Nigerian President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated Tems on her second Grammy award win, stating that he is proud of her achievements.
The 67th edition of the Grammy Awards held at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles United States on Sunday, saw Afrobeats singer Temilade Openiyi better known as Tems emerge with a big grammy win, making her a two-time grammy holder.
Tems, a Grammy winner and now an eight-time nominee, was up for three awards this year. Her song “Love Me JeJe” nominated for Best African Music Performance, “Burning” for Best R&B Song, and her debut album “Born in the Wild” competing for Best Global Music Album.
Tems faced strong competition from fellow Nigerian artistes, including Burna Boy, Asake, and Wizkid for their collaboration MMS, as well as Yemi Alade and Davido, who featured alongside Lojay on Chris Brown’s Sensational, but finally she clinched the award with her song ‘Love Me JeJe’, beating ‘Tomorrow’ by Yemi Alade, ‘MMS’ by Asake featuring Wizkid, ‘Sensational’ by Chris Brown featuring Davido and ‘Lojay and Higher’ by Burna Boy.
At the 67th Award ceremony, Tems was announced as the winner of Best African Music Performance for her incredible single, “Love Me Jeje,” cementing her status as the Nigerian-based act with the most Grammy Awards in history.
This marked her second Grammy, following her joint win for Best Melodic Rap Performance at the 65th edition for her contribution to Future‘s “Wait For You.”
With this victory, the President, in a post via his verified handle on X, praised the Afrobeat singer, and also congratulated all Nigerians that were nominated in various categories, stating that their achievements have continued to inspire all Nigerians.
He wrote, “Congratulations to temsbaby on winning the Grammy Award for Best African Music Performance, “Love me jeje”. I am proud of her accomplishments and those of Nigerian origin who were nominated for the Grammy awards. Their achievements continue to inspire all Nigerians. Congratulations!
Tems set multiple new records for the Nigerian music industry: she became the first Nigerian artist to win Best African Music Performance, the first Nigerian female artist to win the category, the most-awarded Nigerian-based artist in Grammys history, and the first female Nigerian-based artist to hold two Grammy awards.
By Ezinne Okorie.
