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Rema, Tems, Asake, Davido, nominees [FULL LIST]

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Nigerian music stars Rema, Tems, Asake and Davido have received nominations for the 2025 Grammy Awards.

The Recording Academy announced the nominations Friday during a live broadcast monitored by PREMIUM TIMES.

The nominations were revealed by a group of presenters including Hayley Williams, Billie Joe Armstrong, Gayle King, Kirk Franklin, Kylie Minogue and Victoria Monet.

Rema and Tems were nominated for 'Best Global Music Album'. Rema for their second album HEIS and Tems for their debut, Born in the Wild. This marks Rema's first Grammy nomination, while Tems earns her eighth.

Both artists will compete alongside other global contenders, including albums by Matt B (US) and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (UK), Ciro Hurtado (Peru) and Antonio Rey (Spain).

Burna Boy was the first Nigerian musician to win a Grammy for 'Best Global Music Album' when he won it in 2021 for his album 'Twice As Tall'.

Best African Music Performance

In the Best African Musical Performance awards presented for the 2024 awards, South African star Tyla won.

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This year, the Best African Music Performance category is packed with Nigerian talent, with nominations for “Tomorrow” by Yemi Alade, “MMS” by Asake featuring Wizkid, “Sensational” by Chris Brown featuring Davido and Lojay, “Higher” by Burna Boy and Tems. “Love me, hehe.”

Notably, Tems leads the Nigerian nominees with three nominations, including Best R&B Song for “Burning” and Best African Music Performance for “Love Me Jeje.”

It is Asake's second Grammy nomination after his 2023 nomination for “Amapiano” with Olamide, and Lojay's first Grammy nomination.

Davido, who has earned four Grammy nominations in his career, was previously recognized in 2023 for his album Timeless and songs like “Unavailable” and “Feel.” Yemi Alade, first nominated in 2022 for “Dignity” with Angelique Kidjo, returns with her second Grammy nomination.

Burna Boy, on the other hand, marks his sixth consecutive Grammy nomination, including his 2021 win for Twice as Tall.

Other Nigerian stars nominated include Jordan Adetunji, known for his viral “Kelani,” who also features on this year's nomination list, and Bloody Civilian earns his second nomination for contributing to the 'Best Reggae Album' category on the soundtrack. from 'One Love' by Bob Marley. .

Interestingly, Ayra Starr, who received a nomination last year, did not make the list this time.

International nominations

Beyoncé leads the Grammy pack with 11 nominations for her genre-crossing album Cowboy Carter, competing in categories including record, song and album of the year, along with entries in pop, rap, country and Americana.

Other top nominees include Charli XCX, Billie Eilish, Kendrick Lamar and Post Malone, each with seven nominations, while Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter follow with six nominations each.

Last year, the big four awards were given to Taylor Swift for album of the year (“Midnights”), Miley Cyrus for record of the year (“Flowers”), Victoria Monét for new artist and “What Was I Made For?” [From “Barbie”] written by Billie Eilish O'Connell and Finneas O'Connell as song of the year.

The awards show broadcast will return to the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 2, 2025, streaming live on CBS and live and on-demand on Paramount+.

See the full list below

Recording of the year

“Occasionally” – The Beatles

“Texas Hold'Em” – Beyoncé

“Espresso” – Sabrina Carpenter

“360” – Charli xcx

“Birds of a feather” – Billie Eilish

“Not like us” – Kendrick Lamar

“Good luck, baby!” -Chapell Roan

“Fortnight” – Taylor Swift with Post Malone

album of the year

“New Blue Sun” – André 3000

“Cowboy Carter” – Beyoncé

“Short and sweet” – Sabrina Carpenter

“Brat” – Charli xcx

“Djesse vol. 4” – Jacob Collier

“Hit me hard and soft” – Billie Eilish

“Chappell Roan The Rise and Fall of a Midwestern Princess” – Chappell Roan

“The Apartment of the Tortured Poet” – Taylor Swift

song of the year

“A Bar Song (Tipsy)” – Sean Cook, Jerrel Jones, Joe Kent, Chibueze Collins Obinna, Nevin Sastry and Mark

williams

“Birds of a Feather” – Billie Eilish O'Connell and Finneas O'Connell, songwriters (Billie Eilish)

