Temilade Openiyi, known professionally as Tems and Ayo Balogun also known as Wizkid are not included in the list of African singers who have received The Grammys, an annual award, and has caused a stir online.
A list of African performers who have won golden records since the 1960s was recently released by the organizers in the run-up to the 66th Grammy Awards, which takes place on February 4.
Reactions have been noted as Social media erupted in confusion when Afrobeats Superstars Wizkid and Tems were left off the list of African Singers who had won Grammy Awards.
The rundown stated that the late South African singer Miriam Makeba was the first African Grammy winner.Pop icon Sade followed suit, becoming the first Nigerian to take home the coveted accolade on a global scale; Burna Boy, on the other hand, was the last and most recent Nigerian to do so.
Nonetheless, the rundown’s obvious avoidance of Tems and Wizkid, two conspicuous figures in Nigerian music, has caused a continuous firestorm of discussion via virtual entertainment locales.