The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony, acclaimed to be the world’s most prestigious music honours, held on Sunday night at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, U.S.
Nigeria Burna Boy’s ‘African Giant’ album was nominated for Best world alongside Altin Gun (Gece), Bokante and Metropole Orkest Conducted By Jules Buckley (What Heat), Nathalie Joachim With Spektral Quartet (Fanm D’ayiti) and Angelique Kidjo (Celia).
The highly coveted Best World Music Album is an honor presented to recording artists for quality albums in music genre at the Grammy.
African legend, Angelique Kidjo, Sunday night won the Grammy’s Best World Music Album ahead of Nigeria’s Burna Boy.
Angelique Kidjo, however, hailed Burna Boy after picking up the award.
She dedicated it to him for “the immense work he’s done to put Africa on the global map.”
The Grammy Award nominees are albums containing at least 51 per cent playing time of new vocal or instrumental World Music recordings.
Here are the full list of winners
Record of the Year
“Bad Guy,” Billie Eilish *WINNER
Album of the year
“When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go,” Billie Eilish *WINNER
Song of the year
“Bad Guy,” Billie Eilish O’Connell & Finneas O’Connell *WINNER
Best new artist
Billie Eilish *WINNER
Best Country Solo Performance
“Ride Me Back Home,” Willie Nelson *WINNER
“Speechless,” Dan + Shay *WINNER
Best Country Song
“Bring My Flowers Now,” Brandi Carlile, Phil Hanseroth, Tim Hanseroth & Tanya Tucker, songwriters (Tanya Tucker) *WINNER
Best country album
“While I’m Livin’,” Tanya Tucker *WINNER
Best rap album
“Igor,” Tyler, The Creator *WINNER
Best Rap Performance
“Racks in the Middle,” Nipsey Hussle Featuring Roddy Ricch & Hit-Boy *WINNER
Best Rap/Sung Performance
“Higher,” DJ Khaled Featuring Nipsey Hussle & John Legend *WINNER
Best Rap Song
“A Lot,” Jermaine Cole, Dacoury Natche, 21 Savage & Anthony White, songwriters (21 Savage Featuring J. Cole) *WINNER
Best R&B Performance
“Come Home,” Anderson .Paak & André 300 *WINNER
Best Traditional R&B Performance
“Jerome,” Lizzo *WINNER
Best R&B Song
“Say So” — Pj Morton, Songwriter (Pj Morton Ft. Jojo) *WINNER
Best Urban Contemporary Album
“Cuz I Love You (Deluxe),” Lizzo *WINNER
Best R&B Album
“Ventura,” Anderson .Paak *WINNER
Best Pop Solo Performance
“Truth Hurts,” Lizzo *WINNER
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
“Old Town Road,” Lil Nas X Featuring Billy Ray Cyrus *WINNER
Best Pop Vocal Album
“When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?,” Billie Eilish *WINNER
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
“Look Now,” Elvis Costello & The Imposters *WINNER
Best Comedy Album
“Sticks & Stones,” Dave Chappelle *WINNER
Best Latin Pop Album
“#ELDISCO,” Alejandro Sanz *WINNER
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album
“El Mal Querer,” Rosalía *WINNER
Best Rock Performance
“This Land,” Gary Clark Jr. *WINNER
Best Metal Performance
“7empest,” Tool *WINNER
Best Rock Song
“This Land,” Gary Clark Jr., Songwriter (Gary Clark Jr.) *WINNER
Best Rock Album
“Social Cues,” Cage The Elephant *WINNER
Best Alternative Music Album
“Father of the Bride,” Vampire Weekend *WINNER
