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Grammy includes ‘Best African Music Performance’ category for 2024 award ceremony


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The category for ‘Best African Music Performance’ has been included in the coming Grammy Award events.

According to the The Recording Academy, the organizers of Grammy awards, the category was among the three new ones announced by the academy in a statement released via its website on Tuesday.

Equally, the other two newly created categories are Best Pop Dance Recording and Best Alternative Jazz Album.

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According to the statement, the new categories will receive nominations beginning with next yearā€™s show.

ā€œThe addition of the Best African Music Performance category reflects how African acts such as Burna Boy, Wizkid, and Temsā€”along with the rise of the Afrobeats genreā€”have become global chart-topping stars and streaming juggernauts,ā€ the statement reads in part.

Wizkid

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The Grammy ā€œBest African Music Performanceā€ category is open to both contemporary and traditional music from the African continent including Afrobeats, Afro-pop, Amapiano, High Life, Fuji etc.


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