The Nigerian Music sensation,Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as “Tems”, has won the Best African Music Performance category at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony 2025 held at Crypto.com arena in Los Angeles, USA 🇺🇸.
Tems won the award award with her hit song “Love Me JeJe” , beating songs :Â “Tomorrow” by Yemi Alade, “MMS” by Asake featuring Wizkid, “Sensational” by Chris Brown featuring Davido and Lojay, and “Higher” by Burna Boy.
This win would marks Tems’ second Grammy win since her grand entrance into stardom. A feat most have described as incredible.
You’d recall that South Africa’s talented singer, Tyla won the award for her hit song “Water” in 2024 in the category’s first edition making her to be the first to win it.
Tems remarkably received three nominations at this year’s Grammys, bringing her career total nominations to eight. Now, that’s something that would be enviable considering her age. She was also nominated for Best Global Music Album (Born in the Wild) and Best R&B Song (Burning).
Tems officially joins Burna boy as the only Nigerian artistes to win the #Grammys with their original works.
She’s also the first Nigerian to win the Best African Music Performance category.
Below are the categories featuring Nigerian nominees:
Best African Music Performance
Asake & Wizkid – MMS
Burna Boy – Higher
Chris Brown Featuring Davido & Lojay – Sensational
Tems – Love Me JeJe – WINNER
Yemi Alade – Tomorrow
Best Global Music Album
Antonio Rey – Historias de un Flamenco
Ciro Hurtado – Paisajes
Matt B & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Alkebulan II – WINNER
Rema – Heis
Tems – Born in the Wild
Best R&B Song
Coco Jones – Here We Go (Uh Oh)
Kehlani – After Hours
Muni Long – Ruined Me
SZA – Saturn – WINNER
Tems – Burning
Meanwhile in other development…
Doechii is the 3rd woman to win the GRAMMY Award for ‘Best Rap Album’ in the history of the category, after Lauryn Hill and Cardi B.
