2, 2025, at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

See Grammy categories featuring Nigerian nominees Below:
Best African Music Performance

Asake & Wizkid โ€“ MMS
Burna Boy โ€“ Higher
Chris Brown Featuring Davido & Lojay โ€“ Sensational
Tems โ€“ Love Me JeJe
Yemi Alade โ€“ Tomorrow

Best Global Music Album

Antonio Rey โ€“ Historias de un Flamenco
Ciro Hurtado โ€“ Paisajes
Matt B & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra โ€“ Alkebulan II
Rema โ€“ Heis
Tems โ€“ Born in the Wild

Best R&B Song

Coco Jones โ€“ Here We Go (Uh Oh)
Kehlani โ€“ After Hours
Muni Long โ€“ Ruined Me
SZA โ€“ Saturn
Tems โ€“ Burning

Other Major Grammy Categories:
Record of the Year

The Beatles โ€“ Now and Then
Beyoncรฉ โ€“ Texas Hold โ€™Em
Billie Eilish โ€“ Birds of a Feather
Chappell Roan โ€“ Good Luck, Babe!
Charli XCX โ€“ 360
Kendrick Lamar โ€“ Not Like Us
Sabrina Carpenter โ€“ Espresso
Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone โ€“ Fortnight

Album of the Year

Andrรฉ 3000 โ€“ New Blue Sun
Beyoncรฉ โ€“ Cowboy Carter
Billie Eilish โ€“ Hit Me Hard and Soft
Chappell Roan โ€“ The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess
Charli XCX โ€“ Brat
Jacob Collier โ€“ Djesse Vol. 4
Sabrina Carpenter โ€“ Short nโ€™ Sweet
Taylor Swift โ€“ The Tortured Poets Department

Song of the Year

Beyoncรฉ โ€“ Texas Hold โ€™Em
Billie Eilish โ€“ Birds of a Feather
Chappell Roan โ€“ Good Luck, Babe!
Kendrick Lamar โ€“ Not Like Us
Lady Gaga & Bruno Mars โ€“ Die With a Smile
Sabrina Carpenter โ€“ Please Please Please
Shaboozey โ€“ A Bar Song (Tipsy)
Taylor Swift Featuring Post Malone โ€“ Fortnight

Best New Artist

Benson Boone
Doechii
Chappell Roan
Khruangbin
Raye
Sabrina Carpenter
Shaboozey
Teddy Swims

Best Global Music Performance

Angรฉlique Kidjo & Soweto Gospel Choir โ€“ Sunlight to My Soul
Arooj Aftab โ€“ Raat Ki Rani
Jacob Collier Featuring Anoushka Shankar & Varijashree Venugopal โ€“ A Rock Somewhere
Masa Takumi Featuring Ron Korb, Noshir Mody & Dale Edward Chung โ€“ Kashira
Rocky Dawuni โ€“ Rise
Sheila E. Featuring Gloria Estefan & Mimy Succar โ€“ Bemba Colorรก

Best R&B Album

Chris Brown โ€“ 11:11 (Deluxe)
Lalah Hathaway โ€“ Vantablack
Lucky Daye โ€“ Algorithm
Muni Long โ€“ Revenge
Usher โ€“ Coming Home

Best Rap Performance

Cardi B โ€“ Enough (Miami)
Common & Pete Rock Featuring Posdnuos โ€“ When the Sun Shines Again
Doechii โ€“ Nissan Altima
Eminem โ€“ Houdini
Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar โ€“ Like That
Glorilla โ€“ Yeah Glo!
Kendrick Lamar โ€“ Not Like Us

Best Melodic Rap Performance

Beyoncรฉ, Linda Martell & Shaboozey โ€“ Spaghettii
Future, Metro Boomin & The Weeknd โ€“ We Still Donโ€™t Trust You
Jordan Adetunji Featuring Kehlani โ€“ Kehlani (Remix)
Latto โ€“ Big Mama
Rapsody Featuring Erykah Badu โ€“ 3:AM

Best Rap Song

Future, Metro Boomin & Kendrick Lamar โ€“ Like That
Glorilla โ€“ Yeah Glo!
Kendrick Lamar โ€“ Not Like Us
Rapsody & Hit-Boy โ€“ Asteroids
ยฅ$, Kanye West, Ty Dolla $ign & Rich the Kid Featuring Playboi Carti โ€“ Carnival

Best Rap Album

Common & Pete Rock โ€“ The Auditorium Vol. 1
Doechii โ€“ Alligator Bites Never Heal
Eminem โ€“ The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grรขce)
Future & Metro Boomin โ€“ We Donโ€™t Trust You
J. Cole โ€“ Might Delete Later