List of Nigerian Grammy Award winners and nominees

The following is a list of Grammy Awards winners and nominees from Nigeria:

Artists who received nominations for their original work
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
2003 Best World Music Album Fight to Win Femi Kuti [lower-alpha 1] 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
2018 Black Times Seun Kuti & Egypt 80[3] Nominated
2020 African Giant Burna Boy Nominated
2021 Twice as Tall Unruly

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 Nominated
Artists who won or received nominations for their contributions to foreign work
Year Category Foreign work and artist Nigerian act Result
2009 Best Contemporary World Music Album Global Drum Project by Various artists[lower-alpha 2] Sikiru Adepoju Won
2015 Album of the Year Beyoncé by Beyoncé[lower-alpha 3][6] Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Nominated
2017 Views by Drake[lower-alpha 4][7] Wizkid Nominated
Best Dance Recording "Rinse & Repeat" by Riton[lower-alpha 5][8] Kah-Lo Nominated
2018 Best Reggae Album Avrakedabra by Morgan Heritage[lower-alpha 6][9] Timaya Nominated
2021 Best Music Video "Brown Skin Girl" by Beyonce, Saint Jhn & Wizkid featuring Blue Ivy Carter[10] Wizkid Nominated

Notes
  1. Femi Kuti was born in England and grew up in Nigeria.
  2. The album features a number of different artists from around the world, primarily Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju[5] and Giovanni Hidalgo
  3. Beyoncé is an American singer and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, a Nigerian, appears as a featured artist on one of the songs on the album.
  4. Drake is a Canadian musician and Wizkid, a Nigerian, appears as a featured artist and co-producer on one of the songs on the album.
  5. Riton is an English musician and Kah-Lo, a Nigerian, appears as a featured artist on the song.
  6. Morgan Heritage is an American band and Timaya, a Nigerian, appears as a featured artist on one of the songs on the album.

References
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  2. "After 6 years, Nigeria wins again at The Grammys with Olusola". The Cable. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  3. "Grammy nominations 2019: Seun Kuti, Kendrick Lamar & Drake don gbab Grammys nomination". BBC. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
  4. "Burna Boy". GRAMMY.com. 2019-11-19. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
  5. Sikiru Adepoju wins Grammy
  6. "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Nominated For Grammy Award With Beyonce". Sahara Reporters. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  7. Idoko, Salihu. "Wizkid nominated for Grammy Awards". Premium Times. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  8. "Grammys 2018: Here Are Ten Nigerians Who Have Been Nominated For A Grammy In The Past". thenet.ng. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  9. "Timaya may become first Nigerian-based act to win Grammy award, bags nomination". Vanguard. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  10. "Burna Boy, Wizkid among Grammy 2021 nominees". africanews.com. Retrieved December 15, 2020.

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