Grammy Announces ‘Best African Music Performance’ category for 2024 awards
The Recording Academy organisers of Grammy Awards, has announced the creation of a new category as ‘Best African Music Performance.’
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The Academy made the announcement in a statement on its website on Tuesday noting that, there are three new categories that have been created.
The other two newly created categories are Best Pop Dance Recording and Best Alternative Jazz Album.
According to the statement, the new categories will receive nominations beginning with next year’s show.
“The addition of the Best African Music Performance category reflects how African acts such as Burna Boy, Wizkid, and Tems—along with the rise of the Afrobeats genre—have become global chart-topping stars and streaming juggernauts,” according to the statement.
The Grammy “Best African Music Performance” category is open to contemporary and traditional music from the African continent including Afrobeats, Afro-pop, Amapiano, High Life and Fuji.
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