Nigeria Artist With Grammy Award - Full List

Nigeria artist with Grammy award is a long list containing some of the most accomplished, famous and best-selling Nigerian singers of all time.

Fast-rising global superstar, Nigerian singer Tems, won her first Grammy awards the night of Sunday, February 5th 2023 during the 65th Annual Grammy awards, held at the Crypto.com arena in Los Angeles, California.

Naturally, the question is quickly being asked about the highest Grammy award winner from Nigeria?

So who has the most Grammy awards from Nigeria? All these questions would be answered in our article.

Nigeria Artist with Grammy Awards

Unlike many other African countries which still struggle to produce Grammy winners, Nigeria has produced quite an impressive list of artists to have won the Grammys.

Whilst many Nigeria artist have been nominated multiple times for Grammy awards, the list of those who have actually won is far shorter.

In total, 4 Nigerian artists have won Grammy awards in their own right.

Below is the list of Nigeria artist with Grammy Awards

Tems

Fast-rising superstar Tems was a Grammy winner at the 2023 Grammys after WAIT FOR U by Future picked up the Best Melodic Rap Performance award.

“Wait for U” is a song by American rapper Future, featuring vocals from Canadian rapper and singer Drake and Nigerian singer Tems.

The song samples Tems’ song, “Higher”, from her debut extended play, For Broken Ears (2020).

At the 2023 Grammy Awards, WAIT FOR U won the Best Melodic Rap performance award, making Tems a Nigerian Grammy winner.

Burna Boy

Burna Boy won the Best World Music Album at the 2021 Grammy Awards for his album Twice As Tall.

Twice as Tall is the fifth studio album by Nigerian singer Burna Boy. It was released on August 14, 2020, by Spaceship Entertainment, Bad Habit, Atlantic Records and Warner Music. Burna Boy, American singer and songwriter Diddy and Mama Burna Bose Ogulu served as the record’s executive producers.

The album is a mixture of Afrobeats, Afrobeat, dancehall, pop and hip hop. It was produced primarily by Telz, along with production from Rexxie, Timbaland and DJDS, among others. The album features guest appearances from Youssou N’Dour, Naughty by Nature, Sauti Sol, Chris Martin and Stormzy.

Twice As Tall won the Best Global Music Album at the 63rd Grammy Awards.

Wizkid

Nigerian superstar Wizkid also won a Grammy award at the 2021 Grammys.

“Brown Skin Girl” by Beyonce, Saint Jhn & Wizkid featuring Blue Ivy Carter won the Best Music Video award.

Sikiru Adepoju

Sikiru Adepoju’s Golden Drum project which he appeared on alongside other stars won the 2009 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album.

The album was composed by Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Sikiru Adepoju, and Giovanni Hidalgo. It was released on October 2, 2007.

The album combines music played on a variety of drums and other instruments, human voices singing and chanting, and electronic samples and digitally created sounds. It is a blend of traditional music.

Babatunde Olatunji

The first ever Nigeria artist to win a Grammy award is Babatunde Olatunji, who won the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album in 1991.

Planet Drum was an album by Mickey Hart, a musician and musicologist who was a member of the rock band the Grateful Dead.

Musicians on the Planet Drum album were from the United States (Hart), India (Zakir Hussain and T.H. “Vikku” Vinayakram), Nigeria (Sikiru Adepoju and Babatunde Olatunji), Brazil (Airto Moreira and his wife, vocalist Flora Purim), and Puerto Rico (Giovanni Hidalgo and Frank Colón).

Who Has the Most Grammy Awards?

As can be evidenced by the above list, the highest Grammy award winner is basically a tie between all the winners – Wizkid, Burna Boy, Tems, Babatunde Olatunji and Sikiri Adepoju with one each.

The most Grammy award Nominations by a Nigerian artist is also a tie between Burna Boy and Femi Kuti with six nominations each!

Nigeria Artist nominated for Grammy Awards

Below is the full list of Nigerian artist with a Grammy nomination

Artist	Number of Nominations
Femi Kuti	6
Burna Boy	6
Wizkid	4
Tems	2
Babatunde Olatunji	2
King Sunny Ade	1
Sikiru Adepoju	1
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie	1
Made Kuti	1
Seun Kuti	1
Kah-Lo	1