Global InformationList of Nigerian Grammy Award winners and nominees information
The following is a list of Grammy Awards winners and nominees from Nigeria:
Artists who received nominations for their original work
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| Year | Category | Work | Artist | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording | Syncro System | King Sunny Adé[1] | Nominated |
| 1998 | Best World Music Album | Love Drum Talk | Babatunde Olatunji | Nominated |
| 1999 | Odu | King Sunny Adé[2] | Nominated | |
| 2002 | Best Pop Vocal Album | Lovers Rock | Sade[3] | Won |
| 2003 | Best World Music Album | Fight to Win | Femi Kuti [a] | Nominated |
| 2010 | Best Contemporary World Music Album | Day by Day | Femi Kuti | Nominated |
| 2012 | Best World Music Album | Africa for Africa | Femi Kuti | Nominated |
| 2014 | No Place for My Dream | Femi Kuti | Nominated | |
| 2019 | Best World Music Album | Black Times | Seun Kuti & Egypt 80[4] | Nominated |
| 2020 | African Giant | Burna Boy | Nominated | |
| 2021 | Twice as Tall | Burna Boy
[5] |
Won | |
| 2022 | Best Global Music Album | Made in Lagos Deluxe Edition | Wizkid | Nominated |
| Legacy + | Femi Kuti and Made Kuti | Nominated | ||
| Best Global Music Performance | "Essence" | Wizkid featuring Tems | Nominated | |
| "Pà Pá Pà" | Femi Kuti | Nominated | ||
| 2023 | "Last Last" | Burna Boy | Nominated | |
| Best Global Music Album | Love Damini | Nominated | ||
Artists who received nominations as a featured artist
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| Year | Category | Foreign work and artist | Nigerian act | Result |
| 1991 | Best World Music Album | Planet Drum | Babatunde Olatunji | Won |
| 2015 | Album of the Year | Beyoncé by Beyoncé[b][6] | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | Nominated |
| 2017 | Views by Drake[c][7][8] | Wizkid | Nominated | |
| Best Dance Recording | "Rinse & Repeat" by Riton[d][9] | Kah-Lo | Nominated | |
| 2021 | Best Music Video | "Brown Skin Girl" by Beyonce, Saint Jhn & Wizkid featuring Blue Ivy Carter[10][11] | Wizkid | Won |
| 2009 | Best Contemporary World Music Album | Global Drum Project by Various artists[e] | Sikiru Adepoju | Won |
| 2022 | Best Global Music Performance | "Do Yourself" by Angélique Kidjo featuring Burna Boy | Burna Boy | Nominated |
| Album of the Year | Justice Triple Chucks Deluxe by Justin Bieber[f] | Burna Boy | Nominated | |
| 2023 | Best Rap Song | "Wait For U" by Future featuring Drake and Tems | Tems | Nominated |
| Best Melodic Rap Performance | Won | |||
| Album of the Year | Renaissance by Beyoncé | Nominated | ||
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- ^ "Hot Product". Billboard. 4 February 2002. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- ^ "Grammy nominations 2019: Seun Kuti, Kendrick Lamar & Drake don gbab Grammys nomination". BBC. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
- ^ "Burna Boy". GRAMMY.com. 2019-11-19. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
- ^ "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Nominated For Grammy Award With Beyonce". Sahara Reporters. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ^ Idoko, Salihu. "Wizkid nominated for Grammy Awards". Premium Times. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ^ Jeffrey, Akonedo. "Wizkid' Balogun Wins Grammy For Brown Skin Girl'". MPmania. Mpmania. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ "Grammys 2018: Here Are Ten Nigerians Who Have Been Nominated For A Grammy In The Past". thenet.ng. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ^ "Burna Boy, Wizkid among Grammy 2021 nominees". africanews.com. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- ^ "Grammys Awards: Burna Boy, Wizkid Win At Music 2021". naijastudio.com. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ Sikiru Adepoju wins Grammy
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