“Die with a smile” – Dernst “D'Mile” Emile II, James Fauntleroy, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars and Andrew Watt

“Fortnight” – Jack Antonoff, Austin Post and Taylor Swift

“Good luck, baby!” – Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, Daniel Nigro and Justin Tranter, songwriters (Chappell Roan)

“Not Like Us” – Kendrick Lamar, songwriter (Kendrick Lamar)

“Please, please, please” – Amy Allen, Jack Antonoff and Sabrina Carpenter

“TEXAS HOLD 'EM” – Brian Bates, Beyoncé, Elizabeth Lowell Boland, Megan Bülow, Nate Ferraro and Raphael Saadiq

Best New Artist

Benson Boone

Sabrina Carpenter

Doechii

Khruangbin

RAY

Chappell Roan

Shaboozey

Teddy nothing

Producer of the year, non-classical

Alice

Dernst “D'Mile” Emilio II

Ian Fitchuk

Mustard

Daniel Nigro

Composer of the year, non-classical

Jessi Alejandro

Amy Allen

Edgar Barrera

Jessie Jo Dillon

RAY

Best Pop Vocal Album

“Short and sweet” – Sabrina Carpenter

“Hit me hard and soft” – Billie Eilish

“eternal sunshine” – Ariana Grande

“Chappell Roan The Rise and Fall of a Midwestern Princess” – Chappell Roan

“The Department of Tortured Poets” – Taylor Swift

Best African Music Performance

“Tomorrow” – Yemi Alade

“MMS” – Asake and Wizkid

“Sensational” – Chris Brown with Davido and Lojay

“Higher” – Burna Boy

“Love me JeJe” – Tems

Best Global Music Album

“Alkebulan II”—Matt B with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

“Landscapes”—Ciro Hurtado

“Heis”—Rema

“Stories of a Flamenco”—Antonio Rey

“Born in the wild”—Tems

Best Reggae Album

“Take it easy”—Collie Buddz

“Party with me”—Vybz Kartel

“Here you are never late”—Shenseea

“Bob Marley: One Love – Music Inspired by the Movie (Deluxe)”—Various artists

“Evolution”—The Wailers

Best Pop Solo Performance

“Bodyguard”—Beyoncé

“Espresso”—Sabrina Carpenter

“Apple”—Charli xcx

“Birds of a feather”—Billie Eilish

“Good luck, baby!”—Chapell Roan

Best Pop Duo or Group Performance

“We.”—Gracie Abrams with Taylor Swift

“Levii's Jeans”: Beyoncé with Post Malone

“Guess”: Charli xcx and Billie Eilish

“The child is mine”—Ariana Grande, Brandy and Monica

“Die with a smile”: Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars

Best dance/electronic recording

“She's gone, she keeps dancing”: disclosure

“Beloved”—Four Tet

“Leave the food alone”: Fred again… and Baby Keem

“Neverender”: Justice and Tame Impala

“Witchy”—KAYTRANADA ft. Childish Gambino

Best dance/electronic album

“Brat”—Charli xcx

“Three”—Four Tet

“Hyperdrama”: Justice

“Eternal”—KAYTRANADA

“Telos”—Zed

Best Remixed Recording

“Alter Ego”—KAYTRANADA Remix—KAYTRANADA” remixer (Doechii ft. JT)

“A bar song (Tipsy) [Remix]”—David Guetta, remixer (Shaboozey and David Guetta)

“Espresso (Mark Ronson x FNZ Working Late Remix)”—FNZ and Mark Ronson, remixers (Sabrina Carpenter)

“Jah Sees Them Amapiano Remix”—Alexx Antaeus, Footsteps & MrMyish, remixers (Julian Marley & Antaeus)

“Von Dutch”: AG Cook, remixer (Charli xcx and AG Cook with

Addison Rae)

Best rock performance

“From time to time”: The Beatles

“Beautiful People (Stay on Top)” – The Black Keys

“The American dream is killing me”—Green Day

“Gift horse”—IDLES

“Dark Matter”—Pearl Jam

“Broken Man”—St. Vincent

Best brass performance

“Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)”—Gojira, Marina Viotti and Victor Le Masne

“Crown of Horns”—Judas Priest

“Suffocate”: Knocked Loose ft. Poppy

“Suicide Screams”—Metallica

“Basement Door”—Spiritbox

Best rock album

“Bastards of happiness”: the black crows

“Romance”—Fontaines DC

“Saviors”—Green Day

“TANGK”— INACTIVE

“Dark Matter”—Pearl Jam

“Hackney Diamonds”: The Rolling Stones

“Nameless”—Jack White

Best Alternative Music Performance

“Neon Pill”: Cage The Elephant

“Song of the Lake”: Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

“Starburster Fontaines DC”

“Goodbye”—Kim Gordon 5. Pulga San Vicente

Best Alternative Music Album

“Wild God”: Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

“Charm”—Of course

“The Collective”—Kim Gordon

“Now what”—Brittany Howard

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“Everyone is born screaming”—St. Vincent

Best R&B Performance

“Guidance”—Jhené Aiko

“Residuals”—Chris Brown

“Here we go (Uh Oh)” – Coco Jones

“Made for Me (Live on BET)”—Muni Long

“Saturn”—SZA

Best Traditional R&B Performance

“Wet”—Marsha Ambrosius

“Can I have this rhythm?” -Kenyon Dixon

“No Lie”: Lalah Hathaway with Michael McDonald

“Make me forget”—Muni Long

“That's you”—Lucky Daye

Best R&B Song

“After Hours” – Diovanna Frazier, Alex Goldblatt, Kehlani Parrish, Khris Riddick-Tynes and Daniel Upchurch

“Burning” – Ronald Banful and Temilade Openiyi, “Here We Go (Uh Oh)” – Sara Diamond, Sydney Floyd, Marisela Jackson, Courtney Jones, Carl McCormick and Kelvin Wooten, “Ruined Me” – Jeff Gitelman, Priscilla Renea and Kevin Theodore

“Saturn” – Rob Bisel, Carter Lang, Solána Rowe, Jared Solomon and Scott Zhang

Best Progressive R&B Album

“I'm so glad to meet you” – Avery*Sunshine

“On the road” – Durand Bernard

“Bando Stone and the New World” – Childish Gambino

“ACCIDENT” – Kehlani

“Why Lawd?” – NxWorries (Anderson.Paak and Knxwledge)

Best R&B Album

“11:11 (Deluxe)”—Chris Brown

“Vantablack”—Lalah Hathaway

“Revenge”—Muni Long

“Algorithm”—Lucky Daye

“Coming Home”—Usher

Best rap performance

“Enough (Miami)” – Cardi B

“When the sun shines again” – Common & Pete Rock with Posdnuos

“NISSAN ALTIMA” – Doechii

“Houdini” – Eminem

“So” – Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar

“Century!” – GloRilla

“Not like us” – Kendrick Lamar

Best Melodic Rap Performance

“Kehlani””—Jordan Adetunji with Kehlani

“Spaghettii”—Beyoncé with Linda Martell and Shaboozey

“We still don't trust you”: Future and Metro Boomin with The Weeknd

“Big Mom”—Latto

“3:AM”— Rhapsody with Erykah Badu

best rap song

“Asteroids”—Marlanna Evans

“Carnival”: Jordan Carter, Raul Cubina, Grant Dickinson, Samuel Lindley, Nasir Pemberton, Dimitri Roger, Ty Dolla $ign, Kanye West and Mark Carl Stolinski Williams, songwriters (¥$ (Kanye West and Ty Dolla $Ign) with Rich The Kid and Playboi Carti) “Like this”: Kendrick Lamar Duckworth, Kobe “BbyKobe” Hood, Leland Wayne and Nayvadius Wilburn

With Kendrick Lamar) “Not Like Us”—Kendrick Lamar

“Century! “—Ronnie Jackson, Jaucquez Lowe, Timothy McKibbins, Kevin Andre Price, Julius Rivera III and Gloria Woods

Best Dance Pop Recording

